Exploring the purpose and impact of images from the ‘Space race’ era of the 1950s and 60s; developing independence and decision-making using open-ended and experimental processes; combining drawing and collagraph printmaking to create a futuristic image.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand and explain what retrofuturism is
• Participate in discussions and offer ideas
• Evaluate images using simple responses, sometimes using formal elements to extend ideas
• Provide plausible suggestions for how a piece was created
• Comfortably use different stimuli to draw from
• Use past knowledge and experience to explore a range of drawing processes.
• Select and place textures to create a collagraph plate, applying an understanding of the material, which may be supported by testing.
• Create a selection of drawings and visual notes that demonstrate their ideas using sketchbooks.
• Generate a clear composition idea for a final piece that shows how it will be drawn.
• Apply confident skills to make an effective collagraph print.
• Independently select tools and drawing techniques, with some guidance.
• Demonstrate growing independence, discussing ways to improve work.