Visual Arts

Term 1 Unit 1: Heroes come in all Shapes and Sizes

Our Goal This term is to: Develop skills in artmaking and understand the role of a painter whilst creating a series of related artworks.  Create a series of preliminary drawings, whilst incorporating Drawing, Printmaking, and Photoshop/Illustrator skills, and also applying the design elements and principles into a series of artworks.

We will achieve this by: 

• Developing skills and understanding of how to create aesthetically pleasing images using various drawing, printmaking and digital techniques

• Developing technical accomplishment and refinement in making a series of artworks that explore the concept of Heroes as a uniting theme.

• Making informed choices whilst developing and extending the concept and meaning in the artwork

• Making artworks informed by an understanding of the function of and relationships between artist – artwork – world – audience.