As an artist with 19+ years teaching experience, I have designed and continue to create resources for my students. The progress and development of their knowledge, skills and understanding is always at the forefront of all my planning. The resources are my own, and are suitable for one off lessons, schemes and/or cover sessions. Keep a look out for new uploads as I am continually researching, creating, designing and developing Secondary, Primary and Further Education resources.
As an artist with 19+ years teaching experience, I have designed and continue to create resources for my students. The progress and development of their knowledge, skills and understanding is always at the forefront of all my planning. The resources are my own, and are suitable for one off lessons, schemes and/or cover sessions. Keep a look out for new uploads as I am continually researching, creating, designing and developing Secondary, Primary and Further Education resources.
This planning resource is designed to aid students in completing their final art or textiles outcome evaluation for their project. This sheet supports individuals through specific questioning and suggestions to consider and aim to meet the EDEXCEL assessment criteria within the summary of the piece, and ultimately their project overall. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.
The sheet encourages students to annotate and plan their evaluation, discussing what their intentions were, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what medias, techniques and materials they used and explored throughout the piece. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey has been for the final piece. There is a colour/media/technique swatch samples section for students to create a visual dictionary of the medias and techniques used. There is also a useful key words section to help students answer the targeted assessment-linked questions and the assessment objectives are included for overall reference and purpose. The evaluation planning sheet sections are separated for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion.
This resource is one PDF file.
This planning sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A3 and my students work directly onto the sheet to either make initial notes then type/neatly write up them up for their portfolios/sketchbooks, or they neatly complete the whole sheet and then add it as a page to their portfolio. The choice is left to the individual student in terms of managing their own presentation.
I have created other GCSE and A Level planning, annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to aid students in evaluating their final piece, through specific questioning, suggestions and supportive sentence starters, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to explore WHY, HOW, discuss their RESEARCH, EXPLAIN their theme in-depth and REFLECT on their skills developed. There is also an evaluation example and useful key words and terms which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions/sentence starters . The final piece evaluation sections are colour-coded for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion.
This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography final piece evaluation.
I have created other GCSE and A Level annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
Students produce their own meaningful Yayoi Kusama inspired pumpkin drawing design. This activity can be used for Key Stages 2 and 3 and is designed to engage students in mindful use of the Formal Elements, particularly poignant for Mental Health Week as Kusama has, and continues to have issues with her mental health and uses her art to support her well-being. This is also a great resource for Halloween too!
This is a PDF file pack of four pages as follows:
1 worksheet (including all task instructions and prompts) with a ghost template for the main task to support less-able students
1 worksheet (including all task instructions and prompts) without a ghost template for the main task to support more-able students
1 sheet of student example designs of the Kusama inspired pumpkin design drawings
1 sheet of facts/information about Yayoi Kusama and her connection to pumpkins and dot pattern work
This pack is suitable for integration within a natural form scheme, one-off lesson, and/or cover a session and takes approximately one to two lessons to complete if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this could be printed A4 also if desired.
I have created many other drawing sheets of varying subject matters. These can be found in my Artyfind shop.
This planning resource is designed to aid students in contextualising their final art or textiles outcome(s) for their project and complete a detailed design idea. This sheet supports individuals through specific questioning and suggestions to consider and aim to meet the EDEXCEL assessment criteria within their piece, and ultimately their project overall. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.
The sheet encourages students to annotate their plan and to discuss their intentions, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what medias, techniques and materials they will be using and exploring throughout the piece. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey will be for this one particular design. There is a colour/media/technique swatch samples section for students to create a visual dictionary for the work. There is also a useful key words section to help students answer the targeted assessment-linked questions and the assessment objectives are included for overall reference and purpose. The planning sheet sections are separated for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion.
This resource is one PDF file.
This planning sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A3 and my students work directly onto the sheet to either make initial notes then type/neatly write up them up for their portfolios/sketchbooks, or they neatly complete the whole sheet and then add it as a page to their portfolio. The choice is left to the individual student in terms of managing their own presentation.
I have created other GCSE and A Level planning, annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This planning resource is designed to aid students in contextualising their final art or textiles outcome for their project and complete a detailed record of what will be included. This sheet supports individuals through specific questioning and suggestions to consider and aim to meet the EDEXCEL assessment criteria within their piece, and ultimately their project overall. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.
