Curriculum Overview:
In Year 3, the art curriculum at E P Collier School nurtures creativity, curiosity, and confidence as pupils begin their Key Stage 2 journey. Through structured exploration of techniques, materials, and focus artists, children develop both technical skills and artistic understanding. Learning is carefully sequenced to build independence, self-expression, and appreciation of art and design within a supportive and inclusive school environment.

Where would we be without water?

Art and design  - Van Gogh

 

In term three, students will learn -  

• Explore the differences and similarities within the work of artists, crafts people and designers in different times and cultures—Van Gogh’s work with water as part of the composition 
• Use a variety of drawing tools; pencils, crayons, pastels, felt tips, charcoal, ball point pens, chalk.  
• Paint with different brush sizes and types for an intended effect.
• Produce a piece of art in the style of Van Gogh with a water theme

Key Vocabulary / knowledge

• Texture: what things are made of and how they feel
• Composition: the way in which the parts of a thing are put together
• Theme: the particular subject or idea on which something is based

Focus Artist:  

Van Gogh is well known for his brushstrokes of thickly laid-on paint. This technique is called Impasto. An artist lays a thick layer of paint on canvas, brushstrokes get more noticeable, adding a special texture to the painting. Vincent liked to use a thick, undiluted flat colour with a brush or a palette knife.