Year 1 Art and Design

Drawing- Exploring line and shape

In this topic pupils will explore line and shape through a range of materials and stimuli, children develop control and creativity as they investigate the work of artists Bridget Riley and Paul Klee. Inspired by these artists, they experiment with expressive mark-making and portrait drawing. They learn how lines can vary in appearance and form shapes, and begin to recognise shapes within forms to help them draw more accurately. 

1. How can you make a line look different from another line? To explore control and pressure to create different types of lines.

2. Can you draw a line that matches the beat of the music?  To practise drawing different lines using music as a stimulus.

3. How can you use lines to make a circle, square, or triangle?  To connect lines to create space.

4. What shapes can you see in a person’s face?  To explore lines and shapes in pictures for portrait drawing.

5. How can pressing hard or softly with your pencil or crayon change the colour? To use control and pressure skills to add colour to a drawing.

Drawing- Exploring line and shape

National Curriculum Objectives

• To learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

• To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

• To use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

Painting & mixed media- Colour Splash

In this topic children learn about primary and secondary colours, colour mixing techniques, and applying these skills in painting and printing. The lessons encourage exploration and confidence in colour use, culminating in creating a painted plate in the style of an artist. This unit enhances pupils' understanding of colours and their applications in art.

1. How many different colours can you make from just a few paints?  To investigate how to mix secondary colours.

2. How can you use the colours you mixed in your painting?  To apply knowledge of colour mixing when painting.

3. How does mixing colours change the way your prints look? To explore colour when printing.

4. Which secondary colours can you make by mixing two primary colours?  To experiment with paint mixing to make a range of secondary colours.

5. How does this artist use colours in their plates?  To apply their painting skills when working in the style of an artist.*

Painting & mixed media- Colour Splash

National Curriculum Objectives

• To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

• To use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

• To use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.

• To learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

Sculpture & 3D- Paper Play 

This topic introduces pupils to paper-based 3D art forms, focusing on techniques like rolling paper tubes, shaping paper strips, and constructing imaginative sculptures. Children develop skills in creating 3D structures and applying painting skills in three-dimensional art, enhancing their understanding of form and construction. 

1. Tube towers. To roll paper to make 3D structures.

2. 3D drawings. To shape paper to make a 3D drawing.

3. Tree of life. To apply paper-shaping skills to make an imaginative sculpture.

4. Giant spider model Part 1. To work collaboratively to plan and create a sculpture.

5. Giant spider model Part 2. To apply painting skills when working in 3D.

Sculpture & 3D- Paper Play

National Curriculum Objectives

•  To use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

• To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

• To learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

• To use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.

Craft & Design- Woven wonders

This topic focuses on developing pupils' ability to express opinions about art, use creative techniques like wool wrapping and weaving, and understand the work of artists like Cecilia Vicuña. It emphasises skills such as measuring, choosing materials, and resilience in artistic creation, catering to children's creative and cognitive development.

1. Is it art? To know that art can be made in different ways.

2. Wool wrapping. To choose, measure, arrange and fix materials.

3. Exploring thread. To explore plaiting, threading and knotting techniques.

4. Warp and weft. To learn how to weave. 

5. Fibre art. To combine techniques in a woven artwork.

Craft & Design- Woven wonders

National Curriculum Objectives

• To  use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

• To learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

• To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

• To use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.