ART ACADEMY
Ensuring outstanding teaching in Art & Design
Castles
Focused Disciplines: Drawing, Painting
Collage & Printmaking
In this unit of work children consolidate their knowledge and understanding in two key areas of art and design – printmaking and collage/mixed media work. This is achieved through creative activities that are linked through the common theme of castles.
Teaching Pack
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6 Lesson Presentation Slides
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Knowledge Organiser
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Medium Term Plan
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Scheme of Work Overview
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Additional teaching resources
Curriculum Scope & Sequence
Theoretical Knowledge
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Children will begin to understand about the elements of art and be able to apply them to the creative process. (Line, shape, form, colour, value, texture, shape and pattern)
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Children will know:
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That printmaking is transferring an image from one surface to another.
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That sculpture is three-dimensional art.
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About the lives, style and works of art of significant artists – Paul Klee
Technical Knowledge
Drawing
Through experimenting with a range of drawing materials children:
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Draw lines and shapes of different thicknesses and sizes.
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Create detail, patterns and textures using different lines and marks.
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Draw from both imagination, observation, and a range of sources.
Printmaking
Children will be able to:
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use a range of techniques to create monoprints.
Collage
Children will be able to:
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sort, mix and arrange materials from a range of sources when creating a collage.
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create collage and mixed media compositions using a range of materials to convey an idea or for a given purpose.
Conceptual Knowledge
Children will understand the creative process through:
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Using their own personal experiences to create art.
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Using their imagination to create art.
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Expressing feelings and emotions about their own art and the art of others.
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Developing ideas linked to a topic they are interested in.