Painting and mixed media: Life in colour

This unit focuses on teaching primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and creating textures using different tools. It also covers collage techniques, encouraging pupils to experiment with materials and evaluate their artistic choices and aims to develop children's understanding of colour, texture, and composition in art. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Colour magic

  • To develop knowledge of colour mixing.

Lesson 2: Texture hunt

  • To know how texture can be created with paint.

Lesson 3: Making textures

  • To use paint to explore texture and pattern.
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Lesson 4: Collage creation
  • To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.
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Lesson 4: Collage creation – Christmas themed
  • To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.
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Lesson 5: Developing detail

  • To evaluate and improve artwork.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

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Key vocabulary

collage

detail

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Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Y2 Painting and mixed-media

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Vocabulary display: Life in colour

A display version of the key vocabulary from the Life in colour unit.

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