Overview – the big picture
Each year, students will be given a broad theme:
Y7 ‘Pattern and decoration’
Y8 ‘Self and society’
Y9 ‘The Everyday.’
Every term you will work on a new project relating to the theme. These projects will vary from teacher to teacher but all students will learn the same skills. There will be lots of opportunities to work in all the categories below in each term although the emphasis may change.
Students are assessed both summatively (end of project basis) and also formatively, using participation in lessons, homework and half termly unit marking to assess progress against a minimum of one assessment criteria.
Homework
Homework is set as and when each individual project requires but the table below shows an approximate guide.
| Homework set | Method of assessment | Approx time to complete task | Timescale for completion | Frequency of task |
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| Research | Marked by teacher against department and national criteria | 1-2 hours | At least 1 week but more likely 2 weeks | Approx 2 per term |
| Skills practice/ finishing class work | As above | 1 hour | As above | Approx 2 times per term |
| Collecting resources | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Writing about Art work
These learning and literacy mats will help students complete research-based homework.
| Formal elements in Art | Analysing/ sentence starters | Comparison | |||
| The Formal Elements are the parts used to make a piece of artwork.
These are:
Pattern. A design that is created by repeating lines, shapes, tones or colours.
Colour. Red, yellow and blue are primary colours which means they can’t be mixed using any other colours. In theory, all other colours can be mixed from these three colours. Two primary colours mixed together make a secondary colour.
Texture. This is to do with the surface quality of something, the way something feels or looks like it feels.
Tone. This refers to the lightness or darkness of something. This could be a shade or how dark or light a colour appears. The parts of the object on which the light is strongest are called highlights and the darker areas are called shadows. There will be a range of tones in between the highlights and shadows.
Form. Form is a three dimensional shape, such as a cube, sphere or cone. Sculpture and 3D design are about creating forms. In 2D artworks, tone and perspective can be used to create an illusion of form.
Shape. The external form, contours or outline of something or someone.
Line. Line can be used to show many different qualities, such as contours (showing the shape and form of something) or feelings or expressions (a short hard line gives a different feeling to a flowing one). |
My eye is lead to … by …
My eye goes to … because …
The … leads my eye to …
The paint has been applied …
The texture of the work looks …
The strong use of … makes the … stand out
The … background …
The use of … gives a sense of …
This image reminds me of …
I like … because …
I dislike … because …
This work links to my class work because …
The … inspire me …
The expression of … reminds me of …
The work is about …
The artist/ designer/ craftsperson has …
The title implies …
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Compared with…
Similarly…
In the same way…
Likewise…
Equally…
As with…
…are similar in that …
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| Examples | Contrasting | ||||
| For example …
For instance …
Such as …
…as can be seen
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However …
On the other hand…
…although…
…Despite this…
On the contrary…
Instead …
As for …
… whereas …
…while … |
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| Emphasising | |||||
| Mainly
Mostly
Usually
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| Key words | |||||
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Repeated pattern, design, regular, decorative, warm, cold, monochromatic, bold, bright, dull, subtle, pastel, rough, smooth, thick, course, spiky, highlights, shadows, shade, 3D, outline, solid shape, movements, mark making, broken line, short line, thick line, dashes, scale, proportion, detail, tone, texture, colour, shape, form, line, directional shading, mood, comparison |
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| Presentation of artist research | Core targets | Checking for the basics | |||
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When presenting your work, you must include the following things:
A title (artist’s name). Colour images of the artist’s work. Your own work – drawing etc that links to artist’s work. Annotations Your own analysis and opinions of artist’s work Include the five W and how! Conclusion of how you have been influenced by the work. Explain how the artist has used visual language.
The presentation of your work should link to the project and the artist’s work. You should look at the colour and style the artist has used – don’t use inappropriate materials.
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Correct use of spelling and grammar.
Different lengths of sentences.
Correct use of terminology/ keywords.
Extended writing – not one word answers.
Discuss the use of formal elements in your work.
Give and justify your opinions.
Understand the artist use of Visual Language.
Understand how you have interpreted Visual Language. |
Every sentence must start with a CAPITAL letter. Every sentence must end with some form of punctuation .!? Proper nouns need capital letters e.g. Lichfield, February and Mr Jones. When writing titles of art work, books, etc. Capitalise the first word. Capitalise any main/ important words. Don’t capitalise minor words such as ‘and’, ‘of’ or ‘the’. |
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| Visual Language | |||||
| Visual language is a system of communication using visual elements.
Understand how artists are trying to convey messages and concepts through art work; interpret this into your own work. |
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