Artists of Sea View

The purpose of studying art.

Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.

Aims

The national curriculum for art and design aims to ensure that all pupils:

• produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
• become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
• evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
• know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms

Meet Anya Art

Anya is part of our Curriculum Crew who is introduced at the start of each topic and lesson, providing a visual link to lessons and allows our children to focus on the skills needed in the upcoming tasks.

Anya is featured as part of our Art Pathway Journey - allowing the children to revisit and consolidate prior learning .

2023-2024

Nursery

Reception 

We are learning about tigers so have been challenged to drawing a tiger by following step by step instructions. We also had a go at painting a tiger independently.

In Art, we have created our very own self portraits using paint and oil pastels. We created our self portraits in small steps, following short instructions. We used the mirror to look at ourselves and it helped us to describe the parts of our face and head. We chose the correct shade of paint for our skin tone and our hair colour. We then used our observational skills with the mirror again to look at the colour of our eyes and the shape of our nose and lips. Take a look at the steps that we took to complete our fabulous self portraits...

Year 1

In year one we have been looking at the work of Paul Klee. 

The children have used printing techniques to recreate a painting in the style of Paul Klee. 

Year 2 

In Art we have explored the use of line when working with chalk and charcoal to create detailed observational drawings of Tudor houses.  Our artwork has been linked to our History topic 'The Great Fire of London' and we loved using a range of media to create different effects. 

Year 3

Year 4

Roman Mosaics

We discovered how the Romans had mosaics in their homes to show their wealth. We used designed and recreated our own mosaics.

In  year 4  we have looked portraiture and the work of different artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Look at our amazing self portraits in the style of Picasso!

Year 5

3-D Chairs

Inspired by the famous Van Gogh painting Chair With Pipe, the children created their own designs of a room with a 3-D chair in the foreground.

Vincent Van Gogh

We are studying the work of Van Gogh exploring his use of colour and texture. Through the use of viewfinders we explored his use of blending colour and patterns to create movement, tone and texture to his paintings.

Year 6

Op Art - Bridget Riley

We have been looking at Op Art studying the work of Bridget Riley, focusing closely on making optical illusions using only black and white. We produced some wonderful pyramids in true Bridget Riley style. Take a look at our creations...

Pop Art - Roy Lichtenstein

As part of our art topic, we have explored the work of Roy Lichtenstein. We looked at some of his most famous pieces of work and resized them creating our very own version. Take a look at our amazing work…

2022 -2023

Nursery

Reception

Reception enjoyed creating pictures of Tigers whilst reading our story "The Tiger who came to tea". We had a go at following step by step instructions to draw our tigers, and showed them off in front of the terrific Tiger display. We really worked on our resilience, and the outcome was fantastic. 

In Reception, we have been following step by step instructions to draw our own giraffes inspired by our class story ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’.

In Art, we discussed how the season is changing from Autumn to Winter. We spoke about the weather that we might start to see in Winter, including frost, ice and snow. We then created a winter scene, using different shades of blue to create the background and then adding white and glitter for the snow and ice. How beautiful are our pictures!

Year 1

Paul Klee
We have been learning about our artist of the term, Paul Klee. Year 1 have learned how Klee became interested in art and that he likes to use lots of colour.

We learned about his ideas that "a line is a dot that went for a walk".

To introduce our topic, we took our pencil on a walk around the page, creating a border and shapes with the line. We used lots of colour just like Klee!

We have been exploring collage in Year 1 and have used this method to create our own beautiful scales for the Rainbow Fish!

Year 2

Observational Drawing 

We enjoyed using charcoal and chalk to explore the use of line when creating observational drawings of traditional Tudor homes from around the time of the Great Fire of London (1666).  We looked closely at the 2D shapes that the structures were made up of and created our own for our Topic area.

We have been learning about the life and work of Jackson Pollock. We used his drip painting method to recreate our own Pollock inspired paintings. 

Year 3

Rainforest Creatures

As part of our topic on the Amazon rainforest, in our art lessons we have been studying line, form, colour and shading to create these amazing toucans and iguanas.  I think you will agree that they are stunning!

Piet Mondrian

We have been exploring the life and works of Piet Mondrian.  We then linked the Thrive book we have been looking at and created some Piet Mondrian suits for Halibut Jackson (a very shy man) to wear to a Piet Mondrian Exhibition.

