LINE, TONE & TEXTURE

• Studying basic Art elements: Line, Tone, and Texture.
• Experimenting with a variety of 2D media.
• Introduction to basic drawing skills.
• Art History: Picasso and Van Gogh.
• Make the word texture out of found art materials.
• Produce a painted sample in the style of Van Gogh Sunflowers.
• Make a sunflower head collage.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

PATTERN

• Develop an understanding of Pattern by studying the artist Klimt.
• Explore Pattern with a variety of 2D media in the style of Klimt.
• Design a decorative hairstyle inspired by Klimt.
• Art History: Gustave Klimt.
• Design and make a decorative frame using 2D media in the style of Klimt, decorate with collage pieces.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

MOSAIC

• Understand the basic design elements of Mosaic.
• Experiment with a variety of 3D media to produce test pieces.
• Photograph and record student experimental work.
• Art History: Roman and Contemporary Mosaics.
• Produce a final 3D Mosaic outcome.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

THE ART OF THE SKULL

• Design a front page with appropriate images.
• Produce secondary source images of skulls using a variety of 2D media.
• Make a pointillist study of part of a skull using a fine liner.
• Observational paintings of skulls from life using card and limited palette.
• Made small skull in air hardened clay. Add texture with modelling tools.
• Art history: research skull artist of own choice.
• Design 3 different types of gothic style jewellery.
• Design and make a 3D skull using art straws, mod roc and tissue paper, decorate with metallic paint.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

FIRST ARTISTS- A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC AND ABORIGINAL ART

• Design a front page with appropriate images.
• Make hand print stencils using painting technique.
• Make a Balsa wood drawing tool.
• Draw prehistoric images using crumpled brown paper, wax crayons and watercolours.
• Make a string print block and print several images using natural paint colours.
• Art history: research an Aboriginal Artist.
• Produce series of Aboriginal paintings in the style of Judy Watson.
• Make a textile panel in the style of Judy Watson.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

GARGOYLES

• Art history: research Gargoyles and the grotesques of Leonardo da Vinci.
• Photograph student pulling a grotesque face.
• Trace best photograph and produce an oil pastel study.
• Make a textured Gargoyle portrait in clay, add texture, paint with metallic paints
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

Unit 1: Explore available resources to develop basic art and design skills.

THEME: ANIMAL PATTERNS AND TEXTURES.

• Select an image of a crocodile/chameleon/lizard eye etc. as your starting point.
• Trace the image, enlarge and produce a fine liner drawing.
• Enlarge again and produce a poly printing block.
• Print on coloured paper with a variety of colours.
• Make and cut a stencil, print from it, in a variety of metallic paints on black paper.
• Make a series of frottage rubbings using wax crayon etc. and produce a textured design based on your chosen animal eye.
• Clay: roll out and cut a series of small tiles use the tile cutter, add texture to make a series of experimental pieces.
• Study coiling, modelling, piercing and extruding as part of the clay process.
• Mod roc: make a series of small experimental pieces, showing texture.
• Show an understanding of the limitations of clay and mod roc.
• Explore a range of suitable materials for art and design techniques.
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

Unit 2: Explore and develop art and design ideas creatively.

• Students will identify a range of different sources to collect ideas from eg: art gallery, museum etc. and produce a visual mind map.
• Visit to Art Gallery/ Museum to collect information.
• Information to be presented in the form of a power point.
• Discuss a range of art and design ideas with tutor.
• Record creative development.
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

Unit 3: create, present and review final art and design items.

THEME: EXOTIC ANIMAL MASKS.

• Design an exotic mask, looking to masks from other cultures for inspiration.
• Develop ideas and experiment with a variety of 2D/3D media.
• Make final 3D mask from clay, mod roc or wire.
• Add collage for decoration.
• Display your work in an appropriate way.
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Learning to annotate and evaluate work.

3D MEDIA WORKSHOPS

• Wire workshop: learn the basics of working with gauze, copper and fine wire to make chain mail and other experimental pieces, record observations.
• Make a wire sculpture inspired by Salisbury Cathedral.
• Mod roc workshop: learn the basic elements:
• Make a single capital letter using mod roc and tissue paper.
• Card construction workshop: learn the basics of card manipulation.
• Produce 4-6 card tiles showing a series of descriptive art works e.g. twisted, looped. Folded, woven etc, using corrugated card, brown paper and various natural textured papers.
• Ceramic workshop: learn the basic elements of ceramic construction.
• Produce examples of coil, slab and thumb pots. These will be annotated in the form of an information work sheet; students will be photographed showing these techniques.
• All 4 workshops will be annotated and evaluated using correct art terms and terminology.

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL PART 1:

• Visit to Salisbury Cathedral collecting photographic evidence for design brief.
• Drawing workshop looking at oil pastel, tonal pencil and watercolour techniques and working from secondary source images from Salisbury Cathedral.
• Learn how to present your work in a 1:1 session, selecting appropriate work to a high level.

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL: PART 2:

• Design, develop and make one of the following:
• A small sculpture inspired by the architectural images found in the Cathedral.
• Design a piece of body adornment based on your drawings from the Cathedral.
• Students are to select the media of their choice from clay, mod rod, wire or card.
• Produce a series of drawings in a variety of 2D media to show the design process.
• Art History: find an artist of your choice who inspires you.
• Annotate and evaluate your work.

GREEN MAN

• Produce 4 different layout designs for a green man using collage leaves, photocopy each design.
• Enlarge and trace design.
• Produce an abstracted oil pastel study.
• Ceramic workshop: fine modelling of eyes and ceramic leaves.
• Make 3D pot or plate with green man image, adding textural decoration.
• Paint ceramic pot with acrylic and metallic paints.
• Art history the green man/artist who has been inspired by the green man.
• Annotate and evaluate your work.

EXAM PAPER

• Students are given a power point prepared by myself relating to every exam question and the suggested artists for study.
• Design, experiment and produce a series of 2D drawings and 3D models and maquettes in preparation for the art exam.
• Students will be made aware of the marking criteria used by the assessor.
• Annotate and evaluate your work.

PERSONAL PROJECT

• Students may design, develop and make a small project of their own choice.
• Time will also be spent checking portfolio and ensuring all work meets the marking criteria.