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Fulston Manor School

Fulston Manor School A Fulston Manor Academies Trust School

What will my child learn in year 8?

Term 1

Year 8: Celebrity Portraits (10 lessons)

  • To practice and improve drawing skills.
  • To work imaginatively when designing.
  • To improve painting skills.
  • To use keywords, linking to relevant artists work.
Term 2

Year 8: African Masks (8 lessons)

  • To research into different aspects of African Art
  • To experiment with mark making through 2D and 3D techniques.
  • To be influenced by African masks and pattern when making a low relief card mask.
  • To be experimental when making.
Term 3

Year 8: African Masks (8 lessons)

  • To research into different aspects of African Art
  • To experiment with mark making through 2D and 3D techniques.
  • To be influenced by African masks and pattern when making a low relief card mask.
  • To be experimental when making.
Term 4

Year 8: African Masks (8 lessons)

  • To research into different aspects of African Art
  • To experiment with mark making through 2D and 3D techniques.
  • To be influenced by African masks and pattern when making a low relief card mask.
  • To be experimental when making.

 

Year 8: Rousseau (10 lessons)

  • To understand the style of Rousseau’s work through research.
  • To use a range of 2D techniques showing developing skill and understanding.
  • To experiment with composition layout showing an awareness of Rousseau’s work.
Term 5

Year 8: Rousseau (10 lessons)

  • To understand the style of Rousseau’s work through research.
  • To use a range of 2D techniques showing developing skill and understanding.
  • To experiment with composition layout showing an awareness of Rousseau’s work.
Term 6

Year 8: Everyday Object (8 weeks)

  • To practice and improve observational drawing skills.
  • To experiment with colour, tone and mark making using Oil pastel, paint, felt tip and colouring pencil.
  • To be influenced by artists’ work through application of colour and composition.