Preparation of Schemes of Work
| Drawing |
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Observation |
| Paint and colour |
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Problem solving |
| Printmaking |
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Imaginative work |
| Clay |
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Narrative work |
| Construction |
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Language of Art |
| Computer Graphics |
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Art History
Art Appreciation
The Environment |
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| Techniques' Approach |
Thematic Approach |
Environmental Approach |
| Crayons |
Seasons |
Seasons |
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Halloween |
Environmental studies |
| Collage |
Christmas |
Shapes from nature used in conjunction with
basic techniques |
| Paper craft |
Easter |
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| Mobiles |
St. Patrick's Day |
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| Sculpture (3D) |
Themes arising from other
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Integration
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Outline of Scheme
| September: |
Crayons for 3 weeks, basic techniques
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| October: |
Painting for 3 weeks, mask for Halloween |
| November: |
Crayons - Revision of a technique through
application of a new activity; painting techniques for 3 weeks |
| December: |
Collage (newspaper) ; Christmas card,
decorations and other activities related to Christmas |
| January: |
Collage for 3 weeks |
| February: |
St Brigid’s Cross – weaving, paper
and wool |
| March: |
Construction or mobiles; St Patrick –
card, picture (revising known technique), badge |
| April: |
Puppets for 3 weeks |
| May: |
Using the environment – work based on a
study of the environment incorporating revision of technique learned
during the year |
| June: |
Clay (thumb pot, coil pot); picture –
revision of technique already learned during the year by application to
History or a story from R.E |
Features of Scheme:
- Special occasions – seasons, weather, feasts
- Application of art to other lessons
- The Environment
- Variety
- Revision
- Basic plan of drawing, painting, printmaking,
sculpture, collage and 3D work
Suggested Programme
Junior Infants
- Rubbings
- Pictures with crayons
- Picture with paint
- Picture with chalk on dark paper
- Picture with chalk on wet paper
- Blob painting
- Finger printing
- Matchbox (spool /cylinder) printing
- Simple clay figures
- Clay animals
- Clay pot
- Paper bag puppet
- Fold and dye
- Paper plate mask
- Matchbox construction
- Collage – geometric shapes –pre-cut and assembled
as patterns
- Torn paper collage
- Roller printing
- Box sculpture
- Choosing a colour and drawing
- Finding and using a “new” (mixed) colour
Suggested Programme
Senior Infants
- Crayon resist – one figure over-painted
- Rubbings (assembled as group on page)
- Patterns with groups of crayons
- Side of crayon – lines, rotation
- Blob painting – butterfly
- Comb painting
- Wet sheet painting
- Matchbox or spool painting (movement)
- Collage medallion (+ rubbing)
- Collage (fish shape)
- Matchbox construction
- Simple clay pot with printed patterns
- Coil work – free coils, people
- Paper bag masks
- Simple paper weaving
- Paper hat – folded or cylindrical shape
- Painted or collage decoration
- Mobiles – circles or squares
- Assemblage – houses (without adhesive)
- Colour walk – collecting colours for collage of fish,
animals, house
- Finding a “new” colour from primary colours
Suggested Programme
First Class
- Crayon etching (with black paint)
- Crayon transfer (with chalk)
- Crayon resist (with coloured paper)
- Rubbings (different textures)
- Rubbings from coiled string
- “Stained glass window” (crayon)
- Blob painting
- Painting without a brush (sticks, paper roll, card,
sponge)
- Cylinder painting
- Medallion shape cut out and backed with tissue
- Animal mosaic
- Name patterns
- Clay statue
- Thumb pot
- Paper vase
- Cylinder mask
- Paper hat from cylinder (cut out and decorated)
- Street of box houses (some adhesives used)
- Finding “new” colours from primary colours
Suggested Programme
Second Class
- Crayon etchings (picture at night)
- Candle rubbings (over-painted)
- Rubbings from nature
- Blob painting (monochrome – one colour + black +
white)
- Textures with paint (chart)
- Comb painting (pattern)
- Rolling brushwork
- Matchbox printing (movement or pattern)
- Torn paper collage (newspaper + black)
- Paper mosaic
- Picture from tissue pellets
- Exploding a shape (fish / bird /leaf shape)
- Tissue window (narrow strips)
- Animal mask (features, ears) – paper bag
- Tall pots in clay – coil work
- Puppet with paper bag head
- Bottle figures – heads + clothes on bottle
- Finding a “new” colour (by mixing) and using with
“a line for a walk)
- Painting a picture with a “new” colour
Seasons,
festivals, special occasions (First Confession –Good Shepherd; First Holy
Communion) cards, pictures, mobiles, stories from books.
