Year 6 Art and Design

Painting & mixed media- Artist Study

This unit focuses on understanding narratives and descriptive language in art, exploring meanings behind paintings, and developing personal interpretations and abstract art pieces based on selected artists. Lessons explore creative expression, analysis, and evaluation skills in art.

1. How does Hockney use colour and shape in his work?  To understand how to analyse a famous painting.

2. What is happening in Paula Rego’s painting “The Dance”? To understand how to find meaning in painting.

3. What story or event is this painting showing?  To apply drama techniques to explore the meaning of a painting.*

4. What shapes, colours, or patterns do you notice in Fiona Rae’s painting? To apply interpretation skills to analyse and respond to an abstract painting. 

5. What story do you think Lubaina Himid is telling in this artwork?  To understand how art can tell stories or portray messages.

6. Which artist inspires you the most, and why?  To develop starting points for creative outcomes.

7. What story, message, or feeling will your final artwork show?  To demonstrate an understanding of painting techniques to make personal choices.

Painting & mixed media- Artist Study

National Curriculum Objectives

• To learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.

• To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with q range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay].

• To create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revise ideas.

Craft & Design- Photo opportunity

Children explore creative photographic techniques, creating new images through photomontage, understanding photorealistic self-portraits, and applying digital photography to art design, enhancing their skills in composition and editing.

1. What is a photomontage, and how is it different from a single photograph? To apply an understanding of composition to create an effective photomontage advertising poster. 

2. How can taking close-up photos make everyday objects look abstract or unusual?  To apply understanding of abstract art through photography

3. What digital tools or apps can you use to change your photo or create new artwork? To demonstrate an understanding of design choices made for effect using digital photography techniques.

4. Which famous painting will you recreate, and why?  To apply an understanding of photography to design and recreate a famous painting.*

5. What are the key features you need to observe carefully when drawing yourself? To demonstrate observation and proportion to create art in a photorealistic style.

Craft & Design- Photo opportunity

National Curriculum Objectives

• To develop an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.

• To create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.

• To improve their mastery of art and design techniques.

• To become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.

• To evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design.

Sculpture & 3D- Making memories

 In this topic pupils create expressive sculptures and reflect on artistic decisions. Children learn to represent memories through art, using various materials and techniques, and develop skills in planning, creating, and evaluating 3D sculptures.

1. What will your sculpture reflect about you? To analyse how art can explore the concept of self.

2. What memory will you represent using relief sculpture? To explore sculptural techniques.

3. What memories will you display in your memory museum? To use creative experience to develop ideas and plan sculpture.

4. How will you create your memory sculpture? To  apply an understanding of materials and techniques to work in 3D.

5. What parts of your sculpture are most successful, and why?  To  problem solve, evaluate and refine artwork to achieve a chosen outcome.

Sculpture & 3D- Making memories

National Curriculum Objectives

• To develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.

• To create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revise ideas.

• To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with q range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay].

• To learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.

Drawing - Expressing ideas

This unit focuses exploring how drawing can be used to express ideas and messages, children take inspiration from a range of street art examples. They investigate how artists use perspective, scale and proportion to create impact, then develop these skills to design and create a street-art-inspired final piece that communicates a clear message about sustainability and the environment. 

1. What is street art? To explore how street artists use art to convey messages and provoke thought.

2. How can vanishing points and horizon lines make a drawing look realistic?  To understand and apply one point perspective in a drawing inspired by street art.

3. What is scale, and why is it important in art?  To understand and use scale and proportion effectively in drawings.

4. What message or story will your street art show? To design a street-art-inspired piece using a brief.

5. Which parts of your artwork are most successful, and why?  To create a street-art-inspired piece that conveys a message using perspective, scale and proportion.

Drawing - Expressing ideas

National Curriculum Objectives

• To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas 

• To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay] 

• To learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.