Year 4 Art & Design End of year expectation: Children will develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design. They will create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas. Children will improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]. They will develop their knowledge of great artists, architects and designers in history. Key indicators: EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS EVALUATING AND DEVELOPING WORK Use sketchbook to experiment, inform, plan, collect and develop ideas. Use language appropriate to skill and techniques. Be confident in working from direct observation or imagination. Work with confidence with tools and media. Work in the style of a few artists (not copying). Work on same end-piece over extended period of time. Can review work, identify changes/modifications and see how work could be further developed. Discuss own and other work, expressing thoughts and feelings, and using knowledge and understanding, e.g. Picasso, Hopper, Surrealism, Rothko, Rivera, Indian miniatures, O’Keeffe, Abstract, Calder, Segal, Leach, Kinetic, etc. DRAWING PAINTING COLLAGE 3D PRINTMAKING TEXTILES Demonstrate experience in the complete range of drawing media, including computer Art programmes and make informed choices when/where appropriate. Demonstrate experience in simple perspective. Demonstrate experience in the layout of a face and figure Select different techniques for different purposes: infilling, hatching, etc. Start to explore colour mixing with colour pencils. Demonstrate experience in positive/negative shapes. Organise their working area, including setting out and clearing away. Mix and match colour accurately. Demonstrate experience in harmonising and complementary colours. Demonstrate experience in hues and tints. Replicate patterns, colours and textiles in their work. Demonstrate experience in watercolour and hardedged painting and computer work. Able to use ripping as a technique for collage. Uses the technique of overlaying - building up layers on the surface/colour mixes. Work safely, set out and clear away, and secure work Prepare media – wedge clay, etc. Shape, form, model and join with confidence. Produce more intricate patterns/textures. Produce larger ware using pinch/slab/coil techniques. Take into account the properties of media being used. Demonstrate experience in making a 3-colour print. Demonstrate experience in combining prints taken from different objects to produce an end-piece. Produce detailed relief/impressed prints. Register images accurately. Demonstrate experience in producing pictorial and patterned prints. •Demonstrate experience in appliqué, etc. • Draw with thread from direct observation. • Show awareness of the different types of fabrics. • Demonstrate experience in looking at fabrics from other countries: Adire, Batik, Tie Dye.