Art & Design - Year 7
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| Knowledge | Colour and Tone: Students will explore colour theory and tone. Students will refine their fine motor skills- students discover the effects of using a tonal range and colour blending | Line and collage: Students will explore line drawing and collage. Students will refine their fine motor skills- students discover the effects of mark making, shape and directional line | Portraiture: Students are introduced to portraiture and the proportions of the human face. Students work towards understanding how to draw facial features and details. | Craig Redman: Students look into the work of Craig Redman and his use of pattern when depicting the human face. Students create a self-portrait that reflects the work of Redman and develops a knowledge of pattern. | Gargoyles: Students explore the historical context of gargoyles. Using their new found knowledge students design and create their own Gargoyles using clay. | Cubism: students explore the artist movement Cubism, and research the work of Leger and Lichtenstien. Students develop their drawing skills and investigate working with a limited colour palette. |
| High frequency vocabulary and grammatical structures taught | Primary colours, secondary colours, complimentary sets, harmonious colours, mixing, blending, tonal range, shadow, light source, mark making | Line, form, shape, mark making, weaving, weight of line, negative space, collage, layering, composition | Proportion, face, line, mark making, form, portrait, three dimensional, tonal range, scale, realism | Pop art, pattern, outline, block colour, primary colours, portrait, simplify, shape, repeatition | Three dimensional, spout, grotesque, architecture, features, pinch pot, slip and score, manipulate, texture, detail | Cubism, Pop Art, composition, contrast, limited colour palette, still life, abstract, sketch, proportion, harmonious colours, photography |
| Assessment | Assessment runs over 4 assesssment objectives, this runs in line with the style of assessment candidates experience at GCSE. Projects recieve an overall grade, marks for each AO is taken into account when marking, each assessment objective is weighed at 25%. A03 (drawing skills) - Tonal Conal drawing task, AO2 (experiments)- Colour blender worksheet | Assessment runs over 4 assesssment objectives, this runs in line with the style of assessment candidates experience at GCSE. Projects recieve an overall grade, marks for each AO is taken into account when marking, each assessment objective is weighed at 25%.A01 (research)- Matisse research page, A04 (final outcome)- fine line sea creature | Assessment runs over 4 assesssment objectives, this runs in line with the style of assessment candidates experience at GCSE. Projects recieve an overall grade, marks for each AO is taken into account when marking, each assessment objective is weighed at 25%- AO3- (emulating) - self portrait drawing task | Assessment runs over 4 assesssment objectives, this runs in line with the style of assessment candidates experience at GCSE. Projects recieve an overall grade, marks for each AO is taken into account when marking, each assessment objective is weighed at 25% AO1 (research)- Craig Redman research page, AO3 (emulating)- Redman copy, AO2 (experimenting) Redman Objects, AO4 (final piece) - Redman style self portrait | Assessment runs over 4 assesssment objectives, this runs in line with the style of assessment candidates experience at GCSE. Projects recieve an overall grade, marks for each AO is taken into account when marking, each assessment objective is weighed at 25%. AO1 (Research)- Gargoyle research page , AO3 (emulating) Gargoyle tonal drawing, AO2 (experiment) Gargoyle design, AO4 (final outcome) Gargoyle pinch pot | Assessment runs over 4 assesssment objectives, this runs in line with the style of assessment candidates experience at GCSE. Projects recieve an overall grade, marks for each AO is taken into account when marking, each assessment objective is weighed at 25%- AO1 (Research)- Leger research page, AO3 (emulating) Leger copy, AO2 (experiment) Still life photography, AO4 (final outcome) Still life cubist composition |
| Cultural Capital Careers Cross Curricular Links | Career links: Introduction of basic design skills, Cross curricular: Light and shadow- science | Career links: Introduction to artist research- exploring Matisse's career, Weaving- Textiles and felt making | Cultural capital explored: Art time line- portraits | Cultural capital explored: links to british and American 'Pop Art' movement in the 50s/60s | Cultural capital explored: architecture, particurly churches- Historical context. Career links exlpored: Architecture, sculptor. | Culture capital explored: Cubism and Pop Art movements Career links explored: Artist, Graphic Designer |