Art
Autumn 1
Year 7
Mark Making
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Van Gogh
Maggie Hambling
Cy Twombly
Cave Paintings
Media & Techniques:
Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Pencil, graphite, ink, charcoal, paint, water colours, string, mono printing
Year 8
Colour Theory
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Picasso blue & rose period.
James Whistler
Gustaf Klimt
Frank Bowling
Barbara Rea
Yayoi Kusama
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Pencil, paint – water colour, poster and acrylic, oil & chalk pastels, inks,
Year 9
Ceramic pots based on the work of John Maltby
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
John Maltby
Paul Klee
Lucy Rae
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Monoprints
Autumn 2
Year 7
Mark Making
Media & Techniques
Collage
Collograph prints
Ceramic relief studies
Clay
Slips and glazes
Year 8
Colour Theory
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Large scale format
Year 9
Ceramic pots based on the work of John Maltby
Media & Techniques
Slab building with clay, brush work and decoration with slips and glazes.
Spring 1
Year 7
Pre-Columbian Animal Pots
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Pre-Columbian art
Picasso animal pots
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Graphite, charcoal, chalk & oil pastel, paint.
Year 8
Clay House
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
John Brickels
Rowena Brown
Antoni Gaudi
Anastasia Savinova
Egon Schiele
Hundertwasser
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Printmaking
Pencil, charcoal, pastel. paint, printing inks
Year 9
Picasso style portraits 2D
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Pablo Picasso
Eduardo Paolozzi
Elizabeth Frink
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Monoprints
Spring 2
Year 7
Pre-Columbian Animal Pots
Media & Techniques
Ceramic 3D construction using techniques of thumb pots and coil construction.
Clay, slips and glazes
Year 8
Clay House
Media & Techniques
Slab building
Clay, slips and glazes
Year 9
Portraiture in 3D Design: Directed to more individual/original responses
Media & Techniques
3D design
Cardboard
Paint
Collage
Summer 1
Year 7
Matisse Cut Outs
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Henri Matisse
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Large scale format
Graphite, pastel, paint, glue, mixed media
Year 8
Pop Art
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein
Sarah Graham
Wayne Thiebaud
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Digital studies
Paint
Crayons
Ink
Year 9
Machinery & Inventions
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
Heath Robinson
Leonardo da Vinci
Media & Techniques
Drawing, painting, printmaking, collage
Summer 2
Year 7
Hockney Landscapes
Art History: Examining the work of a range of artist from different times and cultures including:
David Hockney
Media & Techniques
Drawing
Painting
Collage
Lino cut printmaking
Drawing Inks, printing inks, lino.
Year 8
Pop Art
Media & Techniques
Silk screen Printmaking
3D Design
Printing inks
Masking fluid
Papier mâché
Card
Year 9
Machinery & Inventions: Directed to more individual/original responses
Media & Techniques
Mixed media