Y8 Fine Art
Welcome to Year 8 Fine Art
What will need to become a successful artist?
Term 1.1 Foundation Skills
Year 8 Term 1 Foundation skills.docxFoundation skills - Let's build on skills from Year 7.Â
Tonal shading using pencil
How to shade textures and patterns
3D forms
Drawing with light sources.
Tonal values
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Term 1.1 Golden Ticket Task - Foundation skills
Let's put your skills to the test for a Golden Ticket!
Using your knowledge and skills in tonal shading draw your own lollipop!
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Term 1.2 Drawing Facial Features
Year drawing features.docxDrawing Facial Features - Let's put your tonal shading into practice.
How to draw the human face, eyes, nose, mouth and hair.
Studying artists such as Mark Powell, Hannah Hoch and Charlotte Caron
Mark-making techniquesÂ
Year 8 Student Work
Additional learning links
Term 1.2 Golden Ticket Task - Facial Features
Let's put your skills to the test for a Golden Ticket!
Using your knowledge and skills in drawing facial features and mark-making techniques.
Produce a self-portrait in the style of Mark Powell
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Term 2 Self-Portrait
Year 8 Student Work
Self portrait plan.docxSelf Portrait - Who are you?
What is your identity?
How to create a pencil shaded self-portrait?
Coloured pencil blending
How to use Watercolours
Additional learning links
Term 2 Golden Ticket Task - Self-Portrait
Let's put your skills to the test for a Golden Ticket!
Using your knowledge and skills in drawing facial features as well as practicing using colour
Produce a self-portrait in the style of Van Gough
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Term 3 Man Vs Machine
Man Vs Machine.docxMan Vs Machine
Studying artist Eduardo Paolozzi
Print-making techniques
Mix-media techniques
Year 8 Student Work
Term 3 Golden Ticket Task - Design your own robot
Let's put your skills to the test for a Golden Ticket!
Using your knowledge and skills in drawing and studying Eduardo Paolozzi.
Design your own robot and colour in the style of Paolozzi.
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Additional learning links