Curriculum

Art & Design

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Our Art and Design curriculum provides pupils with the opportunity to demonstrate imagination and creative flair. Pupils are able to develop and refine their drawing and observational skills through sketching a range of everyday objects and primary images and making their work personal.

Pupils have the opportunity to experiment with methods and approaches and synthesise observations, ideas and feelings to create compositions for paintings, collages and other creative responses. They are encouraged to explore their artistic styles by studying a range of artists and their ‘drawing and making’ styles.

Curriculum Overview – Key Stage 3
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Elements of Art

  • Elements of Art (colour,line, shape etc)
  • Colour theory
  • Painting (watercolour)
  • Sculpture and construction
  • Elements: Colour, line, shape, tone, form, space
  • Art Movement: Abstract Expressionism, Young British

Movement

  • Mark Making (pen/oil pastel)
  • Digital
  • Positive & negative space
  • Repartition
  • Elements: Texture, line, colour, pattern
  • Principles: Rhythm
  • Art Movement: Post Impressionism, Optical Art, Orphism

Changes

  • One Point Perspective
  • Graphic Design
  • Typography (pen, marker)
  • Collage
  • Elements: Colour, shape, form
  • Principles: Balance, emphasis
  • Art Movement: Pop Art

Near & far

  • Observational drawing (pencil crayon/watercolour)
  • Grid method
  • Photography (composition)
  • Elements: Texture, line, tone, space
  • Principles: Proportion, harmony
  • Art Movement: Realism

Characters

  • Illustration
  • Characterisation
  • Portraiture
  • Elements: Pattern, colour, line
  • Principles: Balance, emphasis
  • Art Movement: Modernism, Cubism

Architecture

  • Observational drawing (pen/pencil)
  • Grid Method
  • Primary and secondary sources
  • Historical and cultural design
  • Mosaic
  • Cityscape
  • Elements: Line, texture, tone, shape, form
  • Principles: Emphasis, proportion
  • Art Movement:Contemporary

Environment

  • Landscape (paint)
  • Seascape (paint)
  • Painting (acrylic/watercolour)
  • Elements: Colour, space
  • Principles: Balance, harmony
  • Art Movement: Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, Hurhfiyya

Botanical

  • Printing (block/screen/mono)
  • Observational drawing (pencil crayon)
  • Textile Art (fabric/fibres)
  • Elements: Line, shape, form, texture
  • Principles: Proportion
  • Art Movement: Arts and Craft, Printmaking

Human

  • Observational drawing
  • Portraiture/Sculpture
  • Anatomical Sketching
  • Elements: Line, shape, form, tone
  • Principles: Proportion
  • Art Movement: High Renaissance

Identity

  • Mixed Media
  • Creative lettering (marker pen)
  • Juxtaposition (paper)
  • Elements: Texture, colour
  • Principles: Emphasis, variety
  • Art Movement: Surrealism, mixed media

In The News

  • Urban Street Art
  • Graffiti
  • Sticker Art
  • Guerrilla Art
  • Political, social and economic contexts

Lest we Forget

  • War Art
  • Symbolism
  • Observational drawing
  • Journalism/photography

Black and White

  • Focus: Alternative Drawing Methods
  • Mark making tools
  • Single line drawing
  • Sensory drawing

Species

  • Textile Art and Design:
  • Fashion Design
  • Fabric Manipulation
  • 3D Printing (theory)

Layers

  • Land Art
  • Installation
  • Photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Overview – Key Stage 4
Year 10 Year 11

Students can choose one or more of the titles below for study.

  • Art, craft and design
  • Fine art
  • Graphic communication
  • Textile design
  • Three-dimensional design
  • Photography

Each student must select and present a portfolio representative of their course of study. The portfolio must include both:

  • A sustained project developed in response to a subject, theme, task or brief evidencing the journey from initial engagement with an idea(s) to the realisation of intentions.
  • A selection of further work resulting from activities such as trials and experiments; skills-based workshops; mini and/or foundation projects; responses to gallery, museum or site visits; work placements; independent study and evidence of the student’s specific role in any group work undertaken.
  • Externally-set assignment (students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title).
Assessment

Internal assessments take place every term.

KS4 Exam Board Specification: AQA GCSE Art and Design (8201-8206) or BTEC First Award in Art and Design

Enrichment Offer

The Department offers subject-specific enrichment clubs and organises a range of educational visits throughout the year. Pupils are able to take part in school-wide competitions, as well as representing the Academy in local and national competitions designed to increase their engagement and enhance their subject knowledge. Intervention sessions to consolidate prior learning and ensure maximum progress are at the heart of our delivery model.

Careers

Studying Art opens up many possible and varied careers. Examples of careers in Art:

3D Product Designer, Industrial Designer, Logo/Branding Designer, Packaging Designer, Typographer, Surface Pattern Designer, Ceramic Designer, Carver, Jeweller, Mosaic Designer, Weaver, Glass Artist, Quilt/Rug/Linen Designer, Costume Designer, T-Shirt Designer, Dress Maker, Accessory Designer, Visual Communications, Advertising Designer, Visual Merchandiser, Window Dresser, Art Director, Commercial Artist, Art Gallery Dealer, Printmaker, Photographer, Makeup Artist , Artist in residence, Online curator, Fashion and Product designer.

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