Art, Design and Technology

Year 7 Virtual Transition Day

Art, Design and Technology at The Highfield SchoolYou can watch this video for a tour of the Art, Design and Technology Faculty and meet the teachers!

ADT Video Link

ADT Virtual Transition DayFor your virtual lesson today, you can choose one of the following subjects and work to complete. This will give you a flavour on what you will be asked to do when you join us in Year 7.

You can choose from…

● A Food Lesson● A Textiles Lesson ● An Art Lesson

Over the next few slides there will be all of the options for you to choose from!

Have fun and we cannot wait to meet you in September!

Your virtual Food LessonFor your virtual food lesson today, you can choose from one of the following options:

1. Review how healthy your breakfast was! Explain how you could improve it to make it a healthy and well balanced

breakfast! You can draw out your breakfast idea

and label all of the ingredients that are in it.

2. Design a table place mat to help children learn about healthy food

choices. Do you know what is healthy to eat?

Can you design a well balanced diet? Do you know what foods you should

avoid eating too much of? Design a table placemat full of

information to help other children!

3. Design your own apron. When cooking it is important to wear

the correct uniform. We always wear an apron not only to protect our clothes, but also avoid getting any germs into

our food! Design an apron that you could wear

whilst cooking!

OPTION 1

Your virtual Textiles LessonIn our Textiles lesson we learn about fabric, some fabric is grown naturally and some fabric is man made. We learn about the construction of fabric too. For today’s lesson you can have a heads start on how fabric is made! Fabric is either knitted or woven together. Your school jumper and cardigan are knitted, however your school trousers and skirt are usually woven.

Activity: Paper Weaving

You will need: Coloured paper, scissors and glue.

Watch the video to see how to do some paper weaving!

OPTION 2

Your virtual Art Lesson

OPTION 3

knowledge builderThe tasks in this document have been designed to test 3 key skills that you require for being successful in Art:

ResearchLiteracyMaking

knowledge builderYour first artist is…

Bob and Roberta Smith

Keith Haring

Jenny Holzer

Barbara Kruger

Many contemporary artists have used text with images in their artworks to help convey a message.

Bob and Roberta Smith’s work goes one step further and just uses text alone to convey often positive message.

Bob and Roberta Smith

His artworks uses the visual language of protest in order to give power to his messages.

Bob and Roberta Smith

BIG Question: how can we use art to communicate an idea?

TASKS - pt.1• Collect 6-10 images of Bob & Roberta Smith’s art and present

them on a page with the artists name as a title.• Write a paragraph analysing (picking apart) one of the artworks

you have found.

Tips

• Think about the materials the artist uses, are they different from a

protest sign that you might take on a march?

• You may present you work in your sketchbook, on paper or

digitally (ie. as a PowerPoint) if you don’t have access to a printer.

Analysing the work of an artist

When analysing an Artist’s work, you need to not only describe

their work but also share your thoughts and explain how their

work is inspirational to you.

∙ Why did you pick this artwork?

∙ What do you like/dislike about it?

∙ How has the artist used colour?

∙ What do you notice about the composition of the artwork?

∙ What techniques have been used? What medium? To what effect?

∙ How will the work inspire/influence you?

∙ How could you use the style/technique? How could you adapt it?

Keywords/termsColour

• Bright

• Warm

• Contrasting

• Complimentary

• Block

• Dull

• Flat

• Opaque

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Analogous

• Saturated

• Pastel

• Pure

• Cold

Composition

• Foreground

• Perspective

• Middle

• Rule of Thirds

• White space

• Symmetrical

• Focus

• Simple

• Asymmetrical

• Background

• Complex

• Grids

• Centred

• Design

• Confused

• Distant

Medium

• the art materials or

artist supplies used to

create a work of art.

Basically, it's whatever

you use to make a mark

upon a surface.

• Each medium has its

own particular

characteristics and

each requires its own

techniques for creating

art.

BIG Question: how can we use art to communicate an idea?

TASKS - pt.2• Choose a ‘cause’ you believe in to shout about and write a

slogan reflecting it (it could be positive or JOYful)• Make a protest sign which uses your slogan in the style of

Bob & Roberta Smith; photograph yourself with your artwork‘protesting’.

Tips

• Think about the materials the artist uses, are they different from a

protest sign that you might take on a march?

• Present you work digitally (ie. as a PowerPoint) if you don’t have

access to a printer.