Year 7 Art & Design
Term 1
a) Iconic portraitureb) Abstract Computer Art
Key skills: scale enlargement, sketching, designing, selecting, teamwork, rendering
Pupils will be introduced to the Art/ Design & Technology (DT) workshop and be informed of the rules and regulations. They will each receive their own sketchbook and Art/ DT folder where they will keep all their homework and class work.
During Term 1, Year 7 pupils will be focusing on the drawing aspects of the Art curriculum and will be introduced to new materials and techniques.
During the first half of the term pupils will be looking at what a modern day icon is in order to influence a scaled portrait drawing of their choice. They will be taught the basic sketching skills and look at the difference in pencil grades. They will learn how to use a grid system to enlarge an iconic photograph and use chalks to produce the skin tones and background colours.
During the second half of Term 1, pupils will study the work of Abstract/ Surrealist artists Kandinsky and Miro. They will watch a Powerpoint presentation on Abstract Art whilst listening to a set of timed pieces from a World Music CD. Using a combination of their rough sketches and the artist examples they will create a year group wall freeze which will see all individual pieces linking end to end.
Using Photoshop Elements they will paint and print out their scanned black and white final pieces.
Term 2
Georgia O’ Keeffe Cross-Curricular with Design & Technology departmentKey skills: drawing, painting, batik, tie dye, printing, cutting, researching
Working alongside the DT department, the Year 7’s produce a multitude of final pieces that cover elements of both DT textiles and Art and Design during the course of Term 2.
Starting with artist research, pupils have to study the work of Georgia O’ Keeffe. Writing a brief summary of her life, the pupils have to also study and copy in oil pastel one of her pieces of work, before embarking on designs of their own.
Using composition frames and photos of flowers, pupils have to design their own Abstract composition using line only. Once they have completed two variations, they must modify their best piece before producing a polystyrene print in a series of colours of their choice.
In order to get them to understand the Batik process, pupils then use white oil pastel and watercolour paper in order to produce a wax resist variation of their polystyrene print.
With this completed, pupils are taught the tie dying process and produce a series of different samples before dying their final piece. Using wax and Batik pots pupils draw in their outlines using paint brushes. In order to complete the design they use special tie dying inks and water to dilute the concentration of colour. To finalise their designs pupils use wonder webbing, wooden poles and string to hang their work as a wall hanging.
Term 3
Concept Shoe DesignKey skills: drawing, painting, rendering, spraying, modelling, designing, researching
Pupils will be designing their own concept shoe during the course of Term 3.
Using a worksheet as a starting point, pupils will be taught the difference between design and concept design. Then, taking an old trainer/ shoe from home, pupils will set about modifying its design based on its natural shape. Using the internet and previous years’ examples pupils will investigate how they can alter its appearance. Pupils will be able to see how they can manipulate the shape into an animal/object/hobby by sketching out the original shape and adding pieces to their design.
Using paper mache/mod roc/ wire/wire mesh/cardboard pupils build upon/take away the original elements of the shoe. It is important that they retain enough information so the object is still recognised as a shoe otherwise they have failed the task. Once the additions have been made pupils will use spray paint to give it a base coat before adding details with acrylic paint.
