I am the head of a busy and successful Art and Design department with over 10 years of experience. The resources I provide are the ones we use in our department to engage with our brilliant young people and develop their Art and design skills toward excellence.
I am the head of a busy and successful Art and Design department with over 10 years of experience. The resources I provide are the ones we use in our department to engage with our brilliant young people and develop their Art and design skills toward excellence.
Resources prompting students to experiment with ideas and explore different techniques and approaches in creating their art through 5 mini projects. Students will take their own personal starting point and take influence from a wide range of artists. The powerpoints include images from over 40 different artists and direct students to explore overlapping and merging images, working on interesting surfaces, working with collage, incorporating text into their Art, and including pattern. Some of the artists in the powerpoints include:
Marie Esther, Dimitra Milan, Manny Robertson, Sammy Slabbinck, Loui Jover, Chris Lord, Martin O’Neill, Ed Fairburn, Stephanie Ledoux, Darlene McElroy, Andrew Slagado, Thaneeya McArdle, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Mel Bochner, and Stuart Semple.
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An Art project based on the artist Keith Haring aimed at KS3 or KS4 students. The project will last between 10 and 15 hours and includes aspects of figure drawing using correct proportions, research on the artist Keith Haring, a short section on Henri Matisse and his figure cut out pieces of Art. Students will end the project with a final piece of Art based on a theme taken from one of Keith Haring’s pieces. The project includes quality worksheets for drawing figures in correct proportions and a quality biography of Keith Haring.
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Two graphic design projects aimed at KS3 students which would be perfect for distance learning. Each project has plenty of visual resources and very detailed guidance and step by step instructions. The projects should take about 6-10 hours to complete each and focus on developing graphic design skills and imaginative approaches.
Two Art projects aimed at KS3, each one would take students about 4-5 hours. detailed step by step guidance and instructions are included as part of the projects along with a vast array of visual resources. Students could easily undertake these projects form a distance with limited teacher input.
A range of projects based on surrealism that would be perfect for distance learning. Each project builds creative and imaginative approaches to creating art as well as learning about the lives and art of some of the surrealists including Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, Leszek Kostuj, Lora Zombie, Johanna Goodman and Matthias Jung. Each project include a vast array of visual resources and plenty of detailed guidance.
A range of projects to teach imaginative approaches and Art skills, as well as to enable students to learn about the lives of famous artists and their approaches. These projects are perfect for distance learning and include all a huge range of visual resources to guide students through each task
A series of two abstract art projects that work together to teach two approaches to abstract art and focus on the work of the artists Wassily Kandinsky, Frank Stella, Beatriz Milhazes, Sarah Morris, Picasso, Mondrian, and Cezanne. The projects would be ideal for KS3 students and together would take between 12 and 16 hours. The projects are easy to follow and are full of resources, students could even follow the plan through distance- learning.
Three homework projects on the Artists Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein. In each project students will copy a piece of the artist’s work and analyse it. These projects would be ideal for distance-learning and for students to continue to develop their Art skills and knowledge at home
An Abstract painting project focusing on the artists, Wassily Kandinsky, Frank Stella, Beatriz Milhazes, and Sarah Morris. Includes a biography of Kandinsky, a quiz about his life and stage by stage through a 10 hour project creating an Abstract painting.
The project includes a vast array of resources and visual prompts for students, focusing on colour theory, creating patterns, composition, and paintinga nd coloured pencil techniques.
The project is aimed at KS3 students but could equally be used by year 6 or year 10 students with very little adjustment.
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A 2D Abstract Art project that would take between 4 and 6 lessons and could even be the basis of a much longer project based on the work of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Cezanne. Students create a number of drawings of teapots and still life, then they spend time changing the shapes, forms, and colours, and add pattern to turn those initial drawings into abstract Art. Students are encouraged to abstract the shapes etc. as much as they wish and it is reinforced that there isn’t a wrong answer when it comes to Abstract Art.
This project could be used to teach KS3 students or KS4 students.
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A complete project for Art, design and technology covering about 10 lessons. The project takes students through designing a logo, designing a font, then creating carrier bag for a shop they choose themselves.
The project could be used for KS3 but could also be used to start a piece of GCSE coursework for Art and Design or Graphic design.
There are opportunities to analyse logo designs and look at the evolution of logo designs alongside the designing work.
The project includes lots of visual resources and clear step by step instructions and could even be used by a non specialist teacher. The powerpoint has 94 slides.
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Influenced by the American painters, David Salle and James Rosenquist, students will create a piece of work including 30 - 50 objects that represent them. The project takes 5 - 6 lessons to complete and focuses on composition and drawing objects from students’ imaginations.
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A sheet to guide Art students through a thorough written comparison of two Artworks. This would mostly suit pieces of Fine art but could be for painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking, photography, or could be adapted for video. It is aimed at high level GCSE students or A level, to aid them in the written parts of their coursework or exam prep work.
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For Art department heads and Art department leads: an example of a visual curriculum road map/pathway for an Art and Design department. OFSTED love it as a visual resource for staff, students and visitors to quickly see the path of the curriculum and how it fits together and builds from one project to another. Use it as a template but make it your own including your own department’s schemes of learning. At my own department we have printed a copy to A1 for each classroom and for the corridor in the department.** If you found this resource useful, please leave a positive review :) Thanks**
A fun and engaging project for students to create characters in the style of Graphic designer, Jon Burgerman. Student will explore imaginative and original ways of creating character designs, then they will create an original piece of work. The powerpoint has detailed step by step instructions and a great quantity of visual examples for a project that should take between 6 and 8 lessons. If you found this resource useful, please leave a positive review :) Thanks
A painting and collage project based on the artist Loui Jover’s work where students create a mixed media piece based on an observational drawing of an eye. The painting involves dripping and splattering brightly coloured paint over a monochromatic eye. ** If you found this resource useful, please leave a positive review :) Thanks**
A mini project for creating a surreal collage with step by step detailed instructions. Based on the artists Johanna Goodman and Matthias Jung, students will create two collages, one in the style of each artist. There are plenty of visual resources to aid students in creating their own artworks.
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A mini project based on the surreal artist Rene Magritte.
It includes a biography and quiz, then a short written piece about one of his artworks. Students will then work through a series of activities to promote imagination based on a series of Rene Magritte’s paintings based on apples culminating in a final outcome that could be developed further for GCSE coursework.
Work through the resources as follows:
Read biography
Go through the powerpoint
Optional task of an observational drawing from life of an apple
Work through the worksheet activities
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A frame for creating a written piece of work critically analysing a work of Art. Aimed at KS4 and KS5 students. The resource features in depth questions to answer and sentence starters as well as ideas to extend the content and subject specific vocabulary.
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A frame for creating a written piece of work critically analysing a work of Art. Aimed at KS3 and KS4 students. The resource features questions to answer and sentence starters as well as ideas to extend the content and subject specific vocabulary.
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