“I don’t care how good you are at Art. I only care how much effort you are willing to put in”
year 7 core curriculum
1 : drawing skills
Students experiment with simple mark making, texture and tone. They go on to improve their basic drawing skills. Students also look at a wide variety of artists’ drawings.
This unit of work builds on drawing skills developed during KS2, formally teaching students how to draw, measure and add tone work.
Work Produced:
Tonal pencil drawing of an apple and half an orange (baseline drawing)
Mark making exercise
Copy of an artist’s drawing using basic measuring techniques
Artists’ drawings research task
Ellipses worksheet practice drawing
Tonal pencil study of a tin can
Artists’ drawings recognition test
Support Materials:
Mark Making Exercise
Artists’ Drawings Test Recognition Handout
Artists’ Drawings Slide Show
Artists’ drawings to Copy
Artist’s Drawing Copy Guidance
Artists’ Drawings Research Handout
Artists’ Drawings Research Task
Ellipse Drawing Handout
Drawing Ellipses and the Tin Can Outline
Tin Can Shading and Tonal Details
Parental Assessment Exercise
Final Self Evaluation Exercise
2 : colour, painting & composition
Students are introduced to colour theory. The learn how to mix, blend and paint accurately. Students then look at composition and learn how to produce a ‘gridded enlargement’ and still-life painting. Students also look at how colour has been used in a wide variety of artwork.
This unit of work builds on painting skills developed during KS2, formally teaching students how to mix and blend paint, match colour and add detail to work. The unit of work also builds on drawing skills developed in unit 1 : drawing, showing showing students how to measure and enlarge an image using a grid.
Work Produced:
Simple painting - triangle and splodge (baseline painting)
Colour mixing and blending exercise
Gridded enlargement from a still-life photograph
Final still-life painting
Artists’ colour recognition test
Support Materials:
First Painting Exercise
Colour Mixing 1 - Blue Tones
Colour Mixing 2 - Green Tones
Colour Mixing 3 - Blending Colour
Colour Mixing 4 - Blending Between Colours
Still Life Selecting the Composition & Tracing
Still life Enlarging Using a Grid
Still-Life Egg Cup and Beaker Demonstration
Still Life Milk Jug, Lemon and Orange Demonstration Painting
Still-Life Glass with Flowers Demonstration Painting
Still-Life Lizard Demonstration Painting
Still-Life Wine Glass Demonstration Painting
Still-Life Large Teddy Bear Nose Fabric Demonstration
Still-Life Large Teddy Bear Fur Demonstration
Still-Life Small Teddy Bear Demonstration
3 : portraiture (drawing & sculpture)
Students look at different approaches to portraiture. They then produce an accurate self-portrait drawing. Students also look at a wide variety of artists’ portrait work.
Students also develop their self-portrait into three-dimensions, learning clay-modelling and sculpting techniques.
This unit of work builds on drawing skills developed in unit 1 : drawing, formally teaching students the proportions of the human face and how to add increasingly levels of detail to drawings. The unit of work also teaches students the characteristics of clay, modelling and sculpting using a variety of tools and techniques.
Work produced:
Portrait proportions worksheet
Facial features pencil studies
Pencil self-portrait drawing
Self-portrait clay sculpture
Artists’ portraits recognition test
Support Materials:
Portrait Proportions Worksheet Handout
Portrait Proportions Worksheet Guidance
Drawing Facial Features Demonstration Video
Artists Portraits Test Recognition Handout - Page 1
Artists Portraits Test Recognition Handout - Page 2
Portrait Gridded Enlargement Demonstration 1
Portrait Pottery Sculpture Demonstration 1
Portrait Pottery Sculpture Demonstration 2
Portrait Pottery Sculpture Demonstration 3