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Art

Key Stage 3 - Year 7

Year 7    Term 1 Objects and viewpoint

This is an introduction to Art and design and pupils will be asked ‘What is Art?’ They will also be introduced to working in sketchbooks and a variety of recording techniques and pupils will start to develop their understanding of the formal elements.  In this unit, pupils explore familiar objects from different viewpoints as the starting point for their work. They develop their ideas by selecting and abstracting qualities of objects to use as the basis for art works. They learn about the ideas and approaches and influences of other artists, times and cultures to then make connections within their own work.

Pupils will: analyse and comment on other artists ideas and approaches to representing shape, form and space; compare artists ideas and approaches with their own; make drawings, paintings and digital photographs of objects to record different viewpoints; experiment with ways of representing familiar objects, and develop their ideas; combine and manipulate painting techniques to make an image, exploring shape, form and space; reflect on, adapt and refine their work to realise their own ideas and intentions.

Year 7     Term 2 What’s in a building

In this unit, pupils explore their ideas and feelings about buildings and their experiences of walking through spaces. They record interesting features, such as doorways, arches, windows, porches and courtyards. They evolve designs for sculpture based on their studies and produce a sculpture in clay, card, plaster or other three dimensional materials. They look at the work of architects, designers and sculptors.

At the end of this unit

Pupils will: explore ideas and collect visual and other information about buildings to help them develop their work; use their knowledge and understanding of materials and processes to produce a sculpture, combining and organising visual and tactile qualities to communicate ideas and feelings; compare and comment on ideas, methods and approaches used in their own and others’ three-dimensional work, and relate these to the purpose of the work; adapt and improve their work to realise their own intentions

Year 7    Term 3 Recreating landscapes

In this unit, pupils explore landscape and build on the experience of buildings as the starting point for two- and three-dimensional work. They collect visual and other information by visiting a landscape and by studying the methods, approaches and intentions of artists and craftspeople that use the environment as inspiration.

They manipulate the visual and tactile qualities of materials to convey mood and feeling about a landscape and construct print-based work.

At the end of this unit

Pupils will: explore ideas and collect visual and other information on the theme of natural environment to help them develop a print based piece; use their knowledge and understanding of materials and processes to communicate a mood or feeling about the landscape; combine and organise shape, form, pattern and texture to suit their intentions; compare and comment on ideas, methods and approaches used in their own and others’ landscapes, and relate these to the context of the work; adapt and improve their work to realise their intentions.

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