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Year 7 - ART

During Year 7 pupils will work extensively, though not exclusively, in a sketchbook. During Year 7 pupils are introduced, many for the first time, to the practice of art and design and the specialist vocabulary essential to the development of skills and understanding within the subject.

Sketchbooks will house pupil observations and imaginative work through drawing, painting, design related activity and printmaking. It is the place where new words particular to the study of art and design can be logged and where the information and thoughts on the work of artists, designers and craftspeople from different times and cultures can be recorded. During Year 7 pupils will begin to evaluate their own work and the work of others through teacher led group discussions. They will record these evaluations in a sketchbook.

Sketchbooks are valuable tools for assisting the development of organisational ability and presentation skills, fostering pride in achievement and developing an understanding of the learning process. The sketchbook is where we can emphasise and explore links between image and word as a means of understanding our observations, thoughts, experiences and interaction with the world around us.

Homework will be set regularly.

Tonal graduation

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Observation drawing

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Tone and colour blending

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Connections with the work of other artists

Mark-Making

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Mono printing into clay

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Mono printing to paper

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Connections with the work of other artists

Colour mixing

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Colour wheel: mixing and applying

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Colour composition, complementaries/mood

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Connections with the work of other artists

Perspective
Single point

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Explore the system scale proportion measure

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Composition incorporating colour and texture

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Connections with the work of others artists

Texture (Exam)

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Experiment with materials abstract composition

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Collagraph printmaking

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Connections with the work of other artists

Pattern making

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Research and analyse western and non-western art forms

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Design and make Relief/3-D

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Connections with the work of artists/designers