Welcome to the Archbishop Beck Art Department

Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College

Staff

A1 2x PC computers with wireless printing available.
A3 Includes a suite of 10 new Apple Mac computers with the latest software, an interactive whiteboard, and a specialist 8x4 printing table.
M1 Ceramics based studio/classroom.

Pupils receive 2 x 50 minute periods of Art a week, which for the majority of classes is a double lesson.

Interesting and challenging lessons are constructed around the following, with reference to a variety of artists and cultures.

Introduction - The basic elements of Art - Line, Tone, Shape, Pattern, Colour & Texture.
Tone & Form - Making things look three-dimensional.
Colour Theory - The colour wheel relationships are studied.
Facial Proportion - Step by step activities on how to draw facial features building up to a direct observational drawing portrait.
Graphics - Posters and letter forms
Craft/Culture - Aboriginal designs are studied and pupils develop the use of symbolism for a finished outcome in card construction

Builds upon work completed in Year 7
Cubism - Investigating Picasso’s ‘Weeping Woman’ portrait.
Figure Proportion - includes life drawing.
Graphics - Pop Art style of painting using sweet wrappers as a source for investigating lettering styles.
19th Century Art - Studying Arcimboldo’s use of objects in his portraits.
Perspective - 1-point and mixed with reference to MC Escher

Still building on previous learning.
Imaginative Design - Using direct observation studies of Natural From as a starting point for imaginative based designs thinking of colour and compositions.
20th Century Art - Pop Art unit looking at everyday objects and experimenting with media. Artists studied include Patrick Caulfield and Andy Warhol.
20th Century Art - Op Art unit investigating figures in sporting activities. Artists include Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely. Pupils also investigate illusions.
Culture - Traditional Japanese Manga character designs are studied and developed into pupils own designs with some investigation into Japanese patterns and language.


Tate Liverpool	Walker Art Gallery	The Big Draw


Museum of Modern Art	Louvre


Van Gogh Starry Night	Wassilly Kandinsky Sea Battle	Eduardo Paolozzi Calcium by night


The Green Man	Giuseppe Arcimboldo Vertumnus	M.C Escher Relativivty


Georgia O’Keeffe Red Canna	William Morris Peacock and Dragon	Henry Moore Reclining Figure

Patrick Caulfield Still Life with Dagger	Salvador Dali Lobster Phone	Japanese Manga