Year 1
Core Content and Expectations:
Core Content and Expectations:
Block A and Block B (Autumn Term)
Block C and Block D (Spring Term)
Printmaking
Textiles
Explore resist and relief block printing, negative stencils and clay printing blocks
Explore weaving with natural and man-made materials
Know prints can be made from ordinary objects Know how to make and use a stencil and relief block
Know mixed-media, including fabrics, yarn and beads, can be used to create artwork
Be able to apply paint using controlled brushstrokes and stippling
Be able to combine a range of materials to produce textile art
Drawing
Painting
Explore materials and tools for mark making
Explore mark making with paint, using primary colours
Know marks can be made using a variety of drawing tools
Know that paint can be used to create marks and know the names of the primary colours Be able to make thick and thin marks and identify shades of primary colours
Be able to combine printing techniques such as stencilling and relief printing
Drawing
Painting
Evoke mood and represent movement through mark making
Explore line, colour and shape, make own painting tools and develop colour mixing skills to include secondary colours
Know that the surface drawn on will create different effects Be able to use a range of mark makers to create a variety of effects, depending on the surface they are placed on
Year 1
Year 2
Know that colour and line can be used to show mood, movement and feelings
Drawing and Painting
Printmaking
Combine drawing and resist to explore colour, line and shape Create tints and learn painting techniques of tonking and sgraffito
Create monoprints and explore mark making and pattern with printing tools
Know that there are lines and patterns in natural objects and that a range of effects can be made with paint
Know how to use a printing slab and roller
Textiles & Collage
Create repeated patterns with positive and negative space
Explore dip dye technique
Print using natural objects as a stimulus
Use relief and block printing techniques on fabric
Know prints can be made from natural objects
Create work focusing on pattern, line and colour using mixed-media
Know how to make a collagraph printing block
Know reconstructed paintings are made using images (and materials) that were originally part of something else
Be able to combine printing techniques
Be able to select appropriate pre-used images, colours and textures to create a new picture
Textiles & Collage
3D
Explore pattern and colour combinations Use collograph and Plasticine
TM
blocks and tie dye
Explore positive and negative space
Year 3
Explore line and shape and create paper collage Know a mandala means circle in Sanskrit
Know how to create different printing blocks
Know mandalas are designs used in Hinduism and Buddhism Know quilting is a way of conveying a message Be able to create collaged patterns within concentric circles
Be able to identify lines and patterns in nature and use
Work with wax and oil crayon resist on fabric
Printmaking
Be able to create repeated patterns
Be able to select colours and painting tools and make painted marks to express feelings
Year 3
Block D
Block B
Be able to select appropriate tools to make a range of marks
Year 2
Block C Block A
Create relief sculptures Use wire to make 3D insects Know relief work is a sculptural technique where parts of a sculpture remain attached to a surface Know sculptures can be any size and created with a wide range of materials Know when displayed, sculptures are called an installation Be able to produce relief work, placing objects into gesso Be able to make an insect installation using wire to create structure and form
Be able to tell a story using textiles and collage
Year 4
Drawing
Painting
Create contour drawings using still life and natural forms as stimulus
Learn about abstract art and develop colour mixing skills to include tertiary colours
Printmaking and Textiles
3D and Collage
Create monoprint and press prints on fabric and make collages
Create wire structures, focusing on line and form
Know what is meant by still life
Know similarities and differences between the work of two artists
Create repeated patterns by flipping and rotating images
Combine 3D materials
Know how to identify details
Know that abstract art is more about the shapes, colours and feelings it expresses – it is not about it being a realistic depiction
Use tie dye, knotting and weaving techniques
Combine a range of techniques such as overlapping and layering
Know Kente cloth is a woven fabric from West Africa
Know an illusion can suggest movement
Know tie dye is a method used to create designs and colour
Know proportion will make a figure seem realistic
Know textile artists use a range of materials to create textured designs and images
Be able to assemble pieces of paper to create the illusion of movement
Know how to use a viewfinder to create a focal point or an area of interest Be able to assemble objects to create an interesting composition
Year 4
Be able to make comparisons and form opinions Be able to create an abstract painting of a natural object
Be able to use a viewfinder and use fine control to add detail
Be able to create figures that are in proportion and out of proportion
Be able to create printing to represent Kente designs Be able to use tie dye to create colour designs
Drawing and Painting
Printmaking
Learn about and use the technique of subtractive drawing
Create three colour prints and combine printing techniques
Use organic lines to create landscapes
Year 5
Know what is meant by ‘subtractive drawing’ and ‘abstract’ Know that lines can be used to suggest harmony
Be able to combine media to create texture
Know that reduction is a method of block printing where part of the block is removed and each colour is printed on top of the last Be able to create reduction prints and explain and record the process
Textiles & Collage
3D
Create wall hangings using layered collage and weaving techniques
Create slab and coil pots and learn techniques to join and seal clay sections
Use natural forms as a starting point for artwork
Year 5
Be able to combine drawing techniques to achieve desired effects Be able to transfer and enlarge an image and work in the style of an artist
Know appliqué is a technique where fabric is stuck or sewn onto a larger piece to form a pattern or picture
Create tissue paper bowls
Know textile comes from the Latin word, texere, meaning to braid, weave or construct
Know clay can be joined by a score and slip method
Be able to combine fabrics in a range of ways
Be able to join two or more pieces of clay
Know an armature can be used to create a piece of 3D art Be able to use armatures to produce 3D forms
Weave, braid and construct art using natural objects
Drawing
Painting and Collage
Combine techniques to create abstract images
Create still life compositions by combining different media and in response to cubist work
Printmaking and Textiles
3D
Use perspective drawings as a starting point for textiles work
Adapt and refine ideas and techniques and respond to different styles of artists and art movements
Explore batik technique
Explore shape, form and colour and explore the effect of heat to create Chihuly-style ‘glass’
Learn about surrealism and portraiture
Year 6
Know about the different elements of art and design Be able to work artistically using: shape, line, form, texture, colour, value and space
Know that observation of still life can be responded to through a combination of different media and styles Be able to create a still life using a variety of colours, textures and materials, including paint
Draw and paint on fabric surfaces
Year 6
Know batik is a method of making marks on cloth using hot wax Know perspective is a technique that enables artists to create the illusion of depth to a painting or drawing Be able to apply wax to the surface of fabric and dye it to create coloured designs Be able to create a simple one-point perspective sketch
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Explore combining techniques to create sculptures using mixed-media including recycled materials Know a 2D object can change its form and shape to become 3D Know asymmetrical means balance is created where there are elements of colour or shape on both sides that make each side equally important Be able to use different media to create shapes and forms Be able to match visual and tactile elements to their intentions to create visual balance
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