Art
Philosophy
The art programme should open the eyes and minds of the students to the richness of the visual arts as a unique form of human communication. It should also convey the idea that the arts enrich life best when they are experienced, understood and enjoyed as integral parts of the process of living.
Aims
The aims are to engage students in a new, expanded awareness of the visual arts and to help them realise their own innate creativity by:
- working in depth
- linking and exploring alternatives
- gaining knowledge of materials
- learning about and understanding historical traditions
- using the old in a new and exciting way
- combining old techniques with new technologies
- encouraging sound work habits and respect for materials, tools and utensils.
We have introduced an art programme, Art Connections, for Years 1 – 6. Art Connections builds the foundations of the elements and principles of art across all levels, as the programme integrates art history and culture, aesthetic perception, creative expression in art production and art criticism into every lesson.
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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
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| UNIT 1 |
LINE |
LINE |
LINE & SHAPE |
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1. Thick and Thin Lines
2. Different Kinds of Lines
3. Looking at Smooth and Rough Lines
4. Lines to Touch
5. Broken Lines
6. Lines Make Pictures |
1. Lines
2. Calm Lines
3. Diagonal Lines
4. Curved Lines
5. Buildings have Lines
6. Lines Show Movement |
1. Line Direction
2. Types of Lines
3. Calm Lines
4. Active Lines
5. Geometric Shapes
6. Free-Form Shapes |
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| UNIT 2 |
SHAPE |
SHAPE |
SPACE & FORM |
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1. Lines Outline Shapes
2. Geometric Shapes
3. Free-Form Shapes
4. More About Shapes
5. The Shape of Me
6. The Shape of My Family |
1. Lines Outline Shapes
2. Geometric Shapes
3. Free-Form Shapes
4. People Shapes
5. Shapes of People in Action
6. Still-Life Shapes |
1. Geometric Forms
2. Free-Form Forms
3. Body Forms
4. Animal Forms
5. People and Space
6. Objects and Space |
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Year 2 |
Year 3 |
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| UNIT 3 |
COLOUR |
COLOUR |
COLOUR and VALUE |
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1. A Garden of Colours
2. Identifying Colours
3. Looking at Colours
4. Bright and Dull Colours
5. Colour and Feelings
6. Light and Dark Colours |
1. A Rainbow of Colours
2. Primary Colours
3. Red and Yellow Make Orange
4. Blue and Yellow Make Green
5. Red and Blue Make Violet
6. Primary and Secondary Colours |
1. Colour and Hue
2. Warm Hues.
3. Cool Hues
4. Value
5. Light Values
6. Dark Values |
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| UNIT 4 |
FORM |
FORM and SHAPE |
PATTERN, RHYTHM and MOVEMENT |
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1. Space in Art
2. Form
3. A Building is a Form
4. An Animal is a Form
5. Forms Can Have Designs
6. Forms Can Be Used |
1. Shapes and Forms
2. Forms Take up Space
3. Free-Form Forms
4. 3D Me
5. Buildings and Spaces
6. Space in Pictures |
1. Patterns
2. Patterns in Nature
3. Rhythm
4. Rhythm and Form
5. Diagonal Movement
6. Curving Movement |
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Year 2 |
Year 3 |
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| UNIT 5 |
TEXTURE |
TEXTURE, PATTERN and RHYTHM |
BALANCE, EMPHASIS and TEXTURE |
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1. Texture You Can Touch
2. Texture You Can See
3. Designing with Texture
4. Fibre Textures
5. Real Texture in Forms
6. Texture in Shapes
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1. Real Texture
2. Visual Texture
3. Raised Texture
4. Pattern
5. Changing Pattern
6. Rhythm
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1. Balance
2. Balance in People
3. Emphasis
4. Emphasis Using Contrast
5. Tactile Texture
6. Visual Texture
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| UNIT 6 |
BALANCE and RHYTHM |
BALANCE, EMPHASIS and UNITY |
HARMONY, VARIETY and COLOUR |
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1. Balance
2. Even Balance with Animals
3. Pattern and Rhythm
