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.
A selection of 5 GCSE Photography digital sketchbooks guiding students through the camera basics, shutter speed, aperture and portraiture.
Enough content to cover a full Year 10 course, before student pick independent projects in Y11.
Highly successful outcomes from each project in past teaching, with analysis and development help and prompts too.
Perfect set for anyone new to teaching GCSE Photography
A step by step guide for students to create posters in the style of Zeka Designs. The content helps in creating work based on European architecture but can be adapted to suit a portrait project.
Written instructions for Photopea included, as well as analysis prompts to break down the contextual sources.
Originally completed with Year 9 as an online project but also suitable for GCSE Photography and Graphic Design.
Art & Design cover lesson - introducing students to the work of illustrator Sandra Chevrier, who creates portraits with Marvel character masks covering the face.
This worksheet has examples of Chevrier’s work and instructs students to complete their own design over the blank portrait to the left of the page.
Please note that this is a worksheet only, not a full lesson or presentation.
Cover lesson work sheet guiding students to create a replica of an Angela Hao Asian architecture street sketch.
Also attached is an easy to print inspiration sheet to accompany and support the task.
Full introductory GCSE Art & Design presentation taking students through various digital and hands on tasks. All tasks link to the theme of Metamorphosis and includes workshop ideas, analysis tasks and development help towards an outcome.
Originally used during online distance learning last year, each student makes a copy of the presentation and adds work week by week to show development.
This was used for a pre GCSE Year 9 group to give a flavour of work which may be covered but could easily be used to begin a GCSE course or encourage online participation. Lots of media exploration and experimentation is encouraged, with consideration of equipment. Some tasks cover both digital and hands on art, focused on giving a taster of both GCSE Art and Photography course content.
Techniques covered:
Insect drawing
Projection Photography
Shutter speed photography
Still life photography and drawing
Illustration
Dry point printing
Digital illustration
Moodboard research and presentation
Compositional development
Outcome development and documentation
Final Outcome evaluation
Exhibition Poster extension task.
Part of a formal elements scheme, helping students combine colour theory, line drawings and composition knowledge.
Presentation takes students through each development stage and includes primary images of sea life to draw from.
A one off Art & Design cover lesson challenging students to create an illustration for a skateboard deck. The sheet explains the task and success criteria, as well as offering visual examples for inspiration.
Students are to select one of the eight starting points provided and complete their illustration in the skateboard template, also on the sheet.
This task may be extended to allow students to complete their designs digitally, adding colour and texture through Photoshop or Photopea.
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.
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 exploring the popular Asian shop house architecture of Singapore.
Students are introduced to the style of architecture, consider why they are built in that way and what the various carvings may mean for the owner.
Each student produces a sketched design of their own shop house using set criteria. They then simplify their design and produce their own lino cut print.
Extension tasks allow students to explore graffiti in Hong Kong whilst adding backgrounds, or explore more collaborative pieces, as a class.
A poster outlining the characteristics of the 4 Art and Design Assessment Objectives.
The design covers key words and phrases for each of the Develop, Refine, Record and Present assessment areas.
The design is presented in the style of an eye catching festival poster, drawing attention and creating discussion from students.
A .JPG and .PDF file are included for easy printing, either as A4 / 3 displays or for a large scale poster print.
Worksheet covering the silhouette illustrations of the artist Kara Walker.
The sheet challenges students to depict a well known folktale through the use of silhouettes only. Examples and background information are also supported through the included presentation.
This may be used as a one off cover lesson or introduction into a longer project.
The work of Kara Walker is perfect for any creative BLM workshops or activities.
Short document which helps students to discuss the work of Sophie Calle and encourage a series of images in her style.
Originally used last year during lockdown, it can be adapted as an ongoing homework task to photograph home life over a period of time.
A step by step guide taking students through a layered portrait Photoshop tutorial. The slides have easy to follow Photoshop instructions, with examples and screenshots to suit most learning styles.
The end product should be achievable within an hour lesson, provided students have a prior knowledge of Photoshop.
The slides can be sent to each student to make a copy and attach screenshots, final outcome and written analysis, too.
Step by step guide for students to create hands on and digital responses to the designer Sven Pfrommer.
Students begin by drawing citiscapes in an illustrative manner using fineliners and tipex. Abstract acrylic backgrounds are created before the two are imposed on each other.
The slides include very basic written instructions of how to complete the piece using Photopea, but can be adapted to Photoshop.
A selection of slides to introduce students to the portrait paintings of Lucian Freud.
The first task is a digital based tutorial which walks students through a low poly tutorial to create a geometric self portrait. This allows students to consider the face in a 3D format and appreciate the full range of skin tones within any face.
Students then move on to applying these various tones by mixing colours and painting over their digital piece.
Finally, students are encouraged to work in the style of Lucian Freud to complete their own expressive self portrait. They should be able to apply the skin tones and contour directions from tasks one and two to complete their piece.
A set of tasks used during the original distance learning. The three tasks (and extensions) direct each student into research, pastiche and caricature of a given artist.
Students were assigned a prominent artist from the past 150 years and tasked with responding to the tasks.
Once complete, the work can be displayed in a timeline format or placed onto a website to aid with Art History understanding.
Suitable for KS3 and KS2. List of artists used and tracking feedback sheet included, but can be modified.
A selection of slides which directs students through a double exposure tutorial using the online website, Photopea.
The slides link closely to the work of Nevess and encourage students to combine their own portrait and architecture photography.
As an extension, students can then develop a more mixed media, graphic style of working. There are further tutorials and analysis guides for the artist Januz Miralles.