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.