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ART PHOTOGRAPHY ART AND

YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM
BRILLIANCE CURRICULUM
ART AND DESIGN

AO1 Develop ideas AO1
AO2 Explore media ART EXAM: Develop ideas through sustained and focused
AO3 Record ideas 15-HOUR investigations informed by contextual and
AO4 Response SUPERVISED other sources, demonstrating analytical and
ASSESSMENT critical understanding.
BEYOND
Receive paper
EXTERNALLY-SET and choose title AO2
ASSIGNMENT: Conclude your ESA and Explore and select appropriate resources,
40% create outcomes in media, materials, techniques and processes,
(12 weeks) Begin exploring response to your project reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
and experimenting
AO3
Conclude with Record ideas, observations and insights
15-hour exam
relevant to intentions, reflecting critically
Bibliography on work and progress.
Enrich work with
inspiration such as gallery AO4
visits, artist interviews
PERSONAL and workshops Present a personal and meaningful response
INVESTIGATION: that realises intentions and, where appropriate,
makes connections between visual and
ESSAY
other elements.
SUSTAINED
Imagery
PERIOD OF
1000–3000 word INDEPENDENT LIFE DRAWING
illustrated essay WORK CLASSES Review
Build your Create contextual Summer work U6 AO1 Develop ideas
concepts and conceptual links,
informed by research AO2 Explore media
Development AO3 Record ideas JANUARY:
of ideas and AO4 Response
realise intentions PERSONAL
INVESTIGATION
STARTS
60%
Experiment Choose your own
Begin exploring
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Refine theme to explore and choose title and experimenting PRODUCE AN
Record OUTCOME FOR
THE GALLERY
Complete
MOCK COMPLETE EXTERNALLY-SET ART EXAM: ‘Object’ project
EXAM PAPER PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT: 10-HOUR with a portfolio
40% SUPERVISED piece
ASSESSMENT L6
PROJECT:
Research artists Take photos Create a range Conclude with INTRODUCTORY
of outcomes OBJECTS
10-hour exam
Conclude your ESA and Introduction to
create outcomes in Begin exploring sucess criteria
response to your project and experimenting
Teacher-led Surreal
YEAR Creating a personal and Photoshoots workshops Street
11 meaningful response Planning outcomes, Fine Art Landscape
Travel
Portraiture
layouts and compositions
Abstract
Travel
Nature
Fashion
OUTCOMES DEVELOPING PHOTOGRAPHY
REFINING IDEAS EXPERIMENTING INTRODUCTION
TO PROJECT Mind mapping
& COURSE
Evaluating work and
consolidating sketchbook Reflecting on Annotation Learning to Reviewing OVERVIEW
workshops take quality and refining
so far photos Teacher-led workshops,
experimenting with Observational drawing
Observation Mark-making different media from primary and
Research skills Media secondary sources YEAR
YEAR EXPRESSIVE Photography 10
9 TECHNIQUES ARTISTIC & Sculpture potential Realise
EXPLORE
DRAWING
Realise
skill
DEVELOP SKILLS CULTURAL You are encouraged to be
& PROCESSES LINKS MEDIA DEVELOP creative thinkers.
EXPERIMENTATION REFINE
Tonal Workshops RESOLVE EVALUATE Explore artworks in
IDEAS PROGRESS Millfield’s own Atkinson
Knowledge and Gallery or take a walk
understanding around the sculpture trail.
Learning to use a Print-making Illustration
sketchbook as a place Collage Explore creatively and
Realise areas
to visually explore refine techniques using of success and
SCULPTURE alternative media development
Understanding Drawing Painting 3D Collage
Apply knowledge what drawing is Clay
and understanding Drawing modelling
EXPERIMENTING YEAR LANDSCAPE
CREATIVE & DEVELOPING CULTURAL
THINKING AND IDEAS OBSERVATIONAL 8 FOCUS
INDEPENDENCE LINKING TO DRAWING PORTRAITURE
OTHER ARTISTS & FIGURE
REALISE PERSONAL SKILLS Printmaking Architecture
OUTCOMES YEAR
Drawing or
Painting 7
Consider the Recording through Figurative
past and present a range of media
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