Progression of skills in art and design for EYFS, KS1, and KS2

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Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Begin to use a variety of drawing tools
Use drawings to tell a story
Investigate different lines
Explore different textures
Encourage accurate drawings of people

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Experimenting with and using primary colours
Naming
Mixing (not formal)
Learn the names of different tools that bring colour
Use a range of tools to make coloured marks on paper

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Handling, manipulating and enjoying using materials
Sensory experience
Simple collages
Simple weaving

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Handling, feeling, enjoying and manipulating materials
Constructing
Building and destroying
Shape and model

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Rubbings
Print with variety of objects
Print with block colours

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Repeating patterns
Irregular painting patterns
Simple symmetry

Suggested artists: Joan Miro, Bridget Riley, Escher, Paul Klee

Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Extend the variety of drawing tools
Explore different textures
Observe and draw landscapes
Observe patterns
Observe anatomy (faces, limbs)

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Experimenting with and using primary colours
Naming
Mixing (not formal)
Learn the names of different tools that bring colour
Use a range of tools to make coloured marks on paper

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Weaving
Collage
Sort according to specific qualities
How textiles create things

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Construct
Use materials to make known objects for a purpose
Carve
Pinch and roll coils and slabs using a modelling media
Make simple joins

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Create patterns
Develop impressed images
Relief printing

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Awareness and discussion of patterns
Repeating patterns
Symmetry

Suggested artists: Joan Miro, Bridget Riley, Escher, Paul Klee

Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Experiment with tools and surfaces
Draw a way of recording experiences and feelings
Discuss use of shadows, use of light and dark
Sketch to make quick records

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Begin to describe colours by objects
Make as many tones of one colour as possible (using white)
Darken colours without using black
Using colour on a large scale

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Overlapping and overlaying to create effects
Use large eyed needles, running stitches
Simple applique work
Start to explore other simple stitches
Collage

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Awareness of natural and manmade forms
Expression of personal experiences and ideas
Shape and form from direct observation (malleable and rigid materials)
Decorative techniques
Replicate patterns and textures in a 3D form

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Print with growing range of objects
Identify the different forms printing takes

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Experiment by arranging, folding, repeating, overlapping, regular and irregular patterning
Natural and manmade patterns
Discuss regular and irregular

Suggested artists: Joan Miro, Bridget Riley, Escher, Paul Klee

Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Experiment with the potential of various pencils
Close observation
Draw both positive and negative shapes
Initial sketches as a preparation for painting
Accurate drawings of people, particularly faces

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Colour mixing
Make colour wheels
Introduce different types of brushes
Techniques – apply colour using dotting, scratching, splashing

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Use smaller eyed needles and finer threads
Weaving
Tie dying and batik

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Shape, form, model and construct (malleable and rigid materials)
Plan and develop
Understanding of different adhesives and methods of construction
Aesthetics

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Relief and impressed printing
Recording textures/patterns
Monoprinting
Colour mixing through overlapping colour prints

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Pattern in the environment
Design
Using ICT
Make patterns on a range of surfaces
Symmetry

Suggested artists: Joan Miro, Bridget Riley, Escher, Paul Klee

Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Identify and draw the effect of light
Scale and proportion
Accurate drawings of whole people including proportion and placement
Work on a variety of scales
Computer generated drawings

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Colour mixing and matching: tint, tone, shade
Observe colours
Choose suitable equipment for the task
Colour to reflect mood

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Use a wider variety of stitches
Observation and design of textural art
Experimenting with creating mood, feeling, movement
Compare different fabrics

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Plan and develop
Shape, form, model and join
Experience surface patterns/textures
Properties of media
Discuss and evaluate own work and that of other sculptors

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Use sketchbooks for recording textures/patterns
Interpret environmental and man-made patterns
Modify and adapt print

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Explore environmental and man-made patterns
Tessellation

Suggested artists: Joan Miro, Bridget Riley, Escher, Paul Klee

Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Effect of light on objects and people from different directions
Interpret the texture of a surface
Produce increasingly accurate drawings of people
Concept of perspective

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Hue, tint, tone, shades and mood
Explore the use of texture in colour
Colour for purposes

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Use stories, music, poems as stimuli
Select and use materials
Embellish work
Fabric making
Artists using textiles

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Plan and develop
Shape, form, model and join
Observation or imagination
Properties of media
Discuss and evaluate own work and that of other sculptors

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Combining prints
Design prints
Make connections
Discuss and evaluate own work and that of others

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Create own abstract pattern to reflect personal experiences and expression
Create pattern for purposes

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Drawing (pencil, charcoal, inks, chalks, pastels, ICT software)

Effect of light on objects and people from different directions
Interpret the texture of a surface
Produce increasingly accurate drawings of people
Concept of perspective

Suggested artists: Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Poonac

Colour (painting, ink, dye, textiles, pencils, crayons, pastels)

Hue, tint, tone, shades and mood
Explore the use of texture in colour
Colour for purposes
Colour to express feelings

Suggested artists: Pollock, Monet, Chagall, Ben Moseley, Van Gogh, Hockney

Texture (textiles, clay, sand plaster, stone)

Develops experience in embellishing
Applies knowledge of different techniques to express feelings
Work collaboratively on a larger scale

Suggested artists: Linda Caverley, Molly Williams, William Morris, Gustav Klimt

Form (3D work, clay, dough, boxes, wire, paper, sculpture, Modroc)

Plan and develop
Shape, form, model and join
Observation or imagination
Properties of media
Discuss and evaluate own work and that of other sculptors

Suggested artists: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Andy Goldsworthy

Printing (found materials, fruit/veg, wood blocks, press print, lino, string)

Builds up drawings and images of whole or parts of items using various techniques
Screen printing
Explore printing techniques used by various artists

Suggested artists: Picasso, Dan Mather, Andy Warhol

Pattern (paint, pencil, textiles, clay, printing)

Create own abstract pattern to reflect personal experiences and expression
Create pattern for purposes

Suggested artists: Joan Miro, Bridget Riley, Escher, Paul Klee

Progression of skills in art and design for EYFS, KS1, and KS2

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