Knowledge and skills:

During Year 3 & Year 4 the children learn to:

• show facial expressions in their art;

• use sketches to produce a final piece of art work;

• use different grades of pencil to shade and to show different tones and textures;

• create a background using a wash;

• use a range of brushes to create different effects in painting;

• identify the techniques used by different artists;

• use digital images and combine these with other media in their art;

• use IT to create art which includes their own work and that of others;

• compare the work of different artists;

• recognise when art is from different cultures;

• recognise when art is from different historical periods.

• show facial expressions and body language in sketches and paintings;
• use marks and lines to show texture in their art;
• use line, tone, shape and colour to represent figure and forms in movement;
• show reflections in their art;
• print onto different materials using at least four colours;
• sculpt clay and other mouldable materials;
• integrate digital images into their art;
• experiment with styles used by other artists;
• explain some of the features of art from historical periods.