This document outlines level descriptors for art curriculum levels 4 through 8: Level 4 focuses on experimenting with ideas and techniques like stencil printing and applying skills in collage and mixed media. Students can evaluate their own work and suggest improvements. Level 5 builds on these skills, asking students to develop ambitious stencil printing ideas and apply knowledge of techniques to their portrait design. Students can enhance details and adapt their work based on evaluation. Level 6 requires experimenting with mark making and layering, using collage and printing appropriately in a celebrity portrait. Students interpret artistic ideas and evaluate their own and others' work. Levels 7/8 involve experimenting broadly and applying pattern and layers in a stencil

1. Level Descriptors

2. ‘Celebrity’
National Curriculum Levels
Level 4
I experiment with ideas in my sketchbook to develop printing techniques.
I have applied a range of practical skills when using collage, mixed media and printing.
I understand how to cut out stencils and apply paint in order to achieve my intentions.
I evaluate my work and the work of others and can make suggestions for improvements.

3. ‘Celebrity’
National Curriculum Levels
Level 5
I experiment with ideas in my sketchbook to develop my stencil printing. My ideas are ambitious.
My understanding of collage, mixed media and printing informs my design for my portrait outcome.
I have applied a range of practical skills when using collage, mixed media and printing.
I use my knowledge of mark making to enhance my final piece, and add pattern and detail to it.
I evaluate my own work and can adapt and refine my ideas and techniques.

4. ‘Celebrity’
National Curriculum Levels
Level 6
I experiment with a broad range of mark making. I consider how layering can enhance and add value to my
work.
I use a combination of collage and printing in an appropriate manner and experiment with these techniques
to create an effective design.
I apply my practical skills and technical knowledge to achieve an effective portrait of a celebrity.
I interpret and explain how ideas and meanings are conveyed by the artists and literary sources we have
used. I evaluate my own work and that of others to develop and refine my control of materials and my
ideas.

5. ‘Celebrity’
National Curriculum Levels
Level 7/8
I experiment with a broad range of mark making and printing . I can effectively apply pattern to my
background and create a multi layered stencil portrait.
I use a combination of collage, pattern and stencil printing to create an effective outcome.
I understand the meanings and messages in Pop art and Street art and can interpret and critically
analyse these myself.
I can explain how my composition has been developed and designed.
I research others’ work and apply this effectively to help create an independent outcome.
I have use a mixed media approach in an appropriate way and consider flat colour, pattern and meaning
in my work.