We will explore the fundamental elements of drawing through our lessons, exploring how drawing can be used, the language of drawing, and the skills needed to draw with accuracy with a graphite pencil initially.
We will go on to explore how to use coloured pencils and key skills, as well as the basics of colour theory. This will take us into using Watercolours and learning about colour mixing through abstract art and artists such as Sally Trace.
Students will be assessed on their shading skills using colour pencils with an abstract piece of art. They will then be assessed using water colour to create a piece of abstract art from the work of Sally Trace. They will be given a stage on both pieces of work in their sketch books.
Observational art is easily defined as drawing or painting from life. Examples would include sketching a bowl of fruit (still life), drawing from a model (figurative), or drawing a street scene (landscape). The image is not taken from either a photograph
A grey crystalline allotropic form of carbon which occurs as a mineral in some rocks and can be made from coke. It is used as a solid lubricant, in pencils, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
This refers to the lightness or darkness of something. This could be a shade or how dark or light a colour appears. Tones are created by the way light falls on a 3D object.
Contour drawing, is an artistic technique used in the field of art in which the artist sketches the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is essentially an outline; the French word contour meaning, “outline.”
Mark making is a term used to describe the different lines, patterns, and textures we create in a piece of art. It applies to any art material on any surface, not only paint on canvas or pencil on paper.
An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated. 2. An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
In the visual arts, color theory or colour theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination.
Used as a noun, the word blend means the thing you mixed together or the act of mixing something together. Purple is a blend of red and blue.
A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.
An early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
We will learn about cubism, by looking at Pablo Picasso and discussing how cubist artist created their artwork by fragmenting and abstracting reality.
At the end of the project the students will create portraits of themselves in the style of Pablo Picasso using watercolours drawing on their skills learnt from term 1.
Summative assessment – Students will be given an overall Stage from 2-4 based on the units work as a whole. (in Year 7)
The topic dealt with or the subject represented in a debate, exposition, or work of art.
All the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
Content, refers to a work's essence, or what is being depicted.
An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder). Form may also be free flowing.
In art appreciation, the general atmosphere, or state of mind and feelings, that a work of art generates. For example, the mood of a painting could be disturbing or tranquil, dark or energetic.
The term process art refers to where the process of its making art is not hidden but remains a prominent aspect of the completed work, so that a part or even the whole of its subject is the making of the work.
The grid method involves drawing a grid over your reference photo, and then drawing a grid of equal ratio on your work surface To use the grid method, you need to have a ruler, a paper copy of your reference image, and a pencil to draw lines on the image.
Grid Method Art Technique in Accuracy Scale Up and Scale Down. Grid Method A method for enlarging a small design (a "bozzetto") to a full size cartoon for a large mosaic. It involves drawing a grid of squares over the small picture.
Mark making is a term used to describe the different lines, patterns, and textures we create in a piece of art. It applies to any art material on any surface, not only paint on canvas or pencil on paper.
This topic will focus on expanding students' imagination and creativity to help them think outside of the box. Students will use the world around them, to find art in the most unusual of places and to create art using the objects that they find.
Summative assessment – Students will be given an overall Stage from 2-4 based on the units work as a whole. (in Year 7)
Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.
Manipulation is the skillful handling, controlling or using of something or someone. Whether it's the sculpture you made in art class or how you convinced your friend to do your homework — both are considered manipulation.
The term is used to refer to the continuous line in continuous line drawings which is unbroken from the start to the end of the drawing. Continuous lines are created by without taking the drawing instrument and gaze from the drawing surface.
Contour drawing, is an artistic technique used in the field of art in which the artist sketches the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is essentially an outline; the French word contour meaning, “outline.”
Students will be creating pattern work based on Zentangle patterns. We will be using pencil and biro to create patterns which will allow the students to develop accuracy in their drawings as well as developing their ability to understand how artwork can be made to look aesthetically pleasing.
We will be developing the project of Zentangle Patterns by having students create marvelous final pieces of drawings of an Insect with their Zentangle patterns included in the insect.
During this term students will be exploring the technical skill of perspective drawing. We will be looking at how patterns and perspective drawing can be combined to create optical illusions.
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