In Art this year pupils will learn and develop the following skills –

• Create and use different tones of one colour, lightening and darkening by using different colours.
• Produce close observational drawings of people and objects. 
• Use a wide range of drawing implements on a variety of media.  
• Use a sketchbook to test ideas and record media explorations.
• Experiment with the potential of different grades of pencil while applying different drawing techniques.
• Begin to show an awareness of objects having a third dimension and proportion.
• Study and recreate patterns in the environment.
•  Design patterns using ICT. 
• Make patterns on a range of surfaces.  
• Create patterns with symmetry.
• Show awareness and name a range of different fabrics.
• Use a variety of techniques, e.g. printing, dyeing, weaving and stitching.
• Apply decoration using beads, buttons, feathers etc. 
• Continue to gain experience in applying colour with printing.
• Show further experience in changing and modifying threads and fabrics: knotting, fraying, fringing, pulling threads, twisting, plaiting. 
• Look at fabrics from other countries.
• Explore different effects and textures –e.g. washes and thickened paint.  
• Use light and dark within painting and begin to explore complimentary colours.  
•  Mix colour, shades and tones with increasing confidence.
• Use equipment and media with confidence. 
• Learn to secure work to continue at a later date. 
•  Join two parts successfully.  
• Construct a simple base for extending and modelling other shapes. 
• Produce more intricate surface patterns.  
• Use pinch, slab and coil techniques.
• Print simple pictures using different printing techniques. 
• Continue to explore both mono-printing and relief printing.  
• Combine prints taken from different objects.
•  Create images, video and sound recordings and explain why they were created.
•  Begin to explore a range of great artists, architects and designers in history.
• Discuss own and others work, expressing thoughts and feelings, and using knowledge and understanding of artists and techniques.