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An introduction to photography

Investigating light

Exploring photography with everyday items

Photography and mixed media

Creating a gallery

Photography

World on the Window - Window Hangings

The beauty of nature - ephemeral art

Urban culture - yarn bombing

Living and giving - the art of kindness

Miniature worlds

Installation / site-specific art

Graphic design: the art of letters

Create a concrete poem

Practise calligraphic techniques

Learn to draw typographic letter forms

Design an expressive letter form

Create  expressive typographic work

Pupils will investigate letterforms and practice calligraphic techniques, looking at the work of artists and designers. They will make concrete poems, playing with typographic forms to create meaning and communicate ideas.  They will design and create their own letterform composition.

Lettering: graphic design

Digital photography: creating a series of facial expression photographs

Investigate facial expressions in portraits

Analyse a facial expression through drawing

Drawing: use tone and colour for facial expressions

Painting: the foundations of a facial expression

Painting: finalising a facial expression painting

In this unit, pupils will learn the art of portraiture in greater depth. They will learn how artists create expressions, mood and feeling in their portraits using facial features, colour, lighting and props.

Photography and painting: facial expressions in portraiture

Mask designs: research and mood board

Design a mask using sources

Sculpture: card construction techniques

Creating a mask shape

Mask construction using modroc

Surface decoration and completion of a mask

Masks have been created and used by many cultures and peoples through the ages, including in contemporary society for film and TV.  In this unit, pupils will learn various sculpture techniques, design and make a mask.

Sculpture: make a mask

Draft a self-portrait concrete poem

Use monoprinting to create a self-portrait

Create an art box

Plan for an assemblage sculpture

Assemblage: interior box design

Assemblage: exterior box design

Pupils will devise and make a personalised assemblage sculpture that reflects aspects of their inner and outer personality. They will compose a poetry self-portrait before researching, gathering and collecting items for their assemblage sculpture.

Me in a box: drawing and sculpture

Exploring abstract art

Devise a mark-making toolkit

Create an abstract composition

Make an abstract print using a paper-cut technique

Design an abstract textile panel

Make an abstract felt panel

Pupils will learn how abstract artists convey feelings and emotions through their use of colour, line and shape. They will take part in practical abstract exercises, including multiple print making with a paper-cut technique, before designing and creating an abstract felt panel.

Abstract art: drawing, printing and textiles

Drawing: observe and draw cakes using charcoal

Sketching and designing a celebration cake

Experimenting with clay for a cake sculpture

Experiment with coil and pinch pot techniques

Build a clay celebration cake

Ceramics: finalising a cake inspired creation

Cake is a central part of many cultures and celebrations, with a rich history and symbolic meaning. Pupils will use the subject matter of cakes to develop their drawing and painting skills before designing and making a cake of their own invention in clay.

Ceramics: cake culture

Unweaving, wrapping, transforming: textile sculpture

Cut, colour, speak: Pop Art placards for protest

Set the scene: collage, figure and symbol

Shadow stories: silhouette, clay and light

Made in collaboration with October Gallery. the unit explores how artists use visual storytelling to express ideas about people and change. Pupils create symbolic work, experiment with shadow and silhouettes, and design placards that use colour, shape, words, and symbols to share messages.

Art for change: visual voices

Art and design

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