Year 7 Overview
Term / Term 1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4 / Term 5 / Term 6Fertile Question / What is Colour Theory? / What is Abstract Art? / What is Line? / What is Pattern?
Skill / Application of colour / Simplification of colour and shape / Simplification of objects. Drawing and painting / Application of Pattern through a variety of materials and techniques
Key content / What is colour?
What are the Primary colours?
What are Secondary colours? Which colours would you use to create secondary colours?
What are Tertiary colours? How do we mix them?
Cool/Warm colours…What are they? How are they used by artists?
What emotions or feelings are associated with these colours?
How could you convey emotion through the use of colour?
How have artists used colour within their work?
How should your work be presented?
What is an annotation? Why is an annotation important?
What is an artist reference?
What are the key elements to include on your pages? / Key Artists/Movements:
Johannes Ittens
Francoise Nielly
David Bailey / Where does the term Abstract mean?
Where did the term come from?
What are the origins?
How have artists used shape and colour within their work to build abstract images?
How does Calligraphy and Islamic Art link to Abstract Art?
Why do some artists produce Abstract work?
What is the definition of Conceptual Art?
How could you describe the work of….
How should your work be presented?
What is an annotation? Why is an annotation important?
What is an artist reference?
What are the key elements to include on your pages? / Key Artists/Movements:
Islamic Art
Calligraphy
Damien Hirst
Bridget Riley
Sean Scully
Wassily Kandinsky / What is Line?
How can line be used to create tone and texture?
Why would an artist want to use simple line?
How can mark making be used within Line?
Who are the main artists that are associated with this visual element?
Key Artists/Movements:
Michael Craig-Martin
Patrick Caulfield
Pablo Picasso
How should your work be presented?
What is an annotation? Why is an annotation important?
What is an artist reference?
What are the key elements to include on your pages? / How could we define the term Pattern?
How do different artists use pattern within their work?
Why is pattern so important?
What is symmetry?
How is pattern used differently between cultures?
Key Artists/Movements:
William Morris
Angie Lewin
Gustav Klimt
Pablo Picasso
Henna/Mendhi
Scandinavian
Aztec
Navajo
How should your work be presented?
What is an annotation? Why is an annotation important?
What is an artist reference?
What are the key elements to include on your pages?
Assessment
Opportunity / End of unit assessment:
Colour Wheel and c/w face
Oct Half term serves as baseline. / End of unit assessment: / End of unit assessment:
Kandinsky music final piece / End of unit assessment: / End of unit assessment:
Lily and Shoe drawing / End of unit assessment:
Jasper Johns inspired ‘6’