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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