During each academic year, our planning ensures that the children have opportunities to engage in a variety of art forms.
We state which elements and mediums of art are being taught and applied and its inspiration. We ensure that a range of elements and mediums are used through the year. The subject leader will ensure a range of elements and mediums through the school by monitoring planning and outcomes. Our long term plans also specify where artists, designers and architects are studied.
| Elements | Mediums | Inspiration |
| Line | Painting | Artist |
| Shape | Drawing | Designer |
| Colour | Photography | Architect |
| Form | Collage | Environment |
| Texture | Clay | Culture |
| Space | Plaster | |
| Printing | ||
| Environmental | ||
| Textiles | ||
| Montage | ||
| Computing | ||
Elements of Art
These are the basic elements that are used by Artists in creating Art; they are what you use to create an aesthetically pleasing work. When we make Art, we need to understand and apply these seven Elements of Art.
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- Line: A mark made by a pointed tool such as a brush, pencil, pastel, stick, pen as a moving point
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- Shape: Use of shape to create recognisable forms to appear two dimensionally
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- Colour: Colour is used through pure colours to create tones, tints and shades. Pure colours are primary, secondary and tertiary. Tones are created by adding grey to these colours, tints are made by adding white and shades by adding black.
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- Form: Takes up space and volume. They are created to be able to be viewed from many sides three dimensionally
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- Texture: Describes the feel of a surface. It can be real or imagined
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- Space: Used to create an illusion of depth. Space can be three dimensional, two dimensional, positive and or negative