The sheet encourages students to create an exam plan and to discuss their intentions, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what medias, techniques and materials they will be using throughout the piece. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey will be for this final design and produce a step-by-step action plan with time scales ready for their coursework or externally set exam. There is a colour/media/technique swatch samples section for students to create a visual dictionary for the work and also an equipment checklist so students can fully consider all that is needed. The assessment objectives are included for overall reference and purpose too. The planning sheet sections are separated for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion.
This resource is one PDF file.
This planning sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A3 and my students work directly onto the sheet to either make initial notes then type/neatly write up them up for their portfolios/sketchbooks, or they neatly complete the whole sheet and then add it as a page to their portfolio. The choice is left to the individual student in terms of managing their own presentation.
I have created other GCSE and A Level planning, annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to teach students how to use varying shades of TONE to begin to demonstrate FORM in their drawings. This sheet mostly focuses on the Formal Elements LINE, TONE, FORM and SHAPE in a step-by-step ‘shade by numbers’ portrait drawing of the famous Martin Luther King Jr. It can be used for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 students. On the sheet, there is the learning objective, task instructions and a tone bar starter task for students to attempt using their varied tonal shading in pencil, before beginning the main task. The main task has a numbered outline portrait template of MLK, and also a completed shaded reference picture for students to refer to when applying their varied shading sections. There is also some brief information explaining who MLK was, along with one of his poignant quotes.
This is one PDF document that can be printed A4 or A3, whichever suits the needs of your students.
This sheet has been designed to be used within a scheme of work but is also suitable for a one-off lesson (or a couple of lessons), and/or cover session(s). It takes approximately two lessons to complete if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly on the sheet. Their sheets are then stored in an A3 portfolio with integrated clear wallets to record and store their project journey in a professional folder.
If you would like to use this resource to help raise awareness for Black History Month, or any form of Black History referencing, there are also additional Black History resources (some free) that you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to highlight the Formal Elements of art, while creating a cross contour drawing of a shell. The aim is for students to gain a greater understanding of FORM and SHAPE, through the use of LINE and PATTERN. This activity can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners and is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and consciously use the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
PATTERN
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what the cross contour technique is, and the task instructions with step-by-step visual examples of how to work through the task. There are also other cross contour shell examples to reference from.
This task is suitable for integration within a scheme, one off lesson, and/or cover session and takes approximately one lesson to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired. It may even be used simply as a reference sheet and the drawing produced directly into sketchbooks or on separate paper, whichever suits your student needs.
I have created some further shell cross contour sheets, and other cross contour tasks of varying subject matter: hands, skulls, apples, octopus, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to teach students how to use TONE to demonstrate FORM in their drawings, as well as practise their observed drawing skills. This sheet mostly focuses on the Formal Elements LINE, TONE, SHAPE, FORM and TEXTURE in a series of natural form drawings. It can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what TONE is, and the task instructions. There is a tone bar starter task for students to practise using their varied tonal shading in pencil, before beginning the main tasks. The main tasks have reference pictures – apple, leaf and mushroom, and space for students to draw them on to. This activity sheet is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’, particularly in terms of proportion, and in using the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
TONE
SHAPE
FORM
TEXTURE
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students.
This sheet has been designed to be used within a scheme of work, but is also suitable for a one off lesson (or couple of lessons), and/or cover session(s). It takes approximately two to three lessons to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet. Their sheets are then stored in an A3 portfolio with integrated clear wallets to record and store their project journey in a professional folder.
I have created other natural form drawing sheets and other drawing based resources of varying subject matter, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This booklet is designed to aid students in planning and contextualising their personal related study and to help them to create the required essay which supports their coursework journey. The booklet gives a broken down, step-by-step overview plan of the essay structure and supports this through specific suggestions and guidance for each essay section. It is to be used for Key Stage 5 students. It has been designed by myself, in accordance with my knowledge and experience of the OCR art, textiles and photography A Level criteria, to encourage students to carefully consider their intentions, ideas, artist inspirations, and what they will be exploring and reflecting upon throughout the personal study. The separate sections are colour-coded on the overview page, and then this relates to the more detailed pages which delve more in-depth into each section of the essay. The separate sections allow for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion.
This resource is one PDF file. It covers:
Possible Related Study Essay Titles
Independent Related Study Essay Overview
Task 1: Title, Introduction, Essay format
Task 2: Background Research, Quotes
Task 3: Research, Analyse
Task 4: Compare & Contrast
Task 5: Conclusion
Task 6: Connections
Task 7: Bibliography & Appendix
Task 8: Front Cover & Contents Page
The booklet has been designed to be used to deliver the GCE art/textiles/photography Related Personal Study Essay and is essentially a scheme in the form of a detailed booklet. I usually print this as an A4 booklet and after going through the initial overview sheet, use it to teach and deliver the Personal Study essay element of the art/textiles/photography A Level.
