EXCELLENCE – HAPPINESS AND NURTURE – POWERFUL LEARNING Subject Intent – Art Pupil will develop: The ability to use visual language skillfully and convincingly (for example, line, shape, pattern, colour, texture, form) to express emotions, interpret observations, convey insights and accentuate their individuality.
Substantive Knowledge
Disciplinary Knowledge
The ability to communicate fluently in visual and tactile form.
Artist Knowledge
Develop ideas This knowledge involves understanding how ideas develop through an artistic process.
The ability to draw confidently and adventurously from observation, memory and imagination. The ability to explore and invent marks, develop and deconstruct ideas and communicate perceptively and powerfully through purposeful drawing in 2D, 3D or digital media.
Art History - Genres/Styles/Movements (Modern Art)
Formal Elements of Art
An impressive knowledge and understanding of other artists, craftmakers and designers. The ability to think and act like creative practitioners by using their knowledge and understanding to inform, inspire and interpret ideas, observations and feelings. Independence, initiative and originality which they can use to develop their creativity. The ability to select and use materials, processes and techniques skillfully and inventively to realise intentions and capitalise on the unexpected. The ability to reflect on, analyse and critically evaluate their own work and that of others. A passion for and a commitment to the subject.
Paradigms of Art
Master techniques This knowledge involves developing a skill set so that ideas may be communicated. Take inspiration from the greats This knowledge involves learning from both the artistic process and techniques of great artists and artisans throughout history