A set of 9 homework tasks that can be set over the course of a term. The individual tasks help develop skills and knowledge and include activities that link to SMSC.
Printmaking
Art in the news
Diversity
Careers in Art
Composition
Working in 3D
Digital drawing
I have used this project for a number of years with Year 8 groups. It is designed to introduce students to artifacts from a non European culture and develop their skills in 3D modeling techniques. Students also explore cultural reference to animals and develop skills in mark making when painting/drawing their animal as well as developing design skills when designing their own masks.
This task could be set as homework, used in a one hour lesson or as part of a wider photography project.
The task, asks students to work creatively with creating unusual and experimental view finders. Working from a number of prompts, students will creatively use framing to make great images.
Lesson also includes a link to a YouTube video for inspiration or as a starting point.
This is a full project that will take around 10 weeks to complete (one hour per week)
The project aims to introduce students the concept of the formal elements and works through a series of drawing tasks focusing on each element.
The visual theme of the project centres around insects with links to artists who have created work inspired by insects. Each formal element is explained through a video link and a references an relevant artist.