Key Stage 1

Exploring and developing ideas

Ask and answer questions to develop ideas
With support, use a sketchbook to begin gathering and recording art works and explorations

Say what they like/don’t like when discussing works of art
With support, review both their own and others’ art works through discussion, describing what they think and feel
With support, consider ways in which they might develop future art works

Begin to explore similarities and differences between works of art/architecture, artists or styles of art
Express thoughts and feelings about a piece of art
With support, take inspiration from artists/architects/ designers studied when creating art works

Explore a variety of drawing and mark-making tools e.g. pencil, chalk, pastel, charcoal
Explore different textures and use of line
Begin to draw objects, landscapes from imagination and experience, and observation (with support)
Begin to draw for a set period of time, with age-appropriate focus

Begin to control types of marks made with a range of drawing and mark-making tools
Continue to explore texture and line, including an expanding range of patterns
Observe and discuss use of shadows, light and dark
Begin to draw objects, landscapes and the figure (faces) from imagination, experience and observation
Draw for a set period of time, with age-appropriate focus

Focus artists: Pablo Picasso, Frieda Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, Sandro Botticelli

Begin to show control over the types of marks made
Paint using a variety of tools, such as thick and thin brushes, sponges and fingers.
Begin to select suitable tools to produce marks appropriate to work e.g. small brush for small marks
Show an understanding of the colour wheel
Name the primary colours, and start to mix them together to make secondary colours
Begin to understand the notion of colours creating or reflecting a mood or feeling e.g. warm and cool
Explore adding white and black to colours when mixing
Begin to work on a range of scales e.g. large brush on large paper

Focus artists: Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet

To explore printing with a range of materials
Use natural and made objects to create prints e.g. fruit, vegetables, corks or sponges
Begin to use techniques such as pressing, rolling, rubbing and stamping to make prints
Use repeating or overlapping shapes when printing
Recognise pattern in the environment, mimicking this with support
With support, use media and tools correctly to produce clean printed images
Use printmaking to create deliberate repeating patterns
Explore impressed printing e.g. printing from objects
Explore impressed printing e.g. printing from objects

Focus artists: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Delaunay, Jackson Pollock, Hilma af Klint

Begin to create images from imagination, experience or observation
Explore picture making using a wide variety of collage media, with an intended outcome or idea
Begin to sort and group media and materials based on their colour or texture
Begin to use a variety of collage media to create images from imagination, experience or observation
With support, create own media for collages e.g. painted papers, cut out or torn
Begin to identify different types and textures of materials for collage
Match and sort media and materials by colour, texture, size and shape

Focus artists: Lois Ehlert

Experiment in a variety of malleable media e.g. clay, playdough, salt dough
Explore techniques such as rolling, kneading, moulding, shaping and cutting
With support, begin to manipulate clay to create and combine shapes, perhaps creating recognisable forms
Begin to use simple tools to make marks and surface patterns e.g. relief tiles
Begin to understand and learn the safety and basic care of age-appropriate tools and materials
Construct and join recycled, natural and man-made materials with increasing confidence
Begin to use simple joining techniques when working with clay e.g. slip, score and blend