Year 6 Art and Design

Craft & Design- Photo opportunity

Children explain how a new image can be created using a combination of other images, understand what photomontage is and recognise how artists use photography, select relevant images and cut them with confidence and a level of control, demonstrate a competent knowledge of effective composition, discussing their ideas, use recording devices and available software with confidence, demonstrate a confident understanding of Edward Weston’s style through their artistic choices, discuss the features of a design, e.g. explaining what is effective about a composition, select a suitable range of props, considering the design brief and their initial ideas, use the viewfinder to set up an effective composition, thinking about the scale and positioning of objects, use editing software to change their image, reflecting an artist’s style, choose a suitable painting and suggest appropriate ways to recreate it photographically with props, set up a composition and think about a space that will provide good lighting levels, take a portrait that is focused and appropriately framed, draw an accurately measured grid, with some support, understanding how it can support them with their drawing, use the grid to translate a photograph to a drawn image that is mostly correctly proportioned and create a final painting or drawing with tonal differences that create a photo-realistic effect.

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

3. Digital art- 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. Recreating paintings- Which famous painting will you recreate, and why?  To apply an understanding of photography to design and recreate a famous painting.

5. Photorealistic self-portraits- 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.

Drawing - Expressing ideas

This unit focuses on identifying key features of street art and mural, discussing the intention and impact of street art, using various shading techniques to show texture, tone, form and depth, applying one point perspective in their work, enlarging a drawing by scaling using an accurately drawn grid, showing an understanding of perspective, scale and proportion with a level of accuracy across their design, choosing appropriate materials for their design and explain their choices and intention and using space effectively to enhance visual impact of their graffiti tag.

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

2. How do artists use one point persepective?  To understand and apply one point perspective in a drawing inspired by street art.

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

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

5. Making a street-art-inspired piece- 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.

Sculpture & 3D- Making memories

 In this topic pupils discuss the work of artists that appreciate different artistic styles, create a sculpture to express themselves in a literal or symbolic way, reflect verbally or in writing about creative decisions, suggest ways to represent memories through imagery, shapes and colours, draw a composition of shapes developed from initial ideas to form a plan for a sculpture, competently use scissors to cut shapes accurately, talk about artists’ work and explain what they might use in their own work, produce a clear sketchbook idea for a sculpture, including written notes and drawings to show their methods and materials needed, successfully translate plans to a 3D sculpture, work mostly independently, experimenting and trying new things, identify and make improvements to their work, produce a completed sculpture demonstrating experimentation, originality and technical competence and competently reflect on successes and personal development.

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

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

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

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

5. Complete and reflect- 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.