Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Explain how a new image can be created using a combination of other images.
• Understand what photomontage is and recognise how artists use photography.
• Select relevant images and cut them with confidence and a level of control.
• Demonstrate a competent knowledge of effective composition, discussing their ideas.
• Use recording devices and available software with confidence.
• Demonstrate a confident understanding of Edward Weston’s style through their artistic choices.
• Discuss the features of a design, e.g. explaining what is effective about a composition.
• Select a suitable range of props, considering the design brief and their initial ideas.
• Use the viewfinder to set up an effective composition, thinking about the scale and positioning of objects.
• Use editing software to change their image, reflecting an artist’s style.
• Choose a suitable painting and suggest appropriate ways to recreate it photographically with props.
• Set up a composition and think about a space that will provide good lighting levels.
• Take a portrait that is focused and appropriately framed.
• Draw an accurately measured grid, with some support, understanding how it can support them with their drawing.
• Use the grid to translate a photograph to a drawn image that is mostly correctly proportioned.
• Create a final painting or drawing with tonal differences that create a photo-realistic effect.