Art – Orchard Mead Academy | TMET Leicester MAT

Art is studied by all pupils at Orchard Mead Academy, with one hour lessons a week during Key Stage 3.

Art is an option for GCSE during Years 10 and 11.

	Half Term 1	Half Term 2	Half Term 3 and 4	Half Term 5	Half Term 6
Year 7	Drawing 001 • Tone • Mark Making- Cave art • Line- Da Vinci • Pattern • Texture Shape- Fernand Leger	Painting 001 • Colour theory • Blending colour • Watercolours • Poster Paints • Acrylic Paints • Jackson Pollack Frank Stella (art analysis)	Sculpture 001/ Print 001 • What is sculpture? • Giacometti • Louise Bourgeois • Printing • Mono • Lino Block	Craft 001 Art Nouveau William Morrison Wallpaper Jennifer Collier Decoupage	End of year unit Arcimboldi Green Man Goldsworthy Drawing Painting Sculpture Print Craft
Year 8	Portraits Artist: Picasso and Modigliani Cubism	Abstract Art Paul Klee Kandinsky Colour theory Painting to music Compose own abstract painting.	Everyday Objects Pop Art Packaging Warhol Everyday Objects Michael Craig Martin	Landscape David Hockney Buildings Buildings around Leicester George Shaw Stephen Wiltshire	Art History 001 Stone age- 1845
Year 9	Art History 002 1845- to present day Post Impressionism Favism Expressionism Surrealism Pop Art Contemporary Art	Close ups Detail Select and source Alonsa Guevara Large fruit Zoom in	Animals Animals eyes Animal fur Henry Rousseau Louise McNaught Dave White Mixed media outcome	Anatomy Sam Hall	Photography First hand sources. Marco Light and Dark Focal Point Working with photo’s back in the classroom

Students that have opted to take art Key Stage 4, study towards the AQA GCSE Art, Craft and Design.

Knowledge, Understanding & Skills

Students must explore and create work associated with areas of study from at least two titles listed below:

Fine art: for example drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and the moving image, printmaking, mixed media and land art.
Graphic communication: for example communication graphics, design for print, advertising and branding, illustration, package design, typography, interactive design, multi-media, motion graphics, and exhibition graphics.
Textile design: for example art textiles, fashion design and illustration, costume design, printed and dyed textiles, surface pattern, stitched or embellished textiles, soft furnishings or textiles for interiors, digital textiles and installed textiles.
Three-dimensional design: for example architectural design, sculpture, ceramics, product design, jewellery and body adornment, interior design, environmental/landscape/garden design, exhibition design, three-dimensional digital design and designs for theatre, film and television.
Photography: for example portraiture, location photography, studio photography, experimental imagery, installation, documentary photography, photo-journalism, moving image: film, video and animation, fashion photography.

For information about enrichment clubs and revision clubs please visit our clubs page here.

Websites

AQA GCSE Art, Craft and Design (8201)

Mrs K. James