Year 4

We have been looking at the work of artist Hokusai who created the famous "The Great Wave off Kanagwawa." We created our own images inspired by his artwork, using the relaxing technique of zentangle 

In year 4, we explored how we can use watercolours to create sunsets and sunrise as part of our PSCHE diverse dinosaur topic. we looked at how the different colours changed when we mixed them to create new colours that blend well together.

In  year 4  we have looked portraiture and the work of different artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Look at our amazing self portraits.

Year 5

Shade and Tone.

We used tone and shading to draw self -portraits. Using our sketchbooks we practiced sketching our facial features. We blended different shades of grey using our pencils to re-create our facial features. We used tone and shading to draw    self -portraits. Using our sketchbooks we practiced sketching our facial features. We blended different shades of grey using our pencils to re-create our facial features.

Vincent Van Gogh.

In Year 5 we  are studying  the work of  Vincent Van Gogh exploring his use of colour and texture. Through the use of viewfinders we explored his use of blending colour and patterns to create movement and texture in his paintings .

Following on from the previous lesson, we then used oil pastels and the techniques Van Gogh used to create colour and texture to create our own versions of one of his famous paintings, "The Cypress trees". We enjoyed blending colours to create different textures in our artwork.

3D Art.

Inspired by Van Gogh's painting of his bedroom we created 3D masterpieces of our rooms inspired by his design.

Year 6

Andy Warhol 

Take a look at our fabulous self portraits inspired by the work of Andy Warhol.

Pop Art

As part of our art topic, we have explored the work of Roy Lichtenstein. We looked at some of his most famous pieces of work and resized them creating our very own version. Take a look at our amazing work…

2021-2022

Nursery

In Nursery we use a mixture of adult led activities and children's own creativity in expressing art. The children have experimented using different media and materials and a variety of tools to create marks and images with. We have explored colour and colour mixing.

Reception

We have been practising our drawing skills to add more detail on our sketches.

As part of our topic Come Outside we enjoyed making a collage from the story The Little Raindrop which is all about the weather using a range of media and materials.

We have reading the story of the Hungry Caterpillar and did some Eric Carle themed Artwork.

We have been learning about why we wear poppies and have been creating our own using a variety of media and materials.

Year One

Year Two

William Morris

In Spring term, we have been learning about the artist William Morris who was famous for his floral patterns inspired by nature. We created our own Morris-inspired patterns and used oil pastels to colour them.

Jackson Pollock

In Year 2, we have been learning about Jackson Pollock and his interesting techniques. We used Pollock's drip technique to create out own Autumn leaves in the style of his work. We learned all about his life and work. It was so much fun!

Year Three

Cave art

During our Stone Age topic, the children loved exploring the cave paintings and trying to interpret the meaning of the art.  They had a go at making some with fantastic results.  

Henri Rousseau

During our topic on the rainforest, we have been looking at the work of Henri Rousseau and his 'jungle' style paintings.  These are our creations in his style.

Year Four

In the Autumn term we studied portraiture and the work of different artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Look at our amazing inspired portraits and exploration of their art work.

Our Spring term topic has been focusing on textiles linked to our natural disasters topic. We started by exploring different artists and their natural disasters inspired artwork. We then designed our own felt squares based on a natural disaster and practiced our stitching, so we can join them together to make one piece of artwork. 

Year Five

One Point Perspective.

In Year 5 we have been exploring lines and how to create dimensions within a picture. We studied the work of famous artists ,discovering the vanishing points which draw the viewer in.

Tone , Line and Texture.

In the Autumn term we studied the work of Van Gogh exploring his use of colour and texture. Through the use of viewfinders we explored his use of blending colour and patterns to create movement . We looked at how his artwork changed over time and created 3D models of work inspired by his painting of his bedroom in Arles.

Our 3D Chairs inspired by Van Gogh's painting of his "Bedroom in Arles".

Exploring movement in his famous painting, "Starry Night."

Year Six

Pop Art

As part of our art topic, we have explored the work of Roy Lichtenstein. We looked at some of his most famous pieces of work and resized them creating our very own version. We then moved onto looking at Op Art studying the work of Bridget Riley, focusing closely on making optical illusions using only black and white.

Roy Lichtenstein

Bridget Riley