4. Rhythm and Movement
5. Rhythm and Printing
6. Rhythm Helps Make Unity
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1. Balance
2. Balance in Masks
3. Emphasis in Paintings
4. Emphasis in Forms
5. Unity with Words and Symbols
6. Unity in Sculpture
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1. Harmony of Colour
2. Harmony of Shape and Form
3. Variety of Colour
4. Variety of Shape and Form
5. Unity in Sculpture
6. Unity in Architecture
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Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
| UNIT1 |
LINE and SHAPE |
LINE |
LINE, SHAPE and VALUE |
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1. Expressive Lines
2. Line Variations
3. Shapes
4. Complex Geometric Shapes
5. Shapes in Architecture
6. Shapes of People |
1. Types of Lines
2. Gesture Drawings
3. Observation Drawings
4. Contour Lines
5. Flowing Lones
6. Shading Techniques |
1. Expression with Lines
2. Perception Drawing
3. Geometric and Free-Form Shapes
4. Value with Hatching
5. Value with Blending
6. Value Contrast |
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| UNIT 2 |
SPACE and FORM |
SHAPE, PATTERN, RHYTHM and MOVEMENT |
SPACE, SHAPE and FORM |
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1. Positive and Negative Space
2. Creating Depth
3. Overlapping
4. Form
5. Relief Sculpture
6. Three-Dimensional Art to Wear |
1. Geometric Shapes
2. Free-Form Shapes
3. Pattern
4. Visual Rhythm
5. Rhythm and Movement
6. Flowing Rhythm |
1. Positive and Negative Shapes and Space
2. Space in Two-Dimensional Art
3. Linear Perspective
4. Shading
5. Form
6. Form in Architecture |
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Year 5 |
Year 6 |
| UNIT 3 |
COLOUR and VALUE |
COLOUR and VALUE |
COLOUR and PATTERN |
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1. Looking at Colour
2. Intermediate Colours
3. Colour Wheel
4. Cool Colours
5. Warm Colours
6. Colour Contrast |
1. The Colour Wheel
2. Neutral Colours
3. Complementary Colours
4. Low-Intensity Colours
5. Tints and Shades
6. Colour Moods
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1. Monochromatic Colours
2. Analogous Colours
3. Complementary Colours
4. Warm and Cool Colours
5. Pattern
6. Decorative Pattern
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| UNIT 4 |
TEXTURE and BALANCE |
FORM, TEXTURE and EMPHASIS |
PROPORTION and DISTORTION |
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1. Formal Balance
2. Formal Balance in Masks
3. Symmetry
4. Approximate Symmetry
5. Visual Texture
6. Tactile Texture
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1. Forms
2. Additive Sculpture
3. Subtractive Sculpture
4. Visual Texture
5. Tactile Texture
6. Emphasis
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1. Proportion
2. Scale
3. Face Proportions
4. Distortion of Body Proportions
5. Distortion of Face Proportions
6. Scale and Proportion
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Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
| UNIT 5 |
PATTERN, RHYTHM and MOVEMENT |
SPACE. PROPORTION and DISTORTION |
TEXTURE, RHYTHM, MOVEMENT and BALANCE |
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1. Pattern and Motif
2. Regular Patterns
3. Alternating Patterns
4. Rhythm
5. Visual Rhythm
6. Three-Dimensional Rhythm
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1. Foreground, Middle Ground and Background
2. Perspective Techniques
3. Point of View
4. Face Proportion Measurements
5. Body Proportions
6. Distortion
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1. Texture
2. Rhythm
3. Movement through Rhythm
4. Formal Balance
5. Informal Balance
6. Radial Balance |
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| UNIT 6 |
HARMONY, VARIETY, EMPHASIS and UNITY |
BALANCE, HARMONY VARIETY and UNITY |
HARMONY, VARIETY, EMPHASIS and UNITY |
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1. Harmony
2. Variety
3. Emphasis
4. Emphasis through Decoration
5. Unity through Colour
6. Unity, Repetition and Grouping |
1. Formal Balance
2. Informal Balance
3. Radial Balance
4. Harmony
5. Variety and Emphasis
6. Unity |
1. Harmony
2. Variety through Difference
3. Emphasis of an Element
4. Emphasis through Placement
5. Unity through Media
6. Unity through Theme |
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