Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand a narrative and use descriptive language to tell a story.
- Suggest ideas for the meaning behind a picture.
- Identify different features within a painting and use the formal elements to describe it.
- Be creative and imaginative in finding their own meaning in a painting.
- Use their own art or personal experiences to justify their ideas.
- Read a picture well and see beyond the first glance, analysing and evaluating it successfully.
- Reflect on personal experiences to convey through their own piece of abstract art.
- Contribute to discussions to either the class, group or talk partner.
- Understand and choose a meaningful message to convey through imagery, creating some different composition ideas.
- Select an appropriate artist.
- Collect a range of information that is presented in an interesting and pleasing way in visual journals.
- Generate an idea for a final piece, demonstrating some inspiration from their chosen artist.
- Produce a final piece of work, selecting appropriate tools and materials to create an intended effect.
- Experiment and revisit ideas, drawing on creative experiences.
- Work in a sustained way to complete a piece, making evaluations at each stage.
Suggested prior learning
Painting and mixed media: Portraits
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Lesson 2: Paula Rego – The Dance
Lesson 3: John Singer Sargent – The Front Line
- To apply interpretation skills to analyse and respond to an abstract painting.
- To apply interpretation skills to analyse and respond to an abstract painting.
Lesson 5: Lubaina Himid
Lesson 6: Research and planning
Lesson 7: Making art!
Key skills
Generating ideas:
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Colour:
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Key vocabulary
abstract
analyse
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Unit resources
Assessment – Art and design Y6: Painting and mixed media
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
A pupil-facing summary document, capturing the
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Key vocabulary
Subject resources
Art and design: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Art
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National curriculum mapping
This document maps the National curriculum
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Assessment
A spreadsheet for recording teacher assessments
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Art and design: Progression of pupil skills and knowledge
Progression documents showing how skills and
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Key vocabulary
This document lists the new vocabulary
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Equipment list
A checklist of art equipment required
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Art and design – List of artists
This document lists the artists studied
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
Spoken language