Art and Design
Art and Design at Portsdown Primary
School and Early Years
At Portsdown, we aim to encourage and inspire children to become creative and skilful artists. A high-quality art and design education should engage and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. Through exploring and experimenting, children will learn how to control different media, so that they are able to produce creative work and record their experiences.
The progression of skills we have in place, ensures the children will become proficient in four key areas:
Drawing
Painting
3D art
Printmaking
As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. In each art topic, they will research a particular artist or art movement, in order to understand how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to culture.
Welcome to Portsdown's Art Gallery!
Reception - Look at the artwork from our fantastic artist in Year R! They have used leaves to inspire some of their paintings and sculptures!
Year 1 - Our artists in Year 1 have practised their collage skills to create these beautiful Autumn trees!
Year 2 - Look at the incredible sculptures year 2 made inspired by the artist Damien Hirst! They created artefacts that would have been found on the shipwreck of the Titanic!
Year 3 - Our artists in Year 3 have now completed their sketching unit on rainforest animals! They are now developing their printing skills - check out the designs they will print!
Year 4 - Year 4 are learning about David Hockney! Here you can see them practicing their colour-mixing skills. Can you see how they have also created different tones?
Year 5 - Our artists in Year 5 completed an incredible still life drawing unit where they were lucky enough to have a visit from a local artist Samm Mackinnon!
Year 6 - Year 6 started the year with a sketching unit on Tudor portraits! We have recently been inspired by Monet to create our own water colour landscapes!
Whole school Art overview
Skills Progression Documents
Art and Design at Portsdown - Aims
National Curriculum for Art and Design
Sketching with Pete McKee!
Pete McKee is a cool British artist, who makes cartoon-like paintings, prints and sketches! He is a cartoonist for the Sheffield Telegraph's sports section and he has even created art for people like Ed Sheeran!!
He has uploaded some amazing videos to his youtube channel which teach you how to draw cartoon people and animals! You will just need a pen or pencil and a piece of paper!
Here is the link to his website:
https://www.petemckee.com/news/pete-mckees-cartoon-workshop-for-beginners!
Here is the link to his 1st lesson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8f8ag58jDs&list=PLSRtXoaeseYGXzGb_yasSJ0HcIqf2S5IB