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    Year 1 Art Curriculum
    Children will be taught various artistic techniques and will create artworks using a multitude of methods. The completed artworks will include: clay work, sculptures, landscape paintings and portraiture. They will be taught…
     

    Landscape Painting – Coomber Collaboration/Mixed Media/Large Scale

    • To work collaboratively.
    • Work on a large scale with a variety of techniques.
    • To experiment and explore possibilities using basic materials and resources.
     

    Clay Work- Ancient Egypt

    • Flick paint to decorate.
    • How to manipulate clay.
    • How to cut paper to enhance fine motor skills and dexterity.
     

    Remembrance Day – Sculpture Poppy

    • How to use context with art.
    • Enhancing collage techniques previously learnt to create a more detailed image.
     

    Christmas Card – Painting/Sponging/Collage

    • Drawing skills will be developed through observation and demonstration.
    • The importance of observation will be taught through free and guided drawing.
     

    Portraiture – Drawing, Collage

    • Applying paint to collaged materials.
    • Exploring the effects of paint upon different surfaces.
     

    Dinosaurs (Every Other Year) – Painting Effects/Cutting or Frozen Planet – collage/gluing effects

    • Using other materials to create different effects such as glue upon tissue to get a shiny effect.
     

    Castles and Dragons

    • Collaborative building, painting large areas and printing effects.
    • Cutting, sticking and arranging objects effectively.
    • Interacting with final outcome, playing with castles that they have built.
    • Transport through time – design and build Hot Air Balloons.
     

    Transport Through Time – Design and Build Hot Air Balloons

    • Observing, designing and building uses a host of critical skills which builds upon their 2D and 3D work achieved in previous terms.
    • Observation, Developmental drawings and making.
    • This builds upon their model making from Spring 1 but introduces the planning element from drawings to final outcome.
     

    Patterns in Nature – Leaf Press Print into Clay

    • Using clay in a different way, introduces new possibilities with a basic resource.
    • Applying found objects in nature to leave an imprint in a decorative way encourages preservation of nature.
    • This project involves gathering interesting natural objects and creating artwork outside the classroom, rubbings with wax crayon, drawing and printing techniques.
     

    At the Beach – Seahorse Painting/Mixed Media

    • Developing the techniques learnt, to create a more detailed image using paint and glue with a painted background.