Formal Elements full scheme of work, directing students through a series of activities to build confidence and skill in drawing techniques. The package includes and editable PowerPoint and individual worksheets to print and present in sketchbooks.
The project focuses on currency initially but allows students to build towards a portraiture final outcome.
Examples of Year 7 work to show outcomes and sketchbook layout.
Pre made net worksheet for students to make and decorate a Christmas Market stall. Print onto brown paper for full effect.
Can be used as a mini gift box or tree ornament once made and complete.
A project exploring Matisse’s works and his cut out style. Students link his technique to the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic games, creating a contemporary minimal sports poster.
Extending the technique, students progress onto the work of Bernardo Henning, who has influences of Matisse’s shapes and mark making within his designs.
The project can be completed by hand, or digitally using Photoshop.
Set of 3 “There’s More to Art Than Meets the Eye” posters, offering future career prospects and transferable skills.
The middle poster offers a quote from a Surgical Professor, encouraging the use of dexterity through studying art.
Full scheme of work supporting students to explore the portrait work of artist Ritchie Oliviera.
Students then given starting points to independently explore the theme of freedom through various art forms.
Easy to follow instructions for students to recap and learn the very basic Photoshop functions to move work within a file. Sheet covers:
moving objects.
making objects bigger / smaller.
rotate an object.
Simple shape placement tasks can be carried out from these basic instructions.
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.
Worksheet introducing students to the work of Lucy Stephen, who creates city themed designs inside a typography letter shape.
The resource also includes an A-Z sheet. Simply crop the letter you wish students to complete and print out A5 for the class to complete.
Example also attached using this method with B for Birmingham!
A series of activities leading students through a mixed media architecture project. Suitable for GCSE or Y12 study, the scheme explores:
2 point perspective technical drawing
Location photography
Urban sketching (artist Lyndon Hayes)
Monoprinting and collage
Mixed media (artist Daniela Gullotta)
Final outcome planning
An introduction presentation for school trips to the Warner Bros Harry Potter studios. The slides give instruction for finding and discussing potential creative careers whilst at the studio.
The presentation also has a fun character creation task, using the AI Dall-E website to generate a new character using student discriptions. This can be completed prior to the trip, after or on the way.
Presentation to introduce Hokusai’s The Great Wave and inspire students to work together to create a recycled version of the piece.
Includes an example from a Year 6 group, as well as 4 other famous paintings completed by previous groups.
Creating patterned cultural tiles in the style of Jill Ricci.
2 x worksheets for students to create patterned tiles based on a chosen country. One sheet offers a shape for students to complete work in, cut around and place together as a class whilst the other can be extended into a Photoshop piece.
Art & Design and Graphic Design cover lesson worksheet. Students to create their own 3D typography drawing in the style of Pop Artist Ed Ruscha.
Also suitable for extension tasks to practice tonal shading in KS3 and develop 3D drawing techniques.
Cover lesson activity designed for art or graphics lessons. Students to use inspiration from the MTV logo and various formats to create their own version using various stimulus.
The download includes a worksheet with examples and inspiration as well as two printable documents - one with a large, faded MTV logo and another with 12 MTV logos, for students to create multiple designs.
Researching, designing and creating a Google Doodle advert for an Inspirational Woman / figure. The scheme is structured as a mini GCSE project, encouraging students to work in their chosen style and generate their own ideas. The process covers research, planning, refinement, experimentation and completing a final outcome.
Various GCSE coursework projects, covering Art & Design, Photography and Graphic Communication.
Projects act as loose framework to begin projects and encourage independent development from the initial introduction.
A collection of 5 architecture resources and projects. Content covers mixed media architecture, Photoshop manipulation, illustration and Lino Cutting project.
Could all be used at GCSE level, or adapted to suit different key stages.
GCSE Art & Design project overview for a project based around architecture. Using locks as the initial starting point, students move into architectural forms through the work of Ian Murphy and Daniela Gullotta.
Later slides offer inspiration for independent development and creating work in different media.