Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Werneth School have a leading department in Art & Design within the LEA. Offering a wide range of experiences for the students and excellent examination results. Our Art rooms are spacious, modern and equipped with the latest technology. The department has 4 teachers who are enthusiastic and well experienced in all 4 specialisms offered at GCSE. Students excel within the environment and we have won a number of awards.

Visual Arts offers a diverse range of interesting topics to be studied at both KS3 and GCSE. The department has endeavoured to encompass modern artists and photographers to influence our outcomes and programmes of study.

KS3 offers students schemes of work to build on their artistic and creative skills and extend their knowledge of art techniques, artists and cultures.

KS4 allows students to a choice of 4 subject specialism including Fine Art, Graphics, Photography and 3D Sculpture. Exam results at Werneth are exceptional within the Stockport LEA, with 100% pass rate and a large number of students achieving 2-4 grades higher than their personal targets.

Research on themes and topics
Observational drawing
Experimenting in different materials and mediums
In depth research of Artists and Photographers
Extensive annotation and evaluation
Development of design ideas
Production of final pieces in both 2D and 3D
Variety of starting points for the examination
Educational experiences - Primary sources including working with professional artists, photographers and going on visits
KS3 Cultural topic for Year 7, Natural Forms for Year 8 and a subject specialism foundation year for Year 9
KS4 GCSE we offer four subject specialisms - Photography, Fine Art, 3D Sculpture and Graphics

Our Year 7 cultural units of work have direct links with our RE, Catering, Geography & History departments . The same can be said for Natural forms in Year 8 with Biology and Geography. Artists from different cultures and different countries are studied in-depth and we place a great emphasis on studying and appreciating forms of Art from a variety of cultures, religions and countries.

Trips are done within the exam preparation and are always linked to the AQA set questions so that we can improve the level of outcome for the GCSE.

We have on many occasions invited professionals to work with the students and have taken students to visit Art Galleries to expose them to Art in its natural setting. We have visited many cities exploring architecture, toured Morrocco, Prague, Paris and worked with world famous sand sculptures in Ireland. Artists and Photographers such as Juliette Hamilton, Jennifer Collier and Paul

Wolfgang have also been into Werneth working with our young artists.

Key Stage Three

In year the students study Art and Design within the theme of Culture. The students will experience art and design in India, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Australia, Austria and the UK. . The work investigates the cultural influences of that country within art and also allows students to embed skills and techniques using colour pencil, watercolour, collage, soft pastel and oil pastel. The students will learn how to research and use annotation to explain their ideas and record information. There are a variety of outcomes which use different techniques and media allowing students to increase their global knowledge of art and personal artist abilities.

The work is complimented with an interested alternative video link showing life in that country and an oracy quiz on facts and literacy spell check.

Curriculum Overview Y7 Cultures

	Autumn		Spring		Summer
Area of study:	INDIA	RUSSIA	JAPAN	MEXICO	AUSTRALIA	AUSTRIA
What should they know?	The history of Indian art, iconic images and cultural traditions	Iconic images from Russia and how to create an effective collage	How Japanese culture differs from the Uk in cultural traditions	Knowledge of Day of the Dead Mexican Festival	Life in Australia culture including historic knowledge of the country	Understand the work and life of Friedensreich Hundertwasser
What should they be able to do?	Solid, blended and graduated colour pencil, watercolour blow painting on a traditional elephant with henna pattern	Make a composition of appropriate images and include a heading and mosaic	Watercolour blending on a Koi Carp including blow painting and soft pastel edges	Create a sugar skull with a mirrored colour and mono face and add raised 3D flowers as a headdress	Wax resist and pattern making using aboriginal dot patterns and a zentangle emu shaded image	Create detailed artist research with layered pictures, flap and a background design in the artist style
Key vocabulary	Elephant Graduated Solid Blended Sacred	Collage Mosaic Layering Relief Cathedral	Iconic Watercolour Soft Pastel Koi Carp Kimono	Festival Represent Tone Shading Decoration	Aboriginal Emu Wax Resist Pattern Ayres Rock	Architect Interpretation Biography Simplistic Organic
Assessment	Indian Elephant Colour pencil and watercolour	Collage of Russian iconic imagery with heading and mosaic	Watercolour painting of Koi Carp showing blended colour	Mixed media sugar skull including relief flower decoration	Wax resist dot pattern background with pencil shaded Emu Zentangle	Artist Research with examples of work, biography, flap and personal interpretation of landscape

Year 8 is a continuation of building artistic skills, techniques and knowledge. This years topic is Natural Forms and focus’s on the animal kingdom.

Students will refine display and composition skills including the use of Corel Paint ICT Skills.

Students will learn how to research themes in general, specific topics and mind mapping ideas. They will have in depth looks at artists and annotate their own opinions. Observation drawing it taught and the technique of gridding and enlargement experienced. Students will finish the year producing a quality canvas based on an animal of their choice in pencil, colour pencil, water colour paints or acrylic paints.

