Palettes, Pigments, Portraits
These pictures illustrate the practice and composition stage of the art learning journey that leads towards creating a final art outcome. The pictures clearly show the art skills that have been taught during the exploratory part of the unit and show how they will be used to inform the children’s final art designs. We are really impressed by the children’s wonderful work.
Delicious Drawings - EYFS
The children in Reception used pencils to draw the outline of their fruit from their core book Handa’s Surprise. Then the children used pastels to colour in and shade their fruit. Finally, the children explored the technique of smudging the pastels to add a softer colour to their drawings.
Page “Turner” Artwork - KS1
The children in Year 2 explored the work of Joseph Turner, with a particular focus on the landscapes that he produced. In this lesson, the children practiced various techniques that were used by Turner, such as dabbing and layering colours to see which ones they would like to use in their final piece.
Portrait Perfect Picture Makers - LKS2
The children in Year 3 have been studying an artist called Faith Ringgold. She specialised in mixed media art, often featuring a famous Black figure in the centre of her work. The children focused on portraits and learning how to create a proportional face. They also experimented with mixed media using oil pastels, pencils, and pens, to create contrasting colours and textures.
Liquid-Pigment Landscapes - UKS2
Year 5 have been studying the artist Georgia O'Keefe and her landscape paintings to link with their Geography topic, biomes. At the practice stage children are taught different watercolour techniques that they can use. They then reflect and think about which ones they liked and how they might use them in their final painting of their landscape. In the composition stage, children choose a biome they have been learning about to paint and so create a plan. They think about what they will put in their foreground and background as well as how their shapes might look like Georgia O'Keefe's work.
