GCSE Art Gallery Visit Resource for teachers to share with their students. Created for my Y10 GCSE Art students ahead of our gallery visit to find artist inspiration for their Y11 Personal Portfolios. The first page gives space for details on arrival/departure times and student/teacher groups. The second page is a site-specific map of the Tate Modern. The third page details the Personal Portfolio task to be completed whilst visiting the gallery. The fourth page, includes guidance and questions to help students consider the art on display and how it may influence, impact their final coursework project. Editable PDF to help students make the most of their gallery visit. This version is tailored to the Tate Modern, London but could be adapted to another venue.

This resource introduces students to a variety of different creative careers centered around a comic strip task. Pupils explore the role of an illustrator, graphic designer, art director and animator and discover the importance of each position just to create one outcome. Students enjoyed the task were informed about the different creative roles in industry

Are you taking students to an art gallery? If so, this resource might help. It explains to students how to behave in a gallery setting and how to really get the best from the experience. A series of tasks ensure that students fully engage with the artwork and collect valuable information through note taking, photography and sketching that can then be expanded upon once back in the classroom. Ideal for Key Stage 3 and GCSE Art students. The resource is print friendly and can be given to students as a work book to use in the gallery. 17 pages.

Food Art Project - GCSE This includes a 15 week plan (alter SoW if needed), 11 week PowerPoints and checklist for students to follow with space for marking. Tested with my year 11 classes. It was a great project for students to develop different techniques and capture photographs of food and produce primary observational drawing. Plenty of artists/photographers to be inspired by.

This presentation contains 20 slides of resources for Educational Visits for GCSE and A-Level Art and Photography students. I have included help sheets, task sheets and examples for lessons / visits -that I have used to aid my teaching over the last 10 years.

Track your students progress for each assessment object, input marks for each AO and see how many marks they need to pick up to move grades. Show it to the students to enable them to see what they need to improve, it is a powerful and motivating way to keep students engaged! There are 2 spreadsheets, one for marks and the other: a colour coded tracker. I put this up at the beginning of each GCSE lesson to help the students see what they need to do. It works! Please note that as the grade boundaries change you may need to alter some of the formulas.

Planning an art gallery visit with your students? This resource might just help. A student friendly guide to getting the most out of a gallery visit. A 17 page workbook that guides students through how to behave in a gallery, how to explore and analyse the artwork, how to take notes and sketch details and how to interpret the artwork in order to develop their own art once back in the classroom. Easy to print and ideal for all exam level art students.

Aimed at KS3, great for a series of 3-4 lessons or for cover. Includes: 2 worksheets on designing beetles with patterns and collage 1 worksheet on comparing two artists who work with beetles as a theme 1 worksheet getting students to practice their drawing skills by drawing one half of a beetle from a photograph.

A level Art. If you are struggling to find outstanding exemplar material to show your A level Art students, this might help. Over 30 slides documenting an A* graded sketchbook. The work clearly demonstrates outstanding observational work along with media experimentation, idea development and critical and contextual referencing. This work was awarded A* and was highly praised by the exam board. This work was produced in response to the AQA A level Fine Art title. The theme here is “Growth and Decay”.

This worksheet has been designed for gallery visits. There is a space in the middle to make a sketch. It asks the following questions: Your Name Title of Artwork Name of Artist What have you looked at? What media has the artist used? what colours has the artist used? What kind of marks or techniques has the artist used? What kind of shapes and forms can you see? How does the artwork relate to other artworks in the exhibition? How does the artwork make you feel? The same worksheet is uploaded as a .jpg and pdf. I'm not sure why you can only see the top part of the pdf. When you download it, it is all there - I have checked!! Keywords: gallery visit, gallery education, analysing art, visiting galleries, gallery activities.

A teaching resource for art/photography teachers and facilitators that can be adapted from school up to university level, that has been developed from my twenty years of knowledge and experience as a photographer and visual arts teacher. Going to look at artwork is a key part of a creative experience and project, and students may not know how to record this so it is well linked to their own projects, ideas and thinking. This is a good worksheet/guide to use on a visit and for students going on independent trips. Do let them have access to this resource in plenty of time before you/they go and go through it with them to answer questions they may have. Add/change as you need. This is drawn from my years of experience as a practicing photographer and visual arts/photography teacher and has been freshly updated in August 2025. Do not resell or reuse (outside of a teaching scenario) any of the content of this lesson or resource.

Engage students in drawing, painting and relief work, whilst they learn about architecture in their locality and around the world. Four thorough, easy to follow art lessons. Each one builds on the last. Students will progress work through drawing, painting and ultimately the development of card relief work. Taking into account time for students to develop their artwork, this set of lessons can provide a full half term’s worth of art lessons. Each lesson plan includes clear step by step guide for the teacher, materials list and cross curricular links. Every lesson has differentiated learning outcomes. There are also printable student support sheets to reinforce learning. Also included are 100 images of architecture from around the work. This is a useful slideshow, providing inspiration for students. Over 115 pages in total.

