Art

Vision

Little Lever Art department is committed to providing a curriculum that is broad, balanced, challenging and encourages a love of learning. We like to offer a curriculum that all pupils can access so that they can achieve what they never thought they could.

We are an inclusive department and value the contribution that creative and practical learning supports a child’s development with the other subjects.

Art is subject to an ongoing and rigorous review process, using our analysis of data to ensure that the curriculum is effective in meeting the needs of all students.

We hope that our curriculum provides pupils with the opportunities to be independent, creative and explorative practitioners. Pupils will develop an understanding of how Art and Design practices influence our everyday lives through the study of contextual knowledge and skills-based activities. We develop student’s abilities foremost in the areas of drawing, both observational and imaginative.

Pupils will be introduced to the basic drawing skills in Art. They will sit a baseline drawing assessment to test their ability in observation drawing. They will be taught how use artists as a source of inspiration through the Art Timeline and other artists links.

The basics of drawing and painting will be taught, and pupils will learn how to use a variety of media.

Pupils will be expected to produce work tonal pencil, watercolour, digitally and mixed media including collage.

Homework tasks will contribute to their personal journey in Art and play an integral part in their class work development. Some homework’s will be directly linked to the Art Timeline.

What We Learn

Pupils will be taught how to apply their previously taught skills in Year 7 and experience deeper learning of the elements of art such as line, tone, shape, form, colour, texture, and pattern. Throughout Year 8 pupils will focus on these skills through the following areas:

Retrieval Practice tasks will contribute to their personal journey and play an integral part in their class work development.

Portraiture project:

• Tonal shading revisited
• Guidelines revisited
• Mark making revisited

Lettering project:

• Hand drawing graphics lettering in pencil
• Digital lettering drawing using Photoshop
• Hand drawn lettering
• Painting lettering in water-coloured paints.
• Abstract mixed media
• Artist and critical studies
• Art Timeline

Where can I access further resources?

Please refer to your Google Classroom assignments for help and resources.

Vision

Little Lever Art department is committed to providing a curriculum that is broad, balanced, challenging and encourages a love of learning. We like to offer a curriculum that all pupils can access so that they can achieve what they never thought they could.

We are an inclusive department and value the contribution that creative and practical learning supports a child’s development with the other subjects.

Art is subject to an ongoing and rigorous review process, using our analysis of data to ensure that the curriculum is effective in meeting the needs of all students.

We hope that our curriculum provides pupils with the opportunities to be independent, creative and explorative practitioners. Pupils will develop an understanding of how Art and Design practices influence our everyday lives through the study of contextual knowledge and skills-based activities. We develop student’s abilities foremost in the areas of drawing, both observational and imaginative.

Pupils will be introduced to the basic drawing skills in Art. They will sit a baseline drawing assessment to test their ability in observation drawing. They will be taught how use artists as a source of inspiration through the Art Timeline and other artists links.

The basics of drawing and painting will be taught, and pupils will learn how to use a variety of media.

Pupils will be expected to produce work tonal pencil, watercolour, digitally and mixed media including collage.

Homework tasks will contribute to their personal journey in Art and play an integral part in their class work development. Some homework’s will be directly linked to the Art Timeline.

What We Learn

Pupils will build on their drawing skills taught in Years 7 & 8. They will be taught these skills through the elements of art such as line, tone, shape, form, colour, texture, and pattern, the theme will be natural forms. Throughout Year 9 pupils will focus on these skills through the following areas:

Shells drawn in line:

• Contour line in pencil.
• Descriptive line using Fibre tip pen and stippling.
• Expressive line using ink and wash.

Peppers in shape and form:

• Tonal pencil shading when drawing peppers.
• Mixed media pepper piece.

Colour Theory:

• Colour wheel revisited but, in more depth, than Y7
• Colour application in water coloured paint, again more depth of understanding than Y7&8. Techniques such as Wet on wet, salt, overlapping and gradated
• Colour theory, harmonious and complementary colours.
• Acrylic paint techniques
• Close up flower studies in the style of Georgia O’Keefe

Texture: Pupils will create a wall hanging which experiments with texture using a variety of materials.

