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Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School

Overview of the Art Curriculum

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

 

EYFS

1

2

3

4

5

6

1 RESPONDING TO ART AND ARTISTS

 

1a. Can you say what art you like or don’t like?

1b. How might the work of artists inspire my own art?

1c. How is art expressed over time and different cultures?

 

1d. How can we gain a deeper understanding of significant art movements over the last century?

2

UNDERSTANDING AND USING COLOUR

2a What colours do you know?

2b. What are the primary, secondary and tertiary colours, and how can you lighten or darken them?

2c. What are the primary, secondary and tertiary colours, and how can you lighten or darken them?

2d. How can we use colour to convey mood or feelings?

3

DRAWING

3a. What marks can you make with different tools for drawing?

3b. How can you begin to draw things you have seen or have remembered?

3c. How can you use different media to create different effects of shade, form, and tone to give more detail to drawings?

3d. How do you use techniques to add greater detail and realism to drawings (such as using perspective and creating texture)?

4

PAINTING

 

 

4a. Can you begin to explore painting?

4b. Can we experiment with a wide range of paint and painting techniques?

4c. What tools, techniques and media can be used to create specific textures and effects in your paintings?

4d. How can we use tools, techniques, and media to create mood in increasingly sophisticated painting?

5

CREATING 3D ART/

SCULPTURE

5a. What models can you make?

5b. Can we make a 3d model from a 2d picture?

5c. How can we add greater detail and decoration to sculptures?

5d. How can we use sculpture from other cultures, or specific purposes, to inspire our own work?

6

USING MATERIALS TO MAKE TEXTURE AND PATTERN (PRINTING AND COLLAGE)

6a. How can we use materials to make pictures?

6b. What materials, everyday objects, and techniques can we use to create patterns and pictures?

6c. How can shape, direction, colour and texture be used to create realistic or abstract images or patterns?

6d. How can we combine a wider range of materials or techniques to create a specific outcome?