I have created other A Level, GCSE and KS3, annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to highlight some of the key Formal Elements of art while creating a step-by-step tonal drawing of a skull. This activity can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 and is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and in consciously using the Formal Elements. Included is the learning objective, a definition of tone, all task instructions, a starter tone bar, a step-by-step main task – the skull drawing, and finally an extension task which includes some exploration of different pencil shading techniques.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To create a skull drawing using varied TONAL shading to demonstrate FORM
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students. This sheet is suitable for integration within a scheme, one-off lesson, and/or cover a session and takes approximately two lessons to complete if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired.
I have created many other drawing sheets of varying subject matters, that you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to teach students how to use the grid technique to aid their drawing skills, focusing on the Formal Elements FORM, SHAPE and COMPOSITION in a series of natural form drawings. It can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what the grid technique is, and the task instructions. There is a tone bar starter task for students to practise using their varied tonal shading in pencil, before beginning the main tasks. This is repeated in a different manner in an extension task where students create a ‘FORM’ title tone bar to reinforce their shading skills used. The main tasks have reference pictures with a grid on top of them, and a light blank grid to draw them on to. This activity sheet is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’, particularly in terms of proportion, and in using the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
TONE
FORM
SHAPE
COMPOSITION
The resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within a scheme of work, but is also suitable for a one off lesson (or couple of lessons), and/or cover session(s). It takes approximately two to three lessons to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet. Their sheets are then stored in an A3 portfolio with integrated clear wallets to record and store their project journey in a professional folder.
I have created other grid drawing sheets and other drawing based resources of varying subject matter, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to highlight the Formal Elements of art, while creating a cross contour drawing of a hand. The aim is for students to gain a greater understanding of FORM and SHAPE, through the use of LINE and PATTERN. This activity can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners and is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and consciously use the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
PATTERN
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what the cross contour technique is, and the task instructions with step-by-step visual examples of how to work through the task. There are also other cross contour hand examples to reference from.
This task is suitable for integration within a scheme, one off lesson, and/or cover session and takes approximately one lesson to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired. It may even be used simply as a reference sheet and the drawing produced directly into sketchbooks or on separate paper, whichever suits your student needs.
I have created some further hand cross contour sheets, and other cross contour tasks of varying subject matter: skulls, shells, apples, octopus, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to highlight the Formal Elements of art, while creating a cross contour drawing of a shell. The aim is for students to gain a greater understanding of FORM and SHAPE, through the use of LINE and PATTERN. This activity can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners and is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and consciously use the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
PATTERN
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what the cross contour technique is, and the task instructions with step-by-step visual examples of how to work through the task. There are also other cross contour shell examples to reference from.
This task is suitable for integration within a scheme, one off lesson, and/or cover session and takes approximately one lesson to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired. It may even be used simply as a reference sheet and the drawing produced directly into sketchbooks or on separate paper, whichever suits your student needs.
I have created some further shell cross contour sheets, and other cross contour tasks of varying subject matter: hands, skulls, apples, octopus, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to aid students in annotating their project, through specific questioning, suggestions and supportive sentence starters, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to explore WHAT, WHY, HOW, discuss the QUALITY of work, explain their LEARNING in-depth and reflect on their skills developed. There is also an annotation example and useful key words and terms which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions/sentence starters. The separate sections are colour-coded for specific focus and direction with students when used for project annotations.
This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography final piece evaluation.
I have created other GCSE and A Level annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
Here is a bundle of eight GCSE Art, Textiles & Photography sketchbook/portfolio planning resources. The details for each resource is as follows:
EDEXCEL GCSE Analysing Art, Textiles & Photography Support Sheet
This resource is designed to aid students in analysing artworks, through specific questioning and suggestions, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to explore CONTENT, FORM, PROCESS, MOOD, CONNECTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS and RESEARCH. There are also useful key words and terms which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions. The analysing art sections are colour-coded for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion.This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography analysis.
EDEXCEL GCSE Art & Textiles Design Idea Planning Sheet
This planning resource is designed to aid students in contextualising their final art or textiles outcome(s) for their project and complete a detailed design idea. This sheet supports individuals through specific questioning and suggestions to consider and aim to meet the EDEXCEL assessment criteria within their piece, and ultimately their project overall. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.
