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Lesson 6: Learning about... Drawing for fun

Making drawing feel achievable to all abilities, through identifying the basic shapes within images and objects to be drawn

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ARCHIVED Year 5: Design for a purpose

Designing to a given criteria; developing design ideas for a room interior, a coat of arms and a product to fit a given name

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Lesson 1: Coat of arms

After learning about how the coat of arms originated and how they are used today, children create a design of their own.

Lesson 2: Designing spaces

Working to a specific brief, children work collaboratively to create a design for an empty room

Lesson 3: Changing spaces

Children use cut out shapes to help them experiment and develop their design ideas

Lesson 4: What’s in a name?

Pupils are given a word as a product name, which they then devise a product idea for

Lesson 5: Adverts

Children create and then present a pitch to sell their product

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ARCHIVED Year 6: Still life

Creating a variety of still life pieces influenced by different artists, using a range of mediums and showcasing work in the form of a memory box.

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Lesson 1: Still life composition

Using a selection of objects meaningful to them, children learn the subtle art of composition, sketching as they go

Lesson 2: Charcoal still life

Using the same arrangement as last lesson, pupils draw inspiration from the abstract artist Camargo and use charcoals to create a new still life piece

Lesson 3: Negative medium still life

Learning to see light and shade in a new way, children pick out the shapes of their composition using erasers on a lightly greyed out background

Lesson 4: Still life in colour

After looking at still life paintings from Cezanne, pupils mix and use paint to bring colour to their still life with a range of tints and hues

Lesson 5: Assembling the memory box

Children showcase their still life works by creating a box with a different piece on each face, topped with a graphic representation of the memories they evoke

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ARCHIVED Year 6: Art and design skills

Developing design, drawing, craft, painting and art appreciation skills; designing a hat, creating zentangle patterns and prints, painting in an impressionist style and exploring the work of Edward Hopper.

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Introduction to sketchbooks

This video introduces the sketchbook - a must for all artists to record their ideas, inspiration and a place to practise and refine their skills

Lesson 1: Painting: Impressionism

Children are given one sixth of ‘The Japanese Footbridge’ by Claude Monet as a vertical strip, to accurately draw what they see on their fraction of the painting and then practise mixing and applying paint to match the original.

Lesson 2: Drawing: Zentangle patterns - Option 1

In the first of two lessons, children create small squares of 'zentangle' patterns; an abstract drawing created using repetitive patterns

Lesson 2: Drawing: Zentangle patterns - Option 2: Christmas themed

In the first of two lessons, children create Christmas-themed 'zentangle' patterns; applying their understanding of line and repeated pattern.

Learning Objective

To apply an understanding of line and repeated pattern.

Lesson 3: Craft: Zentangle printing

Using a zentangle pattern from the last lesson, pupils create a reverse system print process by transferring their design onto a polyprint tile using a pen to create a deep line and then printing onto fabric and repeating the print process to create a pattern

Lesson 4: Design: Making a hat - Option 1

Working in groups children design and make a prototype hat for a specific purpose, sharing ideas, making sketches and finally constructing their design

Learning Objective

To design and create a prototype for a specific purpose

Lesson 5: Learning about…the work of Edward Hopper

Aimed to empower children to discuss and explore works of art, children analyse, among others, Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks' answering questions on some of the fundamental elements of art, including; scene, technique, form and shape, colour and light.

Lesson 4: Design: Making a hat - Option 2: Easter themed

Working in groups children design and make a prototype hat for a specific, Easter themed purpose, sharing ideas, making sketches and finally constructing their design

Learning Objective

To design and create a prototype for a specific purpose

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Livestream: Making the Most of Sketchbooks in Primary Art & Design

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