Core Art Materials

  • Pens/pencils/crayons/chalk of various thickness in wide range of colours and tones
  • Poster Paint, Tempera paint, Watercolour Paint, Acrylic Paint
  • Range of brushes in various sizes (to allow for thick and thin line)
  • Sponges, nailbrushes and toothbrushes
  • Water pots, large mixing trays
  • Chalk Pastels, Charcoal, Oil Pastels
  • Printing resources – printing ink, trays, rollers and stampers
  • Sheets of acrylic
  • Variety of papers in different textures/ thickness/ colours
  • Newsprint, large rolls of paper, wallpaper samples, newspaper, magazines and catalogues for collage
  • Tissue paper, cellophane, shiny paper, sticky shapes, crepe paper, cotton wool, tinfoil
  • Right and left-handed scissors, scissors with various lines e.g. zig-zag
  • Modelling clay and tools, play dough with tools, plasticine, gloop, slime
  • Sand
  • Fabric swatches and squares in various prints and textures
  • Masking tape, cello tape, glue sticks, pva, glue spreaders, paper clips, string
  • Classroom resources for making patterns and constructing 3D models
  • Junk modelling resources
  • Loose parts
  • Transient art materials – grass/leaves/twigs
  • Cameras/iPads
  • Viewfinders, magnifying glasses
  • Standing and table-top easels
  • Aprons

Stimuli for creating artwork

  • Picture books
  • Film and animation
  • Photographs
  • Objects
  • Sensory experiences and feely bags

 

  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Natural environment
  • Other artists’ work
  • Music

Digital Technology

  • iPads
  • Cameras
  • Speaker