Year 2

Year 2 curriculum

know how to create a printed piece of art by pressing, rolling, rubbing and stamping

know how to make a clay pot and know how to join two clay finger pots together

know how to use different effects within an IT paint package choose and use three different grades of pencil when drawing

know how to use charcoal, pencil and pastel to create art

know how to use a viewfinder to focus on a specific part of an artefact before drawing it

know how to mix paint to create all the secondary colours

know how to create brown with paint

know how to create tints with paint by adding white and know how to create tones with paint by adding black suggest how artists have used colour, pattern and shape

know how to create a piece of art in response to the work of another artist

Year 2 have been printmaking in art. They made rubbings of different textures on the playground to create  a range of patterns, then used these to create pictures in their sketchbooks.

Year 2 have been using sketches of minibeasts to produce tiled mosaics in their art lessons.