EYFS

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Year 6

Drawing

Expressive Arts and Design Creating with Materials

∙ Draw and paint using a range of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function;

∙ Share their creations, explaining the process they have used; Make use of props and materials when role-playing characters in narratives and stories. 

Explore mark making, experiment with drawing lines and use 2D shapes to draw.

Explore drawing techniques, begin to apply tone to describe form, develop skill and control with a range of drawing materials.

Develop drawing skills by drawing from direct observation, applying and using geometry and tonal shading when drawing.

Use a range of drawing media.

Draw still life from observation and for mark making. 

Further develop understanding of geometry and mathematical proportion when drawing.

Further develop drawing from observation. 

Draw using perspective, mathematical processes, design, detail and line.

Learn and apply new drawing techniques such as negative drawing, chiaroscuro, expression, sketching and still life.

Painting

Develop skill and control when painting. 

Paint with expression.

Further improve skill and control when painting.

 Paint with creativity and expression.

Increase skill and control when painting. 

Apply greater expression and creativity to own paintings.

Develop skill and control when painting. 

Paint with expression. 

Analyse painting by artists.

Control brush strokes and apply tints and shades when painting. 

Paint with greater skill and expression.

Learn and apply new drawing techniques such as negative drawing, chiaroscuro, expression, sketching and still life.

Craft, design, materials and techniques

Learn a range of materials and techniques such as clay, sketching, printing and collage

Use a range of materials to design and make products including craft, weaving, printmaking, sculpture and clay

Use materials such as paper weaving, tie dying, sewing and other craft skills to design and make products

Make art from recycled materials, create sculptures, print and create using a range of materials.

 Learn how to display and present work

Create mixed media art using found and reclaimed materials. 

Select materials for a purpose.

Create photomontages, make repeat patterns using printing techniques, create digital art and 3D sculptural forms.

Colour

Remember the primary colours and how to mix them to create secondary colours. 

Create shades of a colour and choose and justify colours for purpose.

Mix, apply and refine colour mixing for purpose using wet and dry media.

 Describe their colour selections.

Increase awareness and understanding of mixing and applying colour, including use of natural pigments.

 Use aspects of colour such as tints and shades, for different purposes.

Analyse and describe colour and painting techniques in artists work. 

Manipulate colour for print.

Select and mix more complex colours to depict thoughts and feelings

Mix and apply colours to represent still life objects from observation. 

Express feelings and emotions through colour. 

Study colours used by Impressionist painters.

Form

Learn about form and space through making sculptures and developing language

Extend their practical ability to create 3D sculptural forms and begin to understand how to represent form when drawing.

Further develop their ability to describe 3D form in a range of materials, including drawing.

Develop their ability to describe and model form in 3D using a range of materials. 

Analyse and describe how artists use and apply form in their work.

Further extend their ability to describe and model form in 3D using a range of materials.

Express and articulate a personal message through sculpture. 

Analyse and study artists’ use of form.