Suggested Programme
Third Class
- Picture –crayon, Autumn day
- Line for a walk – crayon and paint
- Rubbing from paper cut-outs
- Stencil painting (with cut-outs from previous crayon
class)
- Spatter painting (using same stencils)
- Blow painting (+ bubble painting)
- Leaf printing (single leaf, pattern of prints,
overlapping prints)
- Exploded shapes (square, shapes cut from edge and
replaces symmetrically)
- Window (Tissue) – large panes
- Mobiles – one unit (geometric shape)
- Paper plaques – cut pattern folded outwards
- Paper weaving: (i) plain
(ii) folded and cut
- Puppet: plate or box on head
- Houses from boxes and corrugated paper
- Mask: box and waste materials
- Modelling from waste materials
- Group work: traced hands assembled to make tree,
hedgehog, dragon
- Group mobiles
- Clay work: faces and flat dishes
- Colour exercises in conjunction with “line for a
walk” – growth, patterns, grids
Suggested Programme
Fourth Class
- “Line for
a walk” using mixed colours
- Candle rubbings –two colours
- Rolling brushwork (with overlapping to allow mixing of
colours)
- Marbling
- String prints : (i) similar to blob painting ; (ii)
string pulled out under pressure
- Paper mosaic : picture (group work)
- Exploded shape : shapes cut and moved out from edge
- Exploded picture from magazine
- Mobiles: with two elements balancing
- Paper castle : group work
- Paper work: fold-up sculpture, folded standing figures
- Rod puppets from card or in three dimensions
- Weaving – paper
- Clay: statues of animals
Seasons,
cards, festivals, decorations, special occasions, pictures, history, posters,
geography, mobiles, artists’ work - appreciation
Suggested Programme
Fifth Class
- Crayon transfer (with chalk) – pattern
- Comb painting: pattern
- Drip painting: developing into a picture
- Stencil pattern
- Poster
- String block poster (string glued to box or block)
- Mono-print : drawn on ink plate for paper resist
- Pattern –collage
- Lantern or mobile transparency
- Early Irish art as source: Cross, panels from High
Cross, patterns
- Calligraphy
- Colour: tone, exercises on grids or with “line for a
walk”
- Mobiles: multi-element, group work
- Box sculpture : cutting boxes to alter shapes
- Box puppets
- Paper sculpture
- Tie and dye: (i) basic shapes, (ii) cushion covers,
wall hanging
- Paper weaving: woven pieces in collage picture
- Bookcraft: covering rectangles or squares
- Special feature: Theme explored in depth – e.g.
Christmas – decorations, crib, frieze, mobiles, gift-wrapping, cards
Suggested Programme
Sixth Class
- Study of patterns in environment
- Crayon resist patters (drawn in crayon, over-painted)
- Potato cut or box-pattern
- Mono-print
- Robot from boxes
- Printing from card block
- Collage
- Study of stained glass windows, tissue windows as a
result
- Painted pattern
- Colour: scheme of mixed colours for pattern or design
- Revision of tones in colour: still life or buildings in
pictures
- Poster or postage stamp
- Dot painting (mosaics, Impressionism)
- Box sculpture: adding coloured windows
- Clay : thumb pot (texture, colour); shallow bowl
- Slab pottery
- Puppets used in puppet play in box theatre with tie and
dyed curtains, painted or collage back-drop, cut-out props
- Book craft: Single section books
- Marbling on cover of Confirmation Book
- Special feature: Environmental Study as a basis for art
work- object from nature studied and used to create patters, designs,
pictures from various techniques
Seasons,
festivals, St Brigid’s Cross, special occasions, geography, history, reading,
cards, posters, decorations, pictures, mobiles, appreciation – version of
subject using artist’s style
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