Art and Design at Grove

EYFS Nursery

Expressive Arts and Design

In Spring 1 the nursery pupils have explored winter trees. They have enjoyed the challenge of identifying winter trees and photographing them using the tablets. Using mixed media, including chalks, charcoal and paints, the pupils have created winter trees and compared them to the art work of David Hockney. The pupils were eager to talk about the shape and colour.

   

EYFS Reception

Expressive Arts and Design

Spring 1 saw Reception develop the theme of winter trees started by the Nursery. The pupils focused their attentions on wood. Having observed twigs, bark and logs the pupils explored printing with them. The pupils were eager to discuss texture, pattern and appearance as they produced their art. Sculpture enabled the children to use the twigs and wood imaginatively and experiment with shape and form.

  

 

Year 3
In their Art study Year 3 have explored creating shade using 2B, 3B and 4B pencils and hatching, stippling, using circles and using spirals. This is building on previous Y1 knowledge and many pupils could remember doing it previously. They have learned about applying different pressure to create hard and soft lines. Through the study of the still life drawing of the artist Pablo Picasso, the pupils have created their own still life art. They have used their skills to show areas of light and dark, providing 3d form to their art. Pupils are now able to look at their art work from the beginning of the topic to the end and evaluate how much they have improved, referring to their specific skills they have learned. With carefully scaffolded activities, some SEND learners excelled during this topic as you can see from their topic below.

  

Year 4

Spring 1 saw Year 4 study sculpture. They began by exploring the properties of clay and how to manipulate it in to rolls, twists and braids. They used this knowledge to create a clay slab with defined detail. The pupils learned how to use slip and scoring techniques to attached their coils and braids. The pupils then extended their learning based on the work of Giacometti and modelled clay figures using their newly acquired skills.

   

 

Year 5
Year 5 began their Spring focus of printing. Having recalled previous learning of creating mono prints, the pupils extended their understanding by exploring lino prints. They considered Albrecht Durer’s. ‘The Rhinoceros’ and used this as their inspiration. The pupils then explored screen printing and the art of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.

  

 

Nursery

Expressive Arts and Design

In Autumn 2 the nursery pupils have explored mark making and painting tools. They have used rollers, sponges and forks to create fire-work paintings. They have taken their learning in to the outdoor environment and made rubbings of the tree trunks, leaves, paths and fences. This provided opportunities to extend their vocabulary as they talked about the marks they had made and compared them. The outdoor environment provided the nursery pupils with natural resources to explore printing. They collected leaves and seeds and used them in their art work.

 

EYFS Reception
Reception have explored the Autumn environment and used natural materials to create prints. They have used sticks, conkers and leaves to print with. The study of the art of Wassily Kandinsky in his work ‘Circles’ enabled the children to investigate shape and colour mixing. The pupils recreated ‘Circles’ and identified the Autumn colours they had mixed and how they made them feel, “Brown makes me feel sad. The leaves are falling of the trees and that is sad.” The pupils explored materials and thread towards the end of the Autumn term. They learnt how to thread a needle.  The pupils were really eager to develop their skills and were able to use a running stitch to create a fabric bookmark.

 

Year 1

Painting: Mixing it Up!
Year 1 began their study of painting by learning to name the parts of a paintbrush and to identify the purpose of a round headed brush. This enabled the children to explore how to use the different sized round brushes and how the brushes could be used to apply vertical and horizontally in a broad or fine line. The children also developed their understanding of primary colours, mixing these to create secondary colours. Adding white or black paint to the colours they had created enabled the children to learn about tints and shades.

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Year 2

Sculpture: Working with Clay
In their study of sculpture, the children learned about clay and its malleable properties. They rolled the clay to produce coils and explored what happens when clay becomes wet and dries out. They progressed to making clay slabs and learning how to attach rolls and coils of clay by scoring and using slip as an adhesive. Using their design and newly learnt techniques they created trees.

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Year 3

Still Life
In their Art study Year 3 have explored creating shade using 2B, 3B and 4B pencils and hatching, stippling, using circles and using spirals. They have learned about applying different pressure to create hard and soft lines. Through the study of the still life drawing of the artist Pablo Picasso, the pupils have created their own still life art. They have used their skills to show areas of light and dark, providing 3d form to their art.

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Year 5

Through their study of the art of the artist Georgio Morandi, Year 5 have developed the drawing skills learnt in Year 3. They considered the composition of the objects and used line and tone to create 3D effects. The pupils also used directional shading. Using erasers enabled the pupils to explore adding highlights to their compositions. 

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Nursery
Expressive Arts and Design

Nursery have begun their exploration of art by experimenting with a range of mark making tools. A selection of pens, pencils, chalks and crayons have enabled the children to name them and to create different colours and marks. To begin to understand how marks can be changed the children have explored different sized paintbrushes, including rollers and sponge. Using these resources they have created long and short lines and also straight and wavy marks.

      

 

Reception
Expressive Arts and Design

Reception have been busy this half term learning about the four key art skills; drawing, painting, printing and sculpture. The children have based their learning on the work of artist Gary Williams to create family portraits and pictures. Colur mixing was a skill they greatly enjoyed and used to create family portraits. The children developed their expressive vocabulary to describing the clay and mud used to sculpt family faces.

     

 

Year 4
Following in the footsteps of Quentin Blake

This half term Year 4 have been studying the illustrations of Quentin Blake. They have considered the techniques used by Blake to exaggerate certain characteristics conveying action or intent. Through the use of continuous, broken, short and curved lines the children have successfully illustrated characters.

 

Year 6
Drawing: Still Life Composition

Year 6 children were set the challenge of creating a still life drawing using three objects of their choice. The children studied the work of artists Morandi, Paul Cezanne, Jaromir Funke to develop their understanding of the use of layout, media and form. Drawing pencils, charcoal, erasers and white tac enabled the children to develop the skills of showing light and shadow.