This is an entire unit of lessons teaching KS3 students about Gargoyles in Art. pitched for KS3. The unit includes a term’s worth of lessons, starter tasks, literacy tasks for art key words and some worksheets. Students look at famous examples of Gargoyles across Europe, including Paris and London. They will have many opportunites to practice not only shape and structure but build on their use shading and mark-making skills. This project was put together in mind of the covid19 bubbles for September 2020, so the project works with limited media (pen and pencil).

Andy Warhol and Pop Art themed worksheets. COST EFFECTIVE - Worksheets can be printed in black and white. Features 4 different design and drawing tasks across 3 worksheets. Suitable for homeworks, lesson content or cover lessons.

We will be handing out GCSE Art Component 2 2026 question papers in January. This is a FULLY EDITABLE 12 page guide for students to help them develop artwork for GCSE Art Component 2. It is suitable for all exam boards including AQA and Edexcel. As it is fully editable it is suitable for use with ALL TITLES; Art and Design, Fine Art, Textiles, Graphics, Photography, 3D Design. This fully illustrated guide leads the student through the stages of development of a thorough set of work that meets the requirements of the assessment objectives. Drawing in all its forms is strongly encouraged, as drawing underpins all other work, no matter which Title is being followed. This resource is used in an outstanding Art Department. No exam questions are reproduced in this resource. The guidance given provides a structure that works irrespective of the starting point. Potentially, this could be used as an outline for the development of Component 1 too!! Also includes an editable planning sheet to help students organise themselves right from the start. This resource is provided as a Word doc so that you can edit it to meet your needs. For instance, tailor it to your exam board and deadline dates, or add your own images and artist references. We hope it helps! **P.S, be sure to unzip (extract) the file once downloaded. To do this, simply right click on the file and choose “Extract all” from the menu. You will then have a fully editable resource. **The zipped download system is set by TES, by the way, authors have no choice in the matter. It is to speed up the download process.

GCSE Art: Component 2 Comprehensive Guide Support your GCSE Art students with this detailed, step-by-step guide designed specifically for Component 2 externally set assignment. Packed with practical advice, creative prompts, and clear timelines, this resource supports students in developing a thorough body of preparatory work leading to a final outcome. suitable for all exam board specs. What’s Included? Clear Structure: Easy-to-follow steps for brainstorming, research, and idea development. Artistic Inspiration: Guidance on creating mind maps, gathering visual references, and selecting relevant artists. Creative Processes: Advice on observational drawing, photography, media experimentation, and artist responses. Presentation Tips: Suggestions for developing effective sketchbook layouts and intelligent annotation. Progress Monitoring: Tools to help students reflect, refine, and cycle through their creative process. Exam Preparation: A straightforward timeline to ensure students are organized and ready for the 10-hour exam. Why This Resource? Student-Friendly Language: Written in a way that is easy for students to understand and apply. Flexible Framework: Suitable for all titles and starting points and adaptable to individual projects. Engages Creativity: Encourages students to experiment, take risks, and produce unique, meaningful work. Teacher Support: Perfect for guiding independent learners while complementing classroom teaching. Ideal for: Teachers looking for a structured, engaging way to support GCSE Art students. Students seeking clarity and confidence in developing their Component 2 projects. Help your students achieve their full creative potential with this resource! Provided as a Word doc for total editing freedom.

Art of the American Soldier: Stories from the Soldiers encourages students to deepen their appreciation of war art through watching and listening to veteran war experiences. Students are then asked to point out details in the artwork they had not previously noticed before listening to the veteran war stories. Art of the American Soldier: Comparing and Contrasting Photography and Painting in War Art encourages students to use photography to analyze artwork for details regarding the historical context of 20th and 21st century wars and conflicts.

i have used this to use with my Year 1 class in the topic: Where in the workd is Barnaby Bear! I hope it is useful!

Continuing Barnaby´s trip. This time he will visit China. I have used this resource with my Year 1 class. They really enjoyed it. I hope it is useful for you!

1 Vocabulary Story 931 Visits to Van Gogh . Van Gogh seemed vacuous, doing menial tasks in an insane asylum. His art was reproved and laughed at. However; toward the end of his life, things started to invert. A new tier of artists braved the hoarfrost to visit him; it was a harbinger of things to come. For his part, Van Gogh had charisma and rapport and was garrulous about his ideas about art. . . . 2 Vocabulary Story 931 Visits to Van Gogh . Van Gogh seemed empty headed, doing lowly tasks in an insane asylum. His art was criticized and laughed at. However; toward the end of his life, things started to turn around. A new generation of artists braved the cold to visit him; it was a sign of things to come. For his part, Van Gogh had charm and friendliness and was talkative about his ideas about art. .