Art
‘Be The Best You Can Be’
Being an artist

A year 1 artist
- I can show how people feel in paintings and drawings.
- I can create moods in art work.
- I can use pencils to create lines of different thickness in drawings.
- I can name the primary and secondary colours.
- I can create a repeating pattern in print.
- I can cut, roll and coil materials.
- I can use IT to create a picture.
- I can describe what I can see and give an opinion about the work of an artist.
- I can ask questions about a piece of art.
A year 2 artist
- I can choose and use three different grades of pencil when drawing.
- I can use charcoal, pencil and pastel to create art.
- I can use a viewfinder to focus on a specific part of an artefact before drawing it.
- I can mix paint to create all the secondary colours.
- I can create brown with paint.
- I can create tints with paint by adding white.
- I can create tones with paint by adding black.
- I can create a printed piece of art by pressing, rolling, rubbing and stamping.
- I can make a clay pot.
- I can join two clay finger pots together.
- I can use different effects within an IT paint package.
- I can suggest how artists have used colour, pattern and shape.
- I can create a piece of art in response to the work of another artist.
A year 3 artist
- I can show facial expressions in my art.
- I can use sketches to produce a final piece of art.
- I can use different grades of pencil to shade and to show different tones and textures.
- I can create a background using a wash.
- I can use a range of brushes to create different effects in painting.
- I can identify the techniques used by different artists.
- I can use digital images and combine with other media in my art.
- I can use IT to create art which includes my own work and that of others.
- I can compare the work of different artists.
- I recognise when art is from different cultures.
- I recognise when art is from different historical periods.
A year 4 artist
- I can show facial expressions and body language in sketches and paintings.
- I can use marks and lines to show texture in my art.
- I can use line, tone, shape and colour to represent figure and forms in movement.
- I can show reflections in my art.
- I can print onto different materials using at least four colours.
- I can sculpt clay and other mouldable materials.
- I can integrate my digital images into my art.
- I can experiment with the styles used by other artists.
- I can explain some of the features of art from historical periods.
A year 5 artist
- I can identify and draw objects and use marks and lines to produce texture.
- I can successfully use shading to create mood and feeling.
- I can organise line, tone, shape and colour to represent figures and forms in movement.
- I can use shading to create mood and feeling.
- I can express emotion in my art.
- I can create an accurate print design following criteria.
- I can use images which I have created, scanned and found; altering them where necessary to create art.
- I can research the work of an artist and use their work to replicate a style.
A year 6 artist
- I can explain why I have used different tools to create art.
- I can explain why I have chosen specific techniques to create my art.
- I can explain the style of my work and how it has been influenced by a famous artist.
- I can over print to create different patterns.
- I can use feedback to make amendments and improvement to my art.
- I can use a range of e-resources to create art.