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Drawing the Human Figure

Draw believable human figures by building them from simple forms, measuring with the head-count method, checking anatomical landmarks and capturing gesture and balance.

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Exploring Secondary Colours, Tints and Shades

Mix clean secondary and tertiary colours, control value with tints, shades, tones and the value scale, and choose colour schemes that create mood and harmony.

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Printing Patterns with Stencils

Find and analyse patterns in nature and daily life, cut clean stencils and simple stamps from low-cost materials, print neat repeating and two-colour patterns, and draw on imigongo and agaseke designs from Rwandan culture.

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Card Making

Design original cards for a given purpose and audience: choose the right card type and fold, apply design principles to layout, lettering and colour, and follow the design process from brief and prototype to a well-crafted final card and envelope.

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Sculpting a Human Head

Model a stable, well-proportioned human head in clay: plan the proportions in front and side views, build a safe armature from local materials, block out the basic form, then model the features and dry and finish the head.

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Weaving

Choose local fibres, build a cardboard or stick loom, weave plain, basket and twill structures with even tension, and finish a woven piece ready to hang, drawing on Rwanda's agaseke basketry tradition.

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Fabric Decoration with Embroidery

Decorate fabric with embroidery: tell outline from fill, choose suitable fabric, thread and tools, work outline and fill stitches neatly, design and transfer a motif, and carry a piece from idea to a finished, pressed and labelled work.

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Art Movements: 18th to 20th Centuries

Trace how Neoclassicism, Impressionism and Cubism arose, recognise their features, artists and key works, and compare and analyse artworks from each movement using describe, analyse, interpret and judge.

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