Natural Forms -Animals

	Autumn		Spring		Summer
Area of study:	Presentational Techniques	Mind Mapping	Specific Research	Artist Research & Annotation	Observational Drawing	Corel Paint Edits & Design Ideas
What should they know?	How to present work in a creative way using correct techniques	How to take a general theme and mind map specific information	How to focus their studies to one particular area of the animal kingdom	How to research in detail an artist relevant to their final outcomes	How to create effective observational drawing	The basic elements of Corel Paint and how they can be used to create artwork
What should they be able to do?	Develop collaging techniques, add flaps, use fontspace to create titles and create backgrounds	Make correct selections which are appropriate to show knowledge of a wide ranging ideas to make good choices from	Create an appropriate artwork which has all the information and decoration for that type of species	Create work showing the artist, their work and complement this with annotation about the artist and their personal views	Use grids to make enlargement. Have skills using pencil, colour pencil and watercolour creating animal textures	Use the tools and selections on Corel Paint to edit and create new images which enhance the originals
Key vocabulary	Graduation Techniques Species Application	Selections Savanna Marine Generalisation Kingdom	Vocab will be dependant on the animal or species chosen	Creations Specialising Sculpture Photography Depiction	Texture Gridding Observational Enlargement Effective	Original Enhancement Editing Manipulation
Assessment	Theme collage Font space and background applications	Collage of all the animal types from different habitats	Artwork creating a visual display of information for chosen species	Double page artwork from an artist, sculpture or photographer	Two observational drawings with appropriate features and decoration	Create a number of appropriate edits and manipulations from an original image

Students undertake a Foundation Specialism year where they can get a flavour of the GCSE specialisms in Graphics, Fine Art, Photography and 3D. Within a project students will gain skills in all 4 of our GCSE specialisms. Examples of topics include:

Graphics – Studying the theme of superhero's through comic books and film. Creating collages and observational drawing and creating their own superhero celebrity magazine cover using advanced techniques with Corel Paint
3D – Creating sculptures is always exciting and students in this term are stretched creatively. Projects are based on design ideas and selection of materials. Outcomes have included Fantasy Underwater Shoes, Plague Doctor Masks, and Festival Heads.
Fine Art – In preparation for GCSE students will learn high level skills within painting and drawing, learn about light and shadow and the creation of 3D images. We also focus on texture and portraying skin, fur and scales to become life like.
Photography – History from Pin hole to digital, Close-ups, landscapes and dramatic lighting. Learning how to edit and manipulate photographs on Corel Paint and gaining knowledge of the job prospects for a photographer in Wildlife, forensics, sport, journalism and portraiture.

Year 9 GCSE Foundation

	Autumn		Spring		Summer
Area of study:	Photography Research	Photography Raw Edits	Graphics Research/Specific	Graphics & Fine Art Observations	Graphics &Fine Art Gridding, Pencil & Watercolour	3D Design Ideas & Sculpture
What should they know?	Research a topic Develop information and present with visual effect	How Corel paint can edit images and the tools uses. Understand layering and editing of each layer	How to research the topic of superheroes and magazine elements	How to choose appropriate equipment and techniques to produce high quality observations	How to choose appropriate equipment and techniques to produce high quality observations	How to develop design ideas and know the materials available to create a sculpture in 3D
What should they be able to do?	Show understanding and evidence Close-up Landscapes Dramatic Lighting History	Take a raw image of an animal and edit in several different ways then present outcomes including screenshots	Create an appropriate piece of artwork to highlight their knowledge and include annotation and effective titles	Using grids and freehand create observational drawing in pencil, colour pencil, watercolour and biro	Using grids and freehand create observational drawing in pencil, colour pencil, watercolour and biro	Present a range of annotated design ideas and construct a 3D sculpture in line with the final design
Key vocabulary	Dramatic Proportion Historic Digital Pin Hole	Manipulation Screenshot Exposure Enhancement Hues	Effective Creation Montage Fontspace	Observations Proportion Scaling Dimension Graduation	Observations Proportion Scaling Dimension Graduation	Sculpture Construction Manipulate Annotation Preparation
Assessment	4 pieces of research with creative elements and annotation	Collage of all the animal types from different habitats	Artwork creating a visual display of information for both Superheroes and comic books	A range of quality observations which look 3D and have tone and texture	A range of quality observations which look 3D and have tone and texture	Creation of a 3D final sculpture which is embellished to a high quality

In Year 10 & 11 students can choose from our 4 specialisms in Visual Arts

•Fine Art

•Graphics

•3D Sculpture

•Photography

Students can take 2 GCSE’s in our department especially if they wish to study the arts at college and possibly seek a creative career.

Exam results are very high, we have a 100% pass rate Level 4 and above and the majority of students gain a higher grade than their target sometimes 2-4 grades higher.

Students within our Visual Arts do not necessarily need to be gifted or talented in this area all we require is an enthusiastic attitude!

GCSE ART

To celebrate our students' success in Visual Arts, at the end of each term one student from each of the KS3 year groups is awarded the Exceptional Artwork & Creativity Award. Teachers nominate 3 amazing pieces of work from each year group based on outcome and effort and the nominations are judged by Year 10 to select an overall winner for year 7,8 & 9.

The artwork is framed and displayed in the Head Teacher and two Deputy Head Teachers offices and they present the student with a copy of the work to take home, a certificate and a gift voucher.

The department also enter lots of competitions for KS3 in the past we have won National competitions with Royal Mail for stamp designs, Book covers for Tom Gates by Liz Pichon and the Manchester United Christmas card design

GCSE ART

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