89 slides of 15 lessons. Project originally designed for Y9 SEN students. Students will explore how feelings, ideas and thoughts can be expressed through art. Students will begin looking at the term abstract before going on to explore abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky, an artist believed to have had synaesthesia, a condition that allows a person to appreciate sounds, colours or words with two or more senses simultaneously. Students will respond to the work of Kandinsky through linking their own thoughts and feelings by creating own abstract painting whilst listening to music. Lesson 1: Intro- How does music make you feel? Designing an album cover Lesson 2: Blooms taxonomy. Designing a title page for the project. Lesson 3: Favourite artist collage Lesson 4: Intro to abstract art. Abstract image sort + quiz. Lesson 5: Robert & Sonia Delauney Lesson 6: Intro to expressionism & use of colours to represent emotion. Lesson 7: Colour mood board collage- thinking about use of colour. Lesson 8: Still life drawing- realistic/ experimental drawing Lesson 9: Abstraction drawing of still life. Lesson 10: Intro to Wassily Kandinsky- artist information page. Lesson 11: Kandinksy critical study Lesson 12: Composition- create a Kandinsky inspired collage. Lesson 13: Painting to music Lesson 14: Painting to music final piece Lesson 15: Final Piece evaluation

Full powerpoint (106 slides!) for 10 lesson project originally designed for Year 7 group covering the basics of drawing including using experimental drawings, developing tone, mark-making and a look at the work of Giorgio Morandi. Lesson 1: What is drawing? Why do we draw? Lesson 2: Understanding tone Lesson 3: 3D Shapes Lesson 4: Applying tone to 3D shapes Lesson 5: Applying tone cont. Lesson 6: Mark-making Lesson 7: Mark-making to develop tone Lesson 8: Giorgio Morandi Lesson 9: Giorgio Morandi cont. Lesson 10: Final piece