KS3 Art
Art is assessed during projects using RAG 123 and then at the end of a project with the relevant level. Grades are given reflecting on the students skill level, critical understanding and final outcome.
Year 7 Units
Introduction to Practice
Introduction to colour theory, still-life, text and font, sketchbook work, drawing and painting. Art writing frames to analyse image and context.
Seasons and Landscapes
Black & white positive negative space, seasons and landscapes, simple figurative art, book covers, seasonal card design, clay /ceramics, critical studies, mark-making and illustration.
Shape & Scale
Shape and scale, repeat pattern, man-made objects, drawing from observation, printmaking, collage.
Designing & Making
Sculpture, Portraiture, 2D & 3D, shoes/hats, extended painting, art writing frames to analyse image and context.
Natural Forms
Impressionism, Composition, ICT, mixed-media, collage, art writing frames to analyse image and context.
Pattern
Collage, environment, three-dimensional sculpture, working outdoors, Iteration from previous terms. Colour, application of art to real objects, books, stamps.
Year 8 Units
Term 1
Perspective 2point and 3point, application of theory into actual work out of sketchbook scale. Back to sketchbook work, drawing and painting. Use of Photoshop. Art writing frames to analyse image and context. Joining the dots.
Term 2
Portraiture and identity, gridding upscale distortion. Painting. Graphic design, logos, clay work and pottery, paper sculpture. Use of Photoshop. Seasonal art, 2D and 3D.
Term 3
Art from other cultures. Communication and meaning. Surrealism. Puppets, Critical Studies, designing and making. Mask making, caste, surface pattern design. Use of Photoshop
Term 4
Composition and pattern. Clay and sculpture. Print making lino and mono. Application print into surface pattern design. Use of Photoshop.
Term 5
Natural forms. Cubism. Self-identified project with critical study. Print making. Use of Photoshop. Art writing frames to analyse image and context. Joining the dots.
Term 6
Natural forms, ceramics, landscape. Graphic project. Drawing from observation and working out.
Year 9 Units
Term 1
Critical studies, art writing frames to analyse image and context. Photoshop. Graphic design, illustration, three-dimensional sculpture.
Term 2
The human figure and proportion, futurism, masks, mixed media and drawing from observation. Photoshop.
Term 3
Life drawing, Symbolism, natural forms, mixed media portraiture, illustration, printmaking.
Term 4
Life drawing, Symbolism, natural forms, mixed media, portraiture, illustration, figures in action. Sculpture, and print-making. Photoshop
Term 5
Still life, landscape, narrative story, extended painting. Monsieur Qui clay work, development of self-directed project shadowing GCSE. Art writing frames to analyse image and context. Joining the dots.
Term 6
Still-life, landscape, narrative story, extended painting. Monsieur Qui clay work, contemporary art. Environment, development of ideas. Development of self-directed project shadowing GCSE.