This resource includes 2 worksheets and provides activity for about 3 hours. It requires students to think as they would if they were brainstorming but in images rather than words. It will open up students imaginations to what could be, as well as learning how one idea connects to another, leading to an avalanche of possibilities. Students are challenged to create as many motifs as possible based on a circle. A few examples are provided to get started. The first worksheet can stand alone if necessary. The second worksheet then teaches students how to refine their areas and to imagine them as a repeat pattern. This project is ideal for cover or to supplement a design project. No prior knowledge is expected and no other resources are required. Challenges (key learning objectives) are specified to help students focus on what they should learn by the end of the project. WAGOLLs (What a good one looks like) are included to help students aspire to the highest standard. Best for KS3 although would make a perfect homework for KS4.

I developed this recourse after having classes that struggled to understand how to make letters look ‘blocky’ as often seen in Graffiti letting styles. Students had not studied perspective which was inhibiting their progress. I developed this resource to help students develop their visual understanding of perspective while enjoying graffiti art skills. Students have to complete each letter in a 3D style. There are visual clues which are gradually reduced with each letter. Hopefully, this should enable students to build confidence and identify their progress by the end. An answers sheet is included. A simple extension for more able students is to colour or shade to emphasise the 3D style. They could also add cast shadows. This would make a good retrieval challenge or homework after a lesson in how to draw 3D lettering. 2 A5 worksheets per A4 page. UPDATE: I’ve included a couple of other resources related to this project: A 3D lettering worksheet with leads students to creating their own designs, plus a WAGOLL for the first page of the worksheet.

Kids love drawing Robots. I designed this worksheet to provide some basic skills and help with later design ideas.

Huichol Art, with its bright colours and simple designs, is ideally suited to inspire students in KS2 and 3. This worksheet includes a quick literacy task and an evaluation task linked to the specified challenges. Ideal lesson for cover or isolating students. There is approximately 2 to 4 hours work included. The editable version of this worksheet can easily be adapted to suit the teachers purpose. A link to some good examples of Huichol Art is included. You may find it helpful to put some of these examples on to a PowerPoint for students to observe. Please leave feedback. Thanks.

This worksheet is ideal for normal lessons, cover work, homework or isolating students. It fits into a Day of the Dead Project or can stand alone. The challenges are specific so that the teacher is able to task students with evaluating their work based on specific expectations. Enough work on this sheet to fill up to 3 or 4 hours work time. Plenty of opportunities to extend the tasks and include other materials and scales. The worksheet is either a PDF or Word Document.

This worksheet turns a tough concept into something a lot easier. Perspective can be very confusing. We often ask students to draw bottles and cans. This worksheet breaks down how a cylinder appears from different angles, allowing students to practise in small steps before recreating such things as a Pop Art can. This is an editable word document.

Perfect for remote learning. Between 3 and 4 lessons work. 3 tasks. Students begin by making observational studies of eyes. This challenge is scaffolded . The next task looks at a different way of drawing, using the style of drawing to express meaning. Finally, students can choose between 2 tasks: either an observational study of Courbet’s self portrait, or to recreate it in photography and using themselves as the model. This worksheet is also available as a free PDF.

Perfect for kids self-isolating or working from home. Enough work here for two lessons. Inspired by the work of Suzanne Saroff, this worksheet helps students understand the different reasons why artists distort their images. A short literacy task is included. The main task shows students how to recreate their own Susanne Saroff style photographs. This is great for students who have done a lot of drawing at home and need a change of media.

Great resource for classroom, students working from home, or a homework. This worksheet provides the context for Islamic Tile design. There is a small literacy challenge to encourage engagement with the context description. The worksheet contains enough work for two lessons or possibly 3. Students are expected to create a range of design ideas and a final piece. This is an editable word document.

This resource is designed to celebrate International Women’s Day. There are two parts to the resource (both editable). A worksheet which can be used at home or in the classroom. To complete all tasks would take about 5 hours. Extension activities are included. The Key Learning Challenges are specified for each task. The worksheet encourages students to understand the design in pots created by Native American Women, inspired by the symbolism of their culture. The project could be extended with the creating of a pot and the transference of designs. The second part of this resource is a Power Point. This enables the teaching in the classroom environment. Images/tasks from the worksheet could then be used in a more simplified fashion by removing unnecessary text. I have included some word documents for photocopying for in class use. These could be included for differentiated lessons. Please watch the video which shows the pages of the PowerPoint and the worksheet in full. Since uploading the video I have added another page to the powerpoint which gives additional scaffolding/support for the final design stage. This resource could save hours of planning time and is editable to suit school policies and expectations. Feedback is always appreciated.

