Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Art Gallery 26/27
Year 1: Mix It
This project teaches children about basic colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of primary and secondary colours and how artists use colour in their artwork.
Year 2: Still Life
This project teaches children about the work of significant still life artists and still life techniques. They explore a wide variety of still lifes and learn about the use of colour and composition. They create still life arrangements and collage artwork.
Year 3: Contrast and Compliment
This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork.
Year 4: Warp and Weft
This project teaches children about the artform of weaving and how it has developed over time, including the materials and techniques required to create woven patterns and products. Children made their own looms for weaving and created a beautiful woven blankets for a final cute collage.
Year 5: Tints, Tones and Shades
This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and exploring mixing tints, shades and tones. They learn about significant landscape artworks and features of landscapes before using this knowledge to create landscape paintings and chalk artworks.
Year 6: Trailblazers and Barrier Breakers
This project teaches children about the significant black artist Jean Michel Basquiat and the significance of his work, and provides opportunities to analyse and create artwork inspired by them.
