Painting and mixed media: Life in colour

This unit focuses on teaching primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and creating textures using different tools. It also covers collage techniques, encouraging pupils to experiment with materials and evaluate their artistic choices and aims to develop children's understanding of colour, texture, and composition in art. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Colour magic

  • To develop knowledge of colour mixing.

Lesson 2: Texture hunt

  • To know how texture can be created with paint.

Lesson 3: Making textures

  • To use paint to explore texture and pattern.
Multiple options
Option 1
Option 2
Lesson 4: Collage creation
  • To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.
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Lesson 4: Collage creation – Christmas themed
  • To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.
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Lesson 5: Developing detail

  • To evaluate and improve artwork.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

  • Colour:

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Key vocabulary

collage

detail

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Unit resources

Assessment – Art and design Y2: Painting and mixed media

Assessment resources for this unit. Use

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Knowledge organiser

Aimed at pupils, a visual summary

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Key vocabulary

A display version of the key

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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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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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