Art and Design
Here you will find the Unit Award Scheme (UAS) units that we have mapped to our GCSE Art and Design specification.
The GCSE Art and Design content has been split into bite-sized units making it more accessible to learners.
Students will receive a certificate each time they complete a unit. By recognising achievements in this way, the scheme allows students to engage with learning and take clear steps towards success.
Knowledge, understanding and skills
To help students demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills, they should be introduced to a variety of learning experiences that develop skills through the use of appropriate media, processes, techniques and technologies relevant to art, craft and design, fine art, graphic communication, three-dimensional design, textiles and/or photography.
| UAS unit title | UAS unit code |
|---|---|
3D art | |
3D pottery construction | |
Art techniques | |
| Art: expanding skills and techniques | |
Basic acrylic painting skills | |
Ceramic modelling | |
Creating a 3D sculpture | |
Creating a customised fashion garment | |
Creating a fashion themed mood board | |
Creating a piece of themed art using different techniques | |
Creating a sculpture using modroc | |
Creating a self portrait | |
Creating artwork using recycled materials | |
Developing ideas through art investigation | |
Digital art: exploring techniques | |
Digital photography | |
Drawing techniques | |
Exploring colour and texture | |
Gallery visit | |
Introduction to art | |
Introduction to arts and crafts | |
Introduction to drawing | |
Making a textile collage | |
Making a three-dimensional artefact in clay | |
Introduction to watercolour painting | |
Observing and understanding art | |
Painting on a canvas | |
Painting: exploring colours and techniques | |
Photography: investigating two given themes | |
Recording ideas and presenting a personal art response | |
Refining and exploring ideas through art experimentation | |
Researching an art inspiration | |
Setting a personal brief in art | |
Shape, colour and pattern | |
Textile printing: design and heat-pressing | |
Using acrylic paint to create images | |
Using chalk pastels to create images | |
Using water colour paints to create images |
Responding to a chosen theme for use in a project or as a starting point to explore an idea or issue
UAS unit title | UAS unit code |
|---|---|
Fine art: myself | |
Fine art: trees, flowers, animals or birds | |
Textiles: designing and making a wall hanging | |
Graphics: poster design | |
Creating an image based on modern art | |
Designing and producing a piece of graffiti art | |
Developing a painting or drawing of a landscape | |
Anti-racism graffiti art | |
Fashion workshop: designing and making a garment | |
Drawing human heads, hands and feet | |
Drawing and painting: still life | |
producing a portrait | |
Art: working to a chosen theme | |
Art: charcoal self-portrait | |
Art and design: myself | |
Art and design: identity | |
Art and design: food advertising | |
Art and design: advertising | |
Art and design: art in the environment | |
Art and design: natural and manufactured forms | |
Art and design: holidays | |
Art and design: masks and theatre | |
Art and design: skins and scales | |
Art and design: animals | |
Art and design: colour and pattern | |
Art and design: pop art | |
Art and design: design | |
Art and design: fashion | |
Art and design: food from around the world | |
Art and design: food | |
Art and design: reflections and mirror images | |
Art and design: ceremonies, festivals and celebrations | |
Art and design: fantasy | |
Art and design: natural form | |
Art and design: surroundings | |
Architecture and landscape painting | |
| Create a piece of art inspired by nature | |
Create a piece of art inspired by architecture | |
Art project: graffiti | |
Art project: fashion design |
Researching artists, artistic themes and their practices
| UAS unit title | UAS unit code |
|---|---|
Making art work inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso | |
Making art work inspired by the work of Henri Matisse | |
Designing and creating a 'picasso' style self-portrait | |
Introduction to the work of a famous artist | |
Study of an artist | |
Making art work inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock | |
Art: Vincent Van Gogh | |
Creating a grid portrait inspired by Chuck Close | |
Creating a mixed media portrait in the style of Andy Warhol | |
Creating and sharing artwork inspired by a famous artist | |
Hundertwasser landscape | |
Tim Burton art | |
Art: study of a Kahlo painting | |
Art: study of a Warhol painting | |
Art: study of a Kandinsky painting | |
| Art: study of a Hockney painting | |
| Study of a Turner painting | |
| Art: study of a Rousseau painting | |
| Art: study of an Arcimboldo painting | |
| Art: study of a Chagall painting | |
| Art: study of a Van Gogh painting | |
| Art: study of a Banksy painting | |
| Art: study of a Mondrian painting | |
| Art: study of a Zohrabyan painting | |
| Art: study of a Munch painting | |
| Art: study of a Trouvelot painting | |
| Art: study of a Hokusai painting | |
| Art: study of a Britto painting | |
| Art: study of a Munter painting | |
| Art: study of a Delaunay painting | |
| Art: study of a Kusama painting | |
| Art: study of a Delaunay painting | |
| Art: study of a Takeji painting | |
| Artist study: LS Lowry | |
| Exploring Salvador Dali and creating a metamorphosis | |
| Producing a piece of art in the style of Damien Hirst | |
| Art: study of a J E MacDonald painting | |
| Art: study of a Claire West painting | |
| Art: study of a Steve Chambers painting | |
| Art: study of a Cassatt painting | |
| Art: study of a Hilma AF Klint painting | |
| Art: study of a Wenzel Hablik painting | |
| Art: study of an Emily Carr painting | |
| Art: study of an Antonio Gaudi painting | |
Art: study of a Tite Kubo painting | |
Art: study of a Sol Calero painting | |
Creating a mixed media artwork in the style of Damien Hirst | |
Designing and making a clay pot in the style of Grayson Perry | |
Creating art based on research of a still life artist | |
Art: a study of Hockney photography | |
Study of an artist: Jon Burgerman | |
Creating a mixed media portrait in the style of Modigliani | |
Producing artwork in the style of Andy Warhol | |
Producing artwork in the style of a pop art sculptor | |
Study of an artist: Jon Burgerman | |
Study of an artist: Edward Weston | |
Study of an artist: Sir Richard Sheridan Franklin Bowling | |
Study of an artist: Lubaina Himid CBE RA | |
Study of an artist: Ronald Moody | |
Study of an artist: Sonia Dawn Boyce OBE RA | |
Study of an artist: Denzil Forrester MBE | |
Making art inspired by the work of Hew Donald Joseph Locke | |
Making art inspired by the work of Khadija Mohammadou Saye | |
Making art inspired by the work of Sokari Douglas Camp CBE | |
Making art work inspired by the work of Thomas J Price | |
Making art work inspired by the work of Barbara Walker MBE | |
Making art work inspired by the work of Tam Joseph | |
Working in the style of two female artists |
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