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Welcome to Art

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Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Pupil Artwork
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Progression Map

Nursery

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Andy Warhol

Exploring portraits

Shape, space

Painting, collage, drawing

Van Gogh

Exploring colour and shape

Drawing

Spring 1 Spring 2

Design Technology unit

Melanie Hava

Shape, colour, line, space

Wax relief

Summer 1 Summer 2

Shape, colour, line, space

Painting

Henri Matisse

Shape, colour, line, space

Collage

All Nursery subjects Next Nursery Subject - Design Technology

 

Reception

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Julian Ope

Self-portraits

Shape, line, space, colour

Painting

Cool colour

Painting

Spring 1 Spring 2

Design Technology unit

Henri Rousseau

Shape, colour, line, space

collage

Summer 1 Summer 2

Shape, colour, line, space

collage

Georgia O’Keeffe

Shape, colour, line, space

Drawing

All Reception subjects Next Reception Subject - Design Technology

Year 1

Autumn Spring Summer

Andy Goldsworthy

Manipulating natural materials

Shape, texture, space

Sculpture

Jeff Koons

Exploring Scale through sculpture

Shape, texture, space

Sculpture

Romero Britto

Blocking colour

Colour, shape, pattern

Mixed media (painting drawing, textiles, batik)

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - Design Technology

Year 2

Autumn Spring Summer

Lucy McLauchlan

Accuracy of line to form pattern

Line, shape, pattern, space

Drawing / Painting

Roy Lichtenstein

Word study

Colour

Painting – mixed media

Esther Mahlangu

Symmetry through pattern

Line, shape, pattern, colour

Drawing, painting

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - Design Technology

Year 3

Autumn Spring Summer

Wayne Thiebaud

observational studies

Shape, colour, form, tone

Drawing (pastels)

Katsushika Hokusai

Manipulating line

Line, shape, pattern

Printing

Leonid Afremov

Introducing complementing colours

Colour, form, space, tone

Painting/drawing

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - Design Technology

Year 4

Autumn Spring Summer

Barbara Hepworth

Creating organic forms

Shape, form, line, space

Sculpture

Gustave Caillebotte

Perspective drawing skills

Space, line, shape

Pencil drawings

Paul Cezanne

Still life studies

Form, colour

Painting

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - Design Technology

Year 5

Autumn Spring Summer

Banksy

Exploring negative spaces

Space, line

Printing/Painting

Pablo Picasso

Study of shape and colour

Shape, line, colour

Drawing, painting

Faith Ringgold

Manipulating textiles & sewing skills

Shape, colour, space

Textiles

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - Design Technology

Year 6

Autumn Spring Summer

Damien Hirst

observational study

shape, texture, pattern

Drawing, sculpture

Karl Blossfeldt

Creating contrast

Space, line, tone, colour

Photography/sculpture

Portraiture – various artists

Composition - alternative materials

Line, shape, space, colour

Painting, materials

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - Design Technology

Year 7

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Pencil skills
Matisse, Kandinsky,
Line, shape, tone

Still life
Clyde Semler, Cezanne
Accuracy of line & tone

Spring 1 Spring 2

Introducing colour
(Watercolour)
Kate Osborne
Limited palette

Watercolour painting
Looking at various artists

Summer 1 Summer 2

Cakes
Investigation through artists (Sarah Graham & Wayne Thiebauld)
Line, Shape, Colour

Large colour exploration painting
Gordon Bennett
Contemporary
Line, Colour, Form

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - Design Technology

Year 8

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Creepy Crawlies
Pencil, watercolour
Various sources – artists & observational
Line, tone, colour

Creepy Crawlies
View finder sections
Investigating the detail through detailed work
Line, tone, detail, texture

Spring 1 Spring 2

Creepy Crawlies
3D construction

Book Illustration
Various artists
Literacy within Art
Typography, space, juxtaposition

Summer 1 Summer 2

Fruit faces
Arcimboldo
Line, colour, collage

Prep studies leading to large scale painting
Carolee Clarke
Line, colour, form

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - Design Technology

Year 9

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Caricatures
Da Vinci
Jeff Stahl

Line, tone

Portraits
Various artists
Abstract Art, contemporary
Line, tone, form

Spring 1 Spring 2

Artist appreciation
Exploring other artists work through experimental techniques
Various artists – students guided towards suitable artists and given the option to research others
Independent practice, line, tone, form

Artist appreciation
Preparatory studies leading to a large scale interpretation from chosen artist
Independent practice, line, tone, form

Summer 1 Summer 2

Observational drawing
Further Experimental techniques and processes
Printing, textiles

Observational drawing
Preparatory studies leading to large scale observational piece

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - Design Technology

Year 10

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Artist appreciation
Students presented with a variety of artists as a starting point and strongly encouraged to independently research other artists and revisit artists they have worked from previously to expand their portfolio
Various techniques

Artist appreciation
Larger scale work

Spring 1 Spring 2

Observational studies
Experimental techniques

Observational studies
Prep work leading to large scale piece (s)

Summer 1 Summer 2

Sketchbook project
Artist research
Observations
Annotations

Final response
Students working to strengths with guidance. Students to select appropriate media to work with.

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - Design Technology

Year 11

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
GCSE coursework Completing all observations, artist interpretations, annotations, and sketchbook work ahead of presentation GCSE coursework Presenting final work & findings
Spring 1 Spring 2
GCSE Set Task
Summer 1 Summer 2
N/A N/A

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - Design Technology

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Artist study
Artist Study
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Skills study
Skills Study
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Recording from observation
Recording from Observation
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Developing a final piece
Developing a Final Piece
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Refining and Evaluating
Refining and Evaluating
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Collaborative art projects
Collaborative Art Projects
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