Art – Do we need to use a paintbrush to create? Foundations of previous learning – In EYFS children will have begun to talk about artists work, and investigated a range of mediums including sculpture. They will be familiar with mark making and attempting early drawings, as well as creating models and joining different objects to make a sculpture (model) such as mixed junk materials and plasticine.
Overview and rationale
Disciplinary and Procedural knowledge
In this unit, the children will explore the work and techniques of the famous artist, Tracy Emin. As this is the first Art topic children will experience in KS1 children will start by what art means. By exploring a more tactile subject (sculpture) first children can learn drawing and mark making alongside a more physical art form. They will also begin to explore and describe what they like and dislike about a piece of work. The children will develop their drawing skills through drawing lines of different size and thickness. This work will support children when they further apply these skills when drawing buildings of London and Landscapes later on in the year. In their final piece, the children will have the opportunity to use their sculpting skills to create a clay bird.
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Key theme concepts:
National Curriculum coverage • • •
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to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products 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
Experiment with a variety of media. Focus: Pencil/chalk/ink Control types of marks made. Observe and represent shapes in birds accurately. Position the features of animals as a whole and discuss choices made.
Sculpture • Use simple 2-D shapes to create a 3-D form. • Understand that form is three dimensional and has height, length and width, and know how this is different to a flat image, drawing or painting. • Manipulate malleable materials in a variety of ways including rolling and kneading. • Explore sculpture with a range of malleable media (clay, playdoh, salt dough) • Understand the safety and basic care of materials and tools.
Substantive Knowledge • • • • • • •
Tracey Emin is a Liverpool based artist. She created the “Roman Standard” based on the Liverpool Liver bird. She creates sculptures and artwork out of lots of different types of materials. We can squish, roll and shape clay to make 2D and 3D shapes. My pencil can make different thicknesses of lines. I can draw with different things like charcoal, or pens. We can build drawings by combining 2D shapes.
Articulation (Assessment Tasks) L1 – Explore/annotate the work of Tracy Emin. L2 – Pencil sketch testers to experiment with drawing materials and develop technique in line, shape and pattern. L3 – Use tools to shape and mark clay. L3 – Use sketching techniques to show texture. L4 – Layer and space 2D shapes to make complete drawings. L5 – Develop clay skills using tools and joining techniques. L6 - Analyse and evaluate their work and suggest artistic improvements.
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.
Sequenced enquiry questions
Vocabulary
Where are Tracy Emin’s sculptures? What marks can I make with my pencil? What patterns are on a feather? What shapes make up a bird? How do I join clay? What do I like about my sculpture? Optional questions: What other things did Tracy Emin draw?
Patterns, shapes, model, rolling, 2d and 3d form, join
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