Art and Design - This shading task is a great way to help students improve their shading techniques. This lesson works best when techniques are modelled on a visualiser. I have taught this lesson for students aged between 12-16. It is challenging but very enjoyable. This resource include the printable worksheet and and an example of a completed piece

This resources consists of 2 Worksheets which aim to teach students about Harry Beck who was a British Designer who created the London Underground Map. This is an excellent, challenging task aimed at KS3 and even KS4. There are 2 Worksheets so can be used across 2-3 hours of lessons. Ideal for Form time activites or Art/DT coverwork. This task covers British Values, British Design, Iconic Design, Cartography, Geography, Technical Drawing, Colour Skills, Graphic Design

This resource bundle contains 4 Design Task Worksheets with a focus on looking at different styles of Art and one piece of Research homework. The resources are writing frames to help students start to identify what makes a piece of design unique. The Artists within the focus are: Milton Glazer Paula Scher Morag Myerscough Frank Miller Milton Glazer Jon Burgerman Alan Fletcher There are range of design tasks across the resources. They can be set as homeworks, used as cover work for Art or Graphics lessons or can be set as extension work to supplement existing Artist Research. These worksheets work great for all both KS3 and KS4.

Photoshop Tutorial - In the Style of Banksy I made this booklet to get my Graphic Design Students to create a ‘Banksy style’ piece of Art. This step by step booklet shows students how to: Remove a background from an image Create a mask Add new layers Blend images together using ‘Blending options’ It is a very enjoyable lesson and helps to build student’s confidence when using Photoshop. All students achieved at least one piece of Art and some went on to produce 2 or 3 within an hour lesson. The booklet can be printed or uploaded onto a VLE for students to work through independently. This booklet is ideal for students who have only used photoshop a few times and are fairly new to the program.

Photoshop Tutorial - Typography Development ‘Metallic Fonts’ Art/Graphics - I made this booklet to get my Graphic Design Students to develop their Typography. This tutorial is a step by step guide which will show students how to create a metallic 3D font. Skills Included Setting up a canvas Adding Text Changing Fonts and altering font size Adding Gradients Bevel and Emboss features Drop Shadows It is a very enjoyable lesson and helps to build student’s confidence when using Photoshop. All students achieved at least one piece of Design and some went on to produce 2 or 3 within an hour lesson. The booklet can be printed or uploaded onto a VLE for students to work through independently. This booklet is ideal for students who have only used photoshop a few times and are fairly new to the program.