At St Bede’s our intention is for our students to
- to produce creative and individual artistic responses that reflect personal fulfilment, aesthetic awareness and the capacity to make informed creative judgements.
- enhance their perceptual skills, resourcefulness and initiative within a climate of open-ended experimentation.
- realise 2D and 3D Art and Design differences.
- develop skills in mark making with a variety of media for a range of purposes including recording, exploring, expressing, communicating and imagining.
- develop construction skills with a wide range of materials; to cut, shape and join materials confidently, safely and sensitively; to take pride in craftsmanship.
- have the capacity to enjoy, value talk and write about visual and tactile qualities of the natural and man-made environment.
- critique visual images of many kinds; evaluate their own and others work; engage and make informed judgements about artefacts and relate them to a variety of cultural, economic, historical and social contexts.
Drawing
Students learn a variety of drawing techniques and are challenged to use pen and ink, coloured pencils, crayons, erasers, and a variety of paint with their given art tasks. In Year 7, students develop observational skills by looking at fruit compositions, whereas Year 8 involves complexity in drawing symmetric insect designs. In Year 9 drawing skills are enhanced as they explore natural forms to develop realism in their work. Students will also draw in illustrative styles to draw like artists from around the world. Their drawings will become more complex as they include more intricate detail.
Painting
In Year 7, painting is used to show basic understanding of colour mixing and the differences between primary and secondary colours. With this knowledge students apply dotted patterns to aboriginal artefacts to show application of their painterly skills. In Year 8 students explore how paint can be used in a looser style using watercolours, and they are challenged to think creatively about how brushstrokes can flow in different directions. In Year 9 students produce shell paintings that show the transition of tone and texture. This is a refined painting skill that challenges students to be creative and knowledgeable about their artistic choices.
Annotation
Throughout Key Stage 3, a wide range of vocabulary is introduced to students. This allows them to know how to write and talk about artwork in a thoughtful manner. Students are challenged, alongside their projects, to articulate what they have learned and how they have achieved it. In Year 9 students write about what influences the choices they make about creating artwork, which involves higher order thinking.
Composition Outcomes
Year 7 Projects
Fruit Mixed Media Drawing:
Pop Art 3D Box:
Aboriginal Artefact:
The outcomes of each project address a wide range of skills involving an introduction to mark making, using flat colour tones and consistent pattern control. In Year 7, students are provided with a taster to some of the formal elements in art.
Year 8 Projects
Nature versus Man-made Mixed Media Drawing:
Figure Sculpture:
Celtic Merchandise:
Students become ambitious with contrasting and comparing shapes. Mark making is purposeful with tone and shadow and patterns are used with creative typography designs.
Year 9 Projects
Envelope illustration:
Natural Form Mixed Media Artwork:
Pupils develop ideas, explore a range of media, refine artwork and present their work creatively. They are challenged to use and balance all the drawing, painting and annotating skills they have previously learned.
Course Information
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4AQA | Art and Design | GCSE | Art and Design
Key Stage 5