Progression of skills in Art

EYFS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Drawing Gives meaning to Understand that To explore a range To investigate To investigate To respond to a To make detailed,
marks as they different marks can of marks using different marks different marks contemporary artist analytical
draw. be made using a different media with made by pencils made by pencils, using different observational
range of tools. the focus on tone, and compare. that convey facial techniques and drawings.
using HB, 2B & 4B expression materials.
Producing pencils. To explore shading language. To investigate the
recognisable techniques To have an portrait imagery of
drawings of images Start to observe light/medium and To explore shading understanding of famous artists and
and objects. closely and add dark tone, with a techniques contrasting, comment on the
detail when making variety of different investigating adjacent colours. ideas.
drawings from grade pencils. light/medium and
images and dark tone to show
objects. movement.

Painting Explores what Developing Able to explore To understand To understand To respond to a To apply different
happens when they understanding of ideas about shape, about tint and tone about tint and tone contemporary artist techniques to apply
mix colours. mark making for pattern and colour using it through using it through using different colour.
thick and thin lines using different practical practical techniques and
and a variety of brush strokes and experiences. experiences. materials. To respond to the
brush strokes. painting media, work of an artist by
with control. To explore different To explore different To have an combining colour,
Discussing the painting techniques painting techniques understanding of shape and space to
work of different Discussing the using these to using these to contrasting, produce abstract
artists and using it work of different create their own create their own adjacent colours images.
as inspiration for artists and using it imaginative imaginative
their own work. as inspiration for paintings. paintings. To focus on line
their own work. and contour in
To respond to ideas To respond to ideas recording from
To understand and techniques and techniques direct observation.
about primary, used by other used by other
secondary and artists comparing artists comparing
complementary and contrasting and contrasting
colours. images. images.
Printing Uses tools and Able to investigate Investigate and use To use rollers to To make a To research and To select and
techniques and use relief printmaking produce monoprint collagraph relief discuss the work of develop ideas from
competently and printmaking materials and designs on different block focusing on printmakers direct observation.
appropriately. materials, processes to surfaces. shapes, using this developing
techniques and communicate ideas To reflect and for printing on a responses through To transfer work
processes to in a variety of ways. comment on theirs variety of surfaces their own work. and ideas into
communicate their and others work. to produce another medium.
ideas. repeated pattern To produce three
To adapt and work. colour reduction
Able to create improve prints using Press To investigate
prints using To understand Print and discuss Batik.
reclaimed about repeating and record the
materials. patterns process.

To combine and
use processes and
techniques
previously learned.

Textiles Understands that Able to investigate Able to investigate To create To use To work in To develop the use
& media can be and use collage and use collage responses to artists photographic response to the of geometric
Collage combined to create skills, techniques materials and work on line, images as a images of an artist shapes and
new effects. and processes to processes to shape, space and starting point for selecting materials patterns in
communicate their communicate ideas colour. artwork. by colour and response to the
ideas. about line, shape texture according to work of an artist.
and colour. their intentions.
To use a variety of
To explore’ methods and
overworking’ approaches to
images with communicate
different mediums. ideas.

3D form Manipulates Able to manipulate Able to manipulate To transfer designs To explore artist’s To respond To understand the
materials to clay into different clay by rolling, onto a 3D artefact approach to line, andrecord to the concept of drawing
achieve a planned shapes and join pinching and Understanding the shape and pattern figurative in 3D.
effect. two pieces of clay. pulling to shape process of inlaid developing these sculptures of an
clay, and learn how clay designs. and recording using artist using different To research the
Able to choose to join pieces. sketchbooks or ict. materials. work of crafts
appropriate tools to Able to choose To experiment with To transfer designs To produce people as a starting
create texture and appropriate tools to different materials onto a 3D artefact. sculptural forms in point for producing
pattern in clay. create texture and to produce 3D response to an their own individual
pattern in clay. forms (dragon Understanding the artist. designs.
claws). process of inlaid
clay designs. To review their
sculptures and that
To experiment with of others.
different materials
to produce 3D
forms.