Coverage and Progression in Year 5
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Drawing
Drawing : I Need Space
This unit focuses on understanding retrofuturism, developing skills in evaluating images and creating art through various drawing processes, including collagraph printmaking. It emphasises the development of pupils' independent artistic skills and their ability to generate, test, and refine ideas in their sketchbooks, leading to a final piece of artwork.
Painting and Mixed Media
Painting and Mixed Media : Portraits
Investigating self-portraits by a range of artists, children use photographs of themselves as a starting point for developing their own unique self-portraits in mixed-media.
Sculpture and 3D
Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation
Learning about the features of installation art and how it can communicate a message; exploring the work of Cai Guo-Qiang and discovering how our life experiences can inspire our art; investigating how scale, location and interactive elements affect the way visitors experience installation art.
Craft and Design
Craft and design: Architecture
Investigating the built environment through drawing and printmaking, learning about the work of architect Zaha Hadid, creatively presenting research on artist Hundertwasser and exploring the symbolism of monument design.
Year 5 Associated Vocabulary
Painting and mixed media - Portraits
We have been developing our skills in creating interesting self-portrait drawings using words, experimenting with materials and techniques, and constructing self-portraits that represent aspects of ourselves.
We first started by sketching a continuous line drawing of ourselves using mirrors before then placing a piece of tracing paper on top and going over the lines with words that represent us as individuals. We then created our own watercolour backgrounds before combining both elements to create our own mixed media self-portraits.
