Art

Painting

Develop brush skills

Paint without a brush

Use tempera mixed with other media [starch etc.]

Mix and use colour tones to achieve perspective

Use analogous colours to create harmony

Continue to use paint with other media and techniques

Use washes to indicate colour value and simulate depth of field

Create impasto effects

Print Making

Explore print making materials and their effects

Continue print making from earlier grades

Make prints using incised surfaces [wood, soap, wax]

Use prepare brayers or rollers to make patterns

Apply print making techniques to composition, including block out techniques, combinations of printing types and use of more than one colour

Sculpture

2 and 3 dimensional assemblages from found materials

Clay work [use of stains, coil pots]

Explore paper sculpture techniques

Advance wood sculpture – moving on to pegging, using screws and experimenting with the texture of wood

Continue casting of plaster of Paris mixed with other media to facilitate sculpture

Advance wire sculpture to include tying, coiling, wrapping

Fabric Arts

Stitching

Weaving

Batik with several dyes

Collage – extend to quilting – invent own stitchery

Photography and Technographic Arts

Camera use, overhead projection, use of computer programs for art