Texture wall hanging using:

• Modroc
• Acrylic paint
• Paper based materials
• Fabric

Where can I access further resources?

Retrieval Practice tasks will contribute to their personal journey and play an integral part in their class work development. This will be through a series of drawing exercises and art theory through Bitesize art and design.

Vision

Little Lever Art department is committed to providing a curriculum that is broad, balanced, challenging and encourages a love of learning. We like to offer a curriculum that all pupils can access so that they can achieve what they never thought they could.

We are an inclusive department and value the contribution that creative and practical learning supports a child’s development with the other subjects.

Art is subject to an ongoing and rigorous review process, using our analysis of data to ensure that the curriculum is effective in meeting the needs of all students.

Our art curriculum provides pupils with the opportunities to be independent, creative and explorative practitioners. Pupils will develop an understanding of how Art and Design practices influence our everyday lives through the study of contextual knowledge and skills based activities.

Art and Designs outcomes are very diverse and are based on the essential knowledge of the Formal Elements of art: line, shape, colour, tone, shape, form and texture and the practical principals of drawing, painting, pattern design, 3 dimensional strutures, digital processes and mixed media experimentations, both observational and imaginative.

Students explore, experiment and develop independent working skills in all areas of Art which will enable them to achieve a personal response. All the work in their portfolios, including homework will be counted towards the coursework element of the GCSE criteria. Their portfolio forms 60% of their overall grade.

During the final year, pupils will reflect, refine and adapt coursework projects. Constant critique and development will ensure sound admissions for coursework. In January, pupils will begin the final exam, they will respond to one exam question from the choice on the AQA paper. Pupils will follow an independent course of study in preparation for a 10 hour eternally set exam. The external exam is entirely practical and forms 40% of their overall grade.

What We Learn

Pupils will build on their drawing skills taught in KS3. They will be taught these skills through two projects throughout the course.

Throughout Year 10 pupils will focus on these skills through the following areas:

Day of the Dead Project pupils will learn how to produce:

• Contextual studies on Day of the dead artists.
• Drawing skulls in tonal pencil to higher level, detailed biro studies, chalk and charcoal drawings, water-coloured studies, tonal coloured pencil, ink and wash studies.
• Large scale: Mixed media skull study.
• Flower studies in a variety of materials.
• Contextual studies on the artist Thaneeya Mc Ardle
• Digital designs of skulls using PHOTOSHOP
• Personal development of ideas
• Final personal ‘Day of the dead’ piece.

Where can I access further resources?

Retrieval Practice tasks will contribute to their personal journey and play an integral part in their class work development. This will be through a series of drawing exercises and art theory on a variety of artists. Also required to continuing with development work outside taught hours.

Vision

The art curriculum is broad, balanced, challenging and encourages a love of learning. We offer a curriculum that all pupils can access so that they can achieve what they never thought they could.

We are an inclusive department and value the contribution that creative and practical learning supports a child’s development with the other subjects.

Our art curriculum provides pupils with the opportunities to be independent, creative and explorative practitioners. Pupils will develop an understanding of how Art and Design practices influence our everyday lives through the study of contextual knowledge and skills-based activities.

Art and Designs outcomes are very diverse and are based on the essential knowledge of the Formal Elements of art: line, shape, colour, tone, shape, form and texture and the practical principals of drawing, painting, pattern design, 3 dimensional structures, digital processes and mixed media experimentations, both observational and imaginative.

Students explore, experiment and develop independent working skills in all areas of Art which will enable them to achieve a personal response. Students also learn and explore the art timeline, looking at key art movements throughout human history.

What We Learn

The Everyday Project:

• Still life drawings of everyday objects in pencil, pen and other media of choice.
• Digital development of objects
• Lino cutting and printing techniques.
• Development of objects in choice of media
• Outcome in choice of media, such as digital, printing or a mixed media piece.
• In Year 11 pupils will do a live question based on a previous question paper as practice for their exam in January of Year 11.

Where can I access further resources?

Retrieval Practice tasks will contribute to their personal journey and play an integral part in their class work development. This will be through a series of drawing exercises and art theory on a variety of artists. Also required to continuing with development work outside taught hours.