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Year 4 · Key Stage 2

Art & Design

Drawing, painting, sculpture, and learning from great artists.

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  1. Light, Shadow and Tone: Drawing with Leonardo da VinciChildren explore how light and shadow create shape and depth in drawings, learning pencil and charcoal techniques inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's famous observational studies.
  2. Impressions of the World: Painting with MonetChildren discover Claude Monet and Impressionism, learning how loose brushwork and clever colour mixing can capture light and atmosphere. They explore a limited palette, plan a landscape composition, and practise expressive painting techniques.
  3. Relief and Pattern: Sculpture with William MorrisChildren explore William Morris's nature-inspired repeating patterns and use clay tools to design and create their own low-relief decorative tile, developing skills in carving, texture-making, and pattern design.
  4. Still Life Stories: Experimenting with Mixed MediaChildren discover how Italian artist Giorgio Morandi used simple everyday objects to tell quiet, beautiful stories. They explore composition, tone and mixed media — drawing, painting and collage — to create their own still life artwork, and practise evaluating work using key vocabulary.