This resource is ideal for cover lessons or working from home. It develops children’s imagination as well as their drawing skills. It also helps them to understand how shadows are created. Graffiti artists are often striving to develop an original style. This worksheet helps students understand that imaginative process a designer would go through. The lesson can easily be extended, developing from a single letter to a word. It can also be developed through the use of colour. Feedback is welcome.

Huichol Art, with its bright colours and simple designs, is ideally suited to inspire students in KS2 and 3. This worksheet includes a quick literacy task and an evaluation task linked to the specified challenges. Ideal lesson for cover or isolating students. There is approximately 2 to 4 hours work included. The editable version of this worksheet can easily be adapted to suit the teachers purpose. A link to some good examples of Huichol Art is included. You may find it helpful to put some of these examples on to a PowerPoint for students to observe. Please leave feedback. Thanks.

This worksheet is ideal for normal lessons, cover work, homework or isolating students. It fits into a Day of the Dead Project or can stand alone. The challenges are specific so that the teacher is able to task students with evaluating their work based on specific expectations. Enough work on this sheet to fill up to 3 or 4 hours work time. Plenty of opportunities to extend the tasks and include other materials and scales. The worksheet is either a PDF or Word Document.

Perfect worksheet for isolation, working from home, homework or cover work. It can also be used for additional challenge and differentiation for targeted students. The worksheet contains a video link to a short video which demonstrates how to do the shading and explains visual language. Specific skills challenges are given, along with a self-evaluation task linked to these challenges. This will help the teacher to identify when and what learning has taken place. Available as a free PDF and an editable word document. Feedback is very welcome.

This tool is intended to help art teachers to build a long term Curriculum Plan, a Learning Journey, or simply to identify gaps in Schemes of Work. It includes list of skills, observational resources, artistic styles and influences, design skills and values, amongst other things, which could be referenced within your departmental themes. It is not an exhaustive list. You are encouraged to add to it. Every department has its own character. This is far from reflecting every one. This may be helpful in approaching project design from a different point of view. It can be used as a tool to Quality Assure your curriculum coverage. I hope you find it useful. Available as a free PDF and an editable PowerPoint.

This worksheet is perfect for classroom, homework or students self-isolating. It should take at least one hour to complete. Higher ability students will probably take up to two hours. Contrast is not an easy concept for students to understand. This worksheet helps students get to grips with it, first by providing context on how artists use contract to create certain effects. A short literacy challenge encourages engagement with the context. The main task requires students to use a range of tones / values with pencil to recreate different levels of contrast. This is an editable word document.

This is an editable PowerPoint. This is also available as a free PDF. The following worksheets can be used to check understanding of some simple clay techniques for creating pattern on a small tile. Learning the techniques of slab, coil, carve or impress and making balls, along with learning how to apply could be done in approximately one hour (prior to using these worksheets) as long as some of the materials are prepared beforehand. The first worksheet (pg 2) would follow this lesson. Page 3 is a copy of page 2 with some suggested answers. These answers could be used to create writing frames for less able pupils. Page 4 provides some suggested words to help pupils. This list might be differentiated for different abilities. Page 5 is a worksheet which would lead pupils in to thinking about how the techniques might be used when designing. It could also be used as work for a cover lesson. Page 6 is a homework task.

With the increasing demands of lesson planning, I thought other art teachers might find these helpful and time saving. Please watch the video to get an idea of what this resource includes. The presentation is PowerPoint so each challenge can be coppied and pasted into your own presentation. There are animations included to keep interest from students. Vinny and Winny VanCough are here so your students can give them advice on how to improve. Some of these challenges would make good homeworks too. I plan to make more so please stay tuned. Feedback is very welcome.

I designed this Learning Journey after looking at several others which appeared random and disconnected in their design. I felt I needed something more methodical and structured to fit with other departmental areas of planning. This Learning Journey is designed for Art Staff use. The editable version can be altered into ‘kid-speak’ to use it for students and parents. It is designed to link with knowledge organisers, medium and long-term planning and lesson plans. Each project identifies the four main areas covered by each project: artistic influences, visual resources, skills mastery and final outcomes. The four project areas covered at KS3 link to the four assessment objectives at KS4. The subcategories for each project are selected from the Project Builder, also available in my TES shop. This is the editable version. It is also available as a free PDF.