Art in Year 8

Curriculum

In Year 8 we continue to grow students’ confidence in their artistic skills and abilities by supporting their sketchbook journey with more emphasis on independent recordings of experimentation and reflection. We offer a breadth of new experiments and techniques during this year in order to broaden their skill set within Art. We cover a variety of materials including inks, printing, textiles and digital; combined with references to many great artists across different historical and contemporary contexts to expand their knowledge.

Project One - Heroes and Villains

Intent and Content

  • Developing awareness of scale, proportion, colour and illustration. 
  • Using secondary sources to enter a project that can be personalised through the theme of Heroes and Villains.
  • Historical and contemporary subjects are utilised to grow the pupil’s cultural capital whilst addressing other issues in today’s world. 
  • Creative application of imagery to develop a composition where the pupil has more ownership on the outcomes for a campaign message.
  • We start to make connections between artworks and a range of contexts.

Impact and Outcomes

  • Cross curricular links with L4L, History and Current Affairs. 
  • Assessment through mid-term competency peer and self-assessments. 
  • Starting with one point and two-point perspective, looking into typography and comic style artwork with references to artists’ work. 
  • Developing into a wider range of creative outlets from illustration, photography and filmography. 
  • Colour theory is developed with understanding of deeper meanings and application of artworks digitally.

Recommended Reading

All of our recommended books can be found in our library.

Project Two - Fabulous Food

Intent and Content

  • Introduction to deeper analysis of artists’ work. 
  • Exploring colour theory in a wider context and extended colour mixing using the theme food.
  • Utilising knowledge and applying practically to their own work in order to create thoughtful prints, paintwork, drawings and 3D work. 
  • Pupils are introduced to having an independent outlook and presentation style through selection of application and appropriate recording techniques. 

Impact and Outcomes

  • Cross curricular links with L4L, Science and PSHE. 
  • Assessment through mid-term competency peer and self-assessments. 
  • Knowledge building about artists and techniques in practice. 
  • Multiple process experiments using artists’ influence to create a balanced, but broad representation of food in art throughout history. 
  • Block print experience with the opportunity to explore collage. 

Recommended Reading

All of our recommended books can be found in our library.