Art - Gallery
Key Objective Progression & Development by Year Groups
Painting
Painting
Painting
Painting
Early Years Foundation Stage
In the Early Years Foundation Stage, an explorative approach is used where children are free to explore different mediums, tools and techniques both indoors and outdoors. Once every half term we focus on an artist and take inspiration from their work. This young artist has used Wassily Kandinsky as their inspiration. They have drawn the outline of each circle and placed it inside the other. The child then experimented with mixing primary colours and carefully applied these using the appropriate brush.
Inspiration for this masterpiece has been taken from Piet Mondrian. The child has used a ruler to create both horizontal and vertical lines. This has created a number of rectangular and square shapes. These have then been carefully filled using primary colours, ensuring that the brush is cleaned between each colour to avoid the paint mixing.
Painting
Lower Key Stage One (Year One)
This is a wonderful example of landscape painting inspired by the work of David Hockney. The background and foreground are well placed and the child has carefully structured this around the vanishing point. Acrylic paint was used in order to build up the layers in the style of Hockney and has been applied carefully and left to fully dry before adding the final details. The appropriate tools and resources were also self-selected in order to create this masterpiece.
Upper Key Stage One (Year Two)
This is an excellent example of a landscape painting inspired by Vincent Van Gogh. The child has used their knowledge of perspective to carefully place the features of their painting and paid attention to the background, middle ground and foreground. The watercolour paint has also been applied using short, broken brushstrokes in an impressionistic style. Resources and colours have been carefully selected to match the style of their inspiration, Vincent Van Gogh.
Painting
Lower Key Stage One (Year One)
This self-portrait has been created with great attention to detail. The child has thought carefully about where to place the features on her face and how this is in proportion with her head. She has selected the appropriate tools and resources to paint larger areas and to add detail. Using a colour wheel, the correct colours have also been mixed to match the child’s face and her features. These have been applied using a variety of brushstrokes including thick, thin and short strokes.
Upper Key Stage One (Year Two)
Andy Warhol inspired the self portraits of our Year 2 pupils and this is an excellent example of a finished product. The child has called upon their prior knowledge to draw an accurate self-portrait. They have then used the skills of colour mixing to create bright tertiary colours and applied them using the colour blocking technique. Great care has been used to ensure the colours contrast with those around them.
Lower Key Stage One (Year One)
Year 1 have taken inspiration from local artist Henry Moore. They have designed sculptures that are unique yet reflect his work such as incorporating curves and holes. The child here has carefully structured his work to ensure that the base is wide enough for his sculpture to be freestanding. Clay tools have also been selected for their purpose and used to sculpt the finer details.
Upper Key Stage One (Year Two)
In Year Two the children have then taken inspiration from Barbara Hepworth to create an abstract design using the key features of her work. The child here has used her prior knowledge to ensure that the sculpture has a secure base to keep it stable and ensure that it is freestanding. She has then used the appropriate clay tool to create the shape and scored the joins ready for the pieces to be carefully attached using slip.