The sheet encourages students to annotate their plan and to discuss their intentions, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what medias, techniques and materials they will be using and exploring throughout the piece. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey will be for this one particular design. There is a colour/media/technique swatch samples section for students to create a visual dictionary for the work. There is also a useful key words section to help students answer the targeted assessment-linked questions and the assessment objectives are included for overall reference and purpose. The planning sheet sections are separated for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion. This resource is one PDF file.
This planning sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A3 and my students work directly onto the sheet to either make initial notes then type/neatly write up them up for their portfolios/sketchbooks, or they neatly complete the whole sheet and then add it as a page to their portfolio. The choice is left to the individual student in terms of managing their own presentation.
EDEXCEL GCSE Art & Textiles Exam Final Piece Planning Sheet
This planning resource is designed to aid students in contextualising their final art or textiles outcome for their project and complete a detailed record of what will be included. This sheet supports individuals through specific questioning and suggestions to consider and aim to meet the EDEXCEL assessment criteria within their piece, and ultimately their project overall. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.
The sheet encourages students to create an exam plan and to discuss their intentions, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what medias, techniques and materials they will be using throughout the piece. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey will be for this final design and produce a step-by-step action plan with time scales ready for their coursework or externally set exam. There is a colour/media/technique swatch samples section for students to create a visual dictionary for the work and also an equipment checklist so students can fully consider all that is needed. The assessment objectives are included for overall reference and purpose too. The planning sheet sections are separated for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion. This resource is one PDF file.
This planning sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A3 and my students work directly onto the sheet to either make initial notes then type/neatly write up them up for their portfolios/sketchbooks, or they neatly complete the whole sheet and then add it as a page to their portfolio. The choice is left to the individual student in terms of managing their own presentation.
EDEXCEL GCSE Art & Textiles Final Piece Evaluation Planning Sheet
This planning resource is designed to aid students in completing their final art or textiles outcome evaluation for their project. This sheet supports individuals through specific questioning and suggestions to consider and aim to meet the EDEXCEL assessment criteria within the summary of the piece, and ultimately their project overall. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students.
The sheet encourages students to annotate and plan their evaluation, discussing what their intentions were, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what medias, techniques and materials they used and explored throughout the piece. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey has been for the final piece. There is a colour/media/technique swatch samples section for students to create a visual dictionary of the medias and techniques used. There is also a useful key words section to help students answer the targeted assessment-linked questions and the assessment objectives are included for overall reference and purpose. The evaluation planning sheet sections are separated for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion. This resource is one PDF file.
This planning sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A3 and my students work directly onto the sheet to either make initial notes then type/neatly write up them up for their portfolios/sketchbooks, or they neatly complete the whole sheet and then add it as a page to their portfolio. The choice is left to the individual student in terms of managing their own presentation.
EDEXCEL GCSE Final Piece Evaluation - Art, Textiles & Photography Support Sheet
This resource is designed to aid students in evaluating their final piece, through specific questioning, suggestions and supportive sentence starters, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to explore WHY, HOW, discuss their RESEARCH, EXPLAIN their theme in-depth and REFLECT on their skills developed. There is also an evaluation example and useful key words and terms which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions/sentence starters . The final piece evaluation sections are colour-coded for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion. This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography final piece evaluation.
EDEXCEL GCSE Project Annotation - Art, Textiles & Photography Support Sheet
This resource is designed to aid students in annotating their project, through specific questioning, suggestions and supportive sentence starters, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to explore WHAT, WHY, HOW, discuss the QUALITY of work, explain their LEARNING in-depth and reflect on their skills developed. There is also an annotation example and useful key words and terms which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions/sentence starters. The separate sections are colour-coded for specific focus and direction with students when used for project annotations. This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography final piece evaluation.
EDEXCEL GCSE Project Contextualisation (Brief & Aims) - Art, Textiles & Photography Support Sheet
This resource is designed to aid students in contextualising their project and creating a brief and aims for the start of their journey. This sheet supports this through specific suggestions and supportive sentence starters. It can be used for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to annotate the very start of the sketchbook/folder to discuss their intentions, explaining their ideas, artist inspirations and what they will be exploring throughout the project. It gives the students the opportunity to communicate what the creative journey will be for their work. There is also a brief and aims example and useful key words which can be used alongside the suggestions/sentence starters. The separate sections are colour-coded for specific focus and direction with students when used for discussion. This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within GCSE and GCE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography project contextualisation (brief and aims).
