A cover lesson activity sheet suitable for KS3 classes. Exploring the work and style of popular contemporary illustrator, Charly Clements. The task and success criteria challenge students to select an inspirational woman and illustrator her in Clements’ style. The task could be adapted to produce a self portrait or other portrait figure.

KS3 Michael Craig Martin still life lesson plan and accompanying presentation. Lesson guides students through tasks for both hand made and digital outcomes. The presentation also instructs on future steps for development, creating a digital repeat 90s pattern.

KS3 Art & Design lesson plan and presentation for the illustrator Ben Brown. Full lesson plan tasks students to create their own Day of the Dead, Brown inspired skull observation.

Hand drawn story map for Julia Donaldson 's ‘The Singing Mermaid’. The map illustrates key points of the story on an A4 sheet. There is also a blank copy of the map, with only the illustrated Mermaids for students to draw their additional parts around.

Cover lesson for KS3 exploring the stippling drawing technique. The worksheets instructs students to complete the drawings of 3 mini beasts, as well as a practice grid.

Poster designed to encourage students to move away from writing 'I think . . . ’ when describing art works. Can be printed and displayed in any context.

Set of 9 vocabulary prompts to broaden use of language in Art & Design. Each poster is a key term with an example of how it can replace basic language in art annotations. Can be printed to A4 or A3 size.

Series of 6 posters outlining the Edexcel Art & Design specification. The posters come as lists for each marking category and describes in student friendly vocab the assessment criteria for each marking level. Each marking band is spread over 2 sheets, usually printed to A4 size and joined together. A perfect visual aid for students to understand how to achieve work in higher levels.

A PDF poster of a digitally drawn portrait of Jean Michel Basquait. Perfect for displays around the classroom.

A PDF print of a Frida Kahlo illustration, digitally drawn for classroom displays.

An overview of basic Photoshop techinques to enhance the use of typography in GCSE and A Level design. The PDF offers instruction, hints and tips to help add to images.

Presentation guiding students through a digital drawing of Frida Kahlo and subsequent inspirational poster design. The project celebrates Frida and her iconic style, rather than her paintings, but does offer some narrative and video links to her personal story and background. Although a digital project, this could be adapted to traditional drawings.

A presentation with outlines of tasks introducing students to a Vanitas themed coursework project. The project challenges students to: Analyse a traditional Dutch Vanitas painting Record with experimental techniques Complete a photoshoot Complete a still life drawing Experiment in the style of Andy Warhol Develop ideas for their own independent ideas to the theme of ‘life luxuries’

2 x Greek Mythology grid drawing worksheets. A photograph of a statue of Medusa and one of Athena. Students are asked to copy the grid lines onto their A4 piece of paper and copy box for box from the sheet. A good activity for scaling images and building confidence with portrait drawing, which can be used as a starting point for further exploration into Greek Mythology.

A vocabulary poster to aid students in expanding their vocabulary when describing texture in Art & Design. The poster is a 2 part piece, which can printed to A4 or A3 size. Once joined together, the poster displays a number of descriptive words for students to use when discussing texture within their art work.

A vocabulary poster with numerous descriptive words to describe texture in Art & Design. The poster covers to sheets of paper and can be printed either A4 or A3 in size. Once joined together on the wall, an easy to access guide to describing work, and specifically line, is displayed in the classroom.

Worksheet introducing students to traditional Victorian Christmas cards and their usually gruesome images. Students are asked to design their own alternative card design - using some of the more surreal examples set by early Victorian design. The work may be completed on the sheet in the space provided or as a separate card. Please note this is a worksheet resource only. Suitable for cover lessons or one off Christmas activities.

4 x presentations of a chopped up Christmas characters: The Grinch Home Alone Miracle on 34th Street Elf Students copy their allocated square from the grid and use shading and tones to complete their part. Once complete, place the squares together and see the large scale, class drawing! Perfect for group activities whilst developing drawing skills. Each character has 12 squares per image. Can be printed or presented digitally.

Presentation giving instruction to a group Christmas drawing challenge. Each student is allocated one of 20 squares to complete using tonal shading. Once complete, the squares place together to create a large scale drawing of The Grinch. This was originally carried out as a remote, online task and images pasted together digitally. It may adapted easily for in class purposes.