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.

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.

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.

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.

This is a PDF. The editable PowerPoint version is available for £1. The worksheets contained within this PowerPoint can be used to check understanding of some simple clay techniques for creating pattern. 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). 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.