Art at Ark Kings
Art Curriculum Overview
Art Curriculum Overview: Outline of taught and assessed content
The table below outlines the whole curriculum overview for this subject area, and shows the journey that students take throughout Ark Kings. |
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Year Group |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Nursery |
Kadinsky Circles |
Giuseppe Archimboldo Food |
Piet Mondrian Squares and rectangles |
Mark making tools |
Georges Seurat Pointillism |
Katsushika Hokusai Hiroshige - Wave |
Reception |
Light Art Diwali and Bonfire
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Vincent Van Gogh Flowers
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Henri Rousseau Jungle |
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Year 1 |
Jeff Koons Shape, texture, space |
Andy Goldsworthy Shape, texture, space |
Eugène Séguy texture |
Romero Britto colour |
Childe Hassan colour |
Lucy McLauchlan Line, shape, pattern, space |
Year 2 |
Andy Warhol colour |
Kathe Kollwitz Line, tone |
Estha Mahlangu Line, shape, pattern, colour |
Pablo Picasso (blue period) Shape, form, texture |
Ed Fairburn Line, shape, texture |
Michelle Stitzlein Shape, form |
Year 3 |
Kathryn Gerhardt Line, shape, texture, pattern |
Damian Hirst shape, texture, pattern |
Katsushika Hokusai Line, shape, pattern |
Antoni Gaudi Form, colour, shape |
space |
Jackson Pollock / Mark Rothko colour |
Year 4 |
Grayson Perry Form, colour |
Paul Cezanne Form, colour
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Jacob Lawrence colour |
Wayne Thiebaud Shape, colour, form, tone |
Architecture (Leonardo Di Vinci) Shape, form, line, space |
L.S Lowry Shape |
Year 5 |
Banksy Space, line |
Barbara Hepworth Shape, form, line, space |
Pablo Picasso Shape, line, colour
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Richard Long Shape, texture |
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson Shape, line |
Kat Flynn Form, space |
Year 6 |
Neil Shigley Line, tone |
Christian Boltanski Space, line, tone, colour |
Faith Ringgold Shape, colour, space |
Leonid Afremov Colour, form, space, tone |
Barbara Kruger Line, shape, space. colour |
Georges Seurat Colour, space, tone |
Year 7 |
Pencil skills Matisse, kandinsky, Line, shape, tone |
Still life Clyde Semler, Cezanne Accuracy of line & tone |
Introducing colour (Watercolour) Kate Osborne Limited palette |
Watercolour painting Looking at various artists |
Cakes Investigation through artists (Sarah Graham & Wayne Thiebauld) Line, Shape, Colour |
Large colour exploration painting Gordon Bennett Contemporary Line, Colour, Form |
Year 8 |
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 |
Creepy Crawlies 3D construction
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Book Illustration Various artists Literacy within Art Typography, space, juxtaposition
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Fruit faces Arcimboldo Line, colour, collage
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Prep studies leading to large scale painting Carolee Clarke Line, colour, form
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Year 9 |
Caricatures Da Vinci Jeff Stahl Line, tone
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Portraits Various artists Abstract Art, contemporary, Line, tone, form |
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,
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Artist appreciation Preparatory studies leading to a large scale interpretation from chosen artist Independent practice, line, tone, form,
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Observational drawing Further Experimental techniques and processes Printing, textiles |
Observational drawing Preparatory studies leading to large scale observational piece
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Year 10 |
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 |
Observational studies Experimental techniques |
Observational studies Prep work leading to large scale piece (s) |
Sketchbook project Artist research Observations Annotations |
Final response Students working to strengths with guidance. Students to select appropriate media to work with
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Year 11 |
Working on large scale pieces, relevant to chosen topic |
Workshop style lessons, building skills (mountboard, printing, textiles & other options) |
Final response – bringing together all the themes from the chosen topic, including imagery and colour schemes – this may be one large scale piece, or, a collection of pieces to complete the coursework |
Final response continued. Annotations completed and work displayed by students |
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How does your child become a proficient artist?
Across a learning sequence, pupils are taught to analyse an artist and their work, practise a core artistic skill or technique, carry out an observational drawing, develop and refine a final piece of artwork, followed by an evaluation.
Here is an example of what this looks like:
Artist Study
Skills Study
Recording from Observation
Developing a Final Piece
Refining and Evaluating
Collaborative Art Projects
Pupils also engage in whole-school art projects to experience how to work on collaborative projects.
Autumn whole-school art project based on 'The Dot' book where children explored the use of colour, tone and line.