Key Stage 3 & EDEXCEL GCSE Analysing Art, Textiles & Photography Support Sheet
This resource is designed to aid students in analysing artworks, through specific questioning and suggestions, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. The sheet encourages students to explore CONTENT, FORM, PROCESS, MOOD, CONNECTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS and RESEARCH. There are also useful key words which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions. This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within KS3 and GCSE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography analysis.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To create your own Keith Haring inspired heart design which promotes love, imagination, inclusion, and acceptance.
To begin, students complete a copy of one of Keith Haring’s artworks from the sheet. This helps them to experience the artist’s style, before moving on to their own design for task 2. For task 2, students complete their own heart design in the style of Keith Haring using the examples of the artist’s work as inspiration to come up with their own unique design which promotes love, imagination, inclusion, and acceptance. The students are guided to add colour, using pencil crayons or felt tip pens.
This resource is great for raising awareness of, and celebrating Valentine’s Day, LBGTQ+ History Month, as well of course, the work of Keith Haring himself.
The sheet highlights the key Formal Elements LINE, SHAPE, and PATTERN, whilst students produce their own piece of meaningful Haring inspired art. This activity can be used for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 and is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and in consciously using the Formal Elements. Included in the worksheet - Learning Objective, some background information on the artist Keith Haring, task instructions, visual references for both tasks, and also a quote by the artist.
This resource is one PDF file and is suitable for integration within a scheme, one-off lesson, and/or cover a session and takes approximately one to two lessons to complete if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired.
I have created many other drawing sheets of varying subject matters. These can be found in my Artyfind shop.
This resource is designed to highlight the Formal Elements of art, while creating a contour weave drawing of an apple with TEXTURE formations. It can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. This sheet also has an extension task to further push and engage learners: To create a ‘WEAVE’ title, working on the template provided. Students are to add weave textures on the letters to link with the theme of the task page. There are some example weave patterns to use for inspiration also. The activity sheet is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and in using the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
PATTERN
TEXTURE
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of the contour weave technique, and instructions with step-by-step visual examples of how to work through the task.
This task is suitable for integration within a scheme, one off lesson, and/or cover session and takes approximately one to two lessons to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired. It may even be used simply as a reference sheet and the drawing produced directly into sketchbooks or on separate paper, whichever suits your student needs.
I have created other contour drawing sheets of varying subject matter: more apples, hands, skulls, shells, octopus, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to highlight the Formal Elements of art, while creating weave studies, developing student skills in recording VISUAL TEXTURES. It can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what TEXTURE is, and the task instructions. There are five main tasks exploring woven VISUAL TEXTURES. This is repeated in a different manner in an extension task where students create a ‘TEXTURE’ title inspired by weaving textures, to reinforce their skills used. The main tasks all have reference pictures. This activity sheet is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’, particularly in terms of VISUAL TEXTURES within a ‘weave’ theme, and in using the following Formal Elements of art:
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
PATTERN
TEXTURE
This resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students.
This task is suitable for integration within a scheme, one off lesson(s), and/or cover session(s) and takes approximately one to two lessons to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print this resource on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet. Their sheets are then stored in an A3 portfolio with integrated clear wallets to record and store their project journey in a professional folder. If A3 is not preferred, this can be printed A4 also if desired. It may even be used simply as a reference sheet and the drawing produced directly into sketchbooks or on separate paper, whichever suits your student needs.
I have created other texture and mark-making sheets, such as aquatic themed textures and natural textures, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to aid students in analysing artworks, through specific questioning and suggestions, including focus on the Formal Elements. It can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. The sheet encourages students to explore CONTENT, FORM, PROCESS, MOOD, CONNECTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS and RESEARCH. There are also useful key words which can be used alongside the questions/suggestions.
This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within KS3 and GCSE schemes of work, but is also suitable for one off lessons. I usually print this resource on A4 and my students work directly from this when completing their art/textiles/photography analysis.
I have created other KS3, GCSE and A Level annotation and analysis sheets, which you may wish to look at in my shop.
This resource is designed to aid students in deciding what related study title/question to choose for their essay. This sheet has a variety of suggestions for inspiration. It is to be used for Key Stage 5 students. The sheet encourages students to carefully consider their title and begin thinking about their ideas, inspirations and what will be the focus of their personal study.
This resource is one PDF file.
This sheet has been designed to be used within a GCE Personal Study Essay scheme of work and is part of a detailed booklet, but is also suitable as a stand-alone resource. I usually use the detailed booklet with further support and guidance materials for the students to create the essay in greater, more ‘broken down’ detail overall, this available in my TES shop.
I have created other A Level essay, annotation, analysis and evaluation sheets, which you may wish to also look at in my shop.
