GCSE Art: AQA Component 2 Comprehensive Guide Support your GCSE Art students with this detailed, step-by-step guide designed specifically for the AQA Component 2 externally set assignment. Packed with practical advice, creative prompts, and clear timelines, this resource supports students in developing a thorough body of preparatory work leading to a final outcome. What’s Included? Clear Structure: Easy-to-follow steps for brainstorming, research, and idea development. Artistic Inspiration: Guidance on creating mind maps, gathering visual references, and selecting relevant artists. Creative Processes: Advice on observational drawing, photography, media experimentation, and artist responses. Presentation Tips: Suggestions for developing effective sketchbook layouts and intelligent annotation. Progress Monitoring: Tools to help students reflect, refine, and cycle through their creative process. Exam Preparation: A straightforward timeline to ensure students are organized and ready for the 10-hour exam. Why This Resource? Student-Friendly Language: Written in a way that is easy for students to understand and apply. Flexible Framework: Suitable for all AQA titles and starting points and adaptable to individual projects. Engages Creativity: Encourages students to experiment, take risks, and produce unique, meaningful work. Teacher Support: Perfect for guiding independent learners while complementing classroom teaching. Ideal for: Teachers looking for a structured, engaging way to support GCSE Art students. Students seeking clarity and confidence in developing their Component 2 projects. Help your students achieve their full creative potential with this resource! Provided as a Word doc for total editing freedom.

We hand out the Component 2 papers in January. This comprehensive guide is the ultimate resource for AQA GCSE Art students tackling Component 2 in 2025. Packed with practical advice, this resource helps students confidently navigate their preparatory work from the moment they receive the exam paper to the completion of their final piece. Key Features: Choosing the Best Starting Point: Detailed tips to help students select a theme that aligns with their strengths and interests. Organised Prep Work: Strategies for creating inspiring mind maps, mood boards, and sketchbook entries to develop ideas. Assessment Objective Breakdown: Clear, student-friendly guidance on how to meet all four AQA assessment objectives with examples and suggestions for artist research, experimentation, and presentation. Practical Time Management: Weekly goal-setting tools and advice to keep students on track, avoiding last-minute stress. Encouraging Creativity: Suggestions for taking risks, exploring personal ideas, and producing a unique, high-quality body of work. This resource is designed to inspire and empower students, providing clear and structured advice while leaving plenty of room for creative freedom. Perfect for use in the classroom, for independent study, or as part of after-school support sessions. Equip your students with everything they need to excel in their GCSE Art exam. Download now and ensure their success!

We will be handing out GCSE Art Component 2 2025 question papers in January. This is a FULLY EDITABLE 12 page guide for students to help them develop artwork for GCSE Art Component 2. It is suitable for all exam boards including AQA and Edexcel. As it is fully editable it is suitable for use with ALL TITLES; Art and Design, Fine Art, Textiles, Graphics, Photography, 3D Design. This fully illustrated guide leads the student through the stages of development of a thorough set of work that meets the requirements of the assessment objectives. Drawing in all its forms is strongly encouraged, as drawing underpins all other work, no matter which Title is being followed. This resource is used in an outstanding Art Department. No exam questions are reproduced in this resource. The guidance given provides a structure that works irrespective of the starting point. Potentially, this could be used as an outline for the development of Component 1 too!! Also includes an editable planning sheet to help students organise themselves right from the start. This resource is provided as a Word doc so that you can edit it to meet your needs. For instance, tailor it to your exam board and deadline dates, or add your own images and artist references. We hope it helps! **P.S, be sure to unzip (extract) the file once downloaded. To do this, simply right click on the file and choose “Extract all” from the menu. You will then have a fully editable resource. **The zipped download system is set by TES, by the way, authors have no choice in the matter. It is to speed up the download process.

A Health and Safety policy for Art Departments, covering a wide range of materials and creative processes. Fully editable.

If your students follow the instructions in this handout they will cover all four Assessment Objectives and be well on their way to passing the GCSE course. Clear instructions, print friendly and fully aligned with the AQA GCSE Art specification. I have used this in my own department where we generally obtain 70% 9 - 7 and 100% 9 - 4. This resource works!!

Meaningful, fun KS3 art curriculum. This art curriculum bundle pack includes lessons, worksheets, projects, visuals, videos and a lot more to fill every single day of a school year. Covers drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printing, mixed media and much more. Simple to follow. Back to School Art Curriculum. Updated for 2023 -24 school year. A whole year of Art units and lessons! Drawing, painting, sculpture, printing, photography and more. Here’s what people say “Very VERY comprehensive – I like the concise, student-friendly one pagers especially.” “This curriculum is worded beautifully and the lesson progression is excellent. I love it! Thank you” We believe that all teachers deserve the best at an affordable price. Art lessons covering drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, collage and more. A complete Art Curriculum. Over 400 pages of visual art education, including 150 pages of linked lessons. Our Complete Art Curriculum provides everything you need for full coverage of Visual Art throughout your school. Now includes over 120 video demonstrations and a fully editable Metacognition statement. The emphasis is on the Elements of Art, differentiation … and FUN! This massive art teaching resource is also amazing for new Art teachers and home schooling. Over 150 pages of linked art lesson plans which take students through a broad and balanced art curriculum. Each art lesson plan includes clear teacher guidance, materials list, health and safety, a student friendly support sheet and expected progress information. Updated to include 18 art image slideshows to inspire students, a step by step clay-work slideshow and a history of art support resource. I originally wrote this for my students in the UK, in a selective school that feeds Oxford and Cambridge. I have now rewritten it for US education. Students taught by me have become surgeons, doctors, architects and tv personalities, and all have been helped by their art education. My department has been nationally recognised as the best in the country. Check it out … it might really help! Includes a 40 image slideshow of example student work. Also includes a bonus resource - “101 Amazing Ideas for Art Lessons”. This is an “at a glance” resource for when you need ideas quickly! You will never run out of ideas again! Video demonstrations cover drawing techniques, painting, sculpture, photography, use of Adobe Photoshop, printing … and so much more. Over 70 videos in total! Thank you for looking at my art resource. If you do buy, please leave feedback because I really want this to be as good as possible and we value your views and everyone can always improve!

GCSE ART TEXTILES. We can now hand out the GCSE Art Textiles Component 2 papers. This is a FULLY EDITABLE step by step guide to developing a thorough sketchbook. It is a fully editable resource which gives you the power to alter it to meet the requirements of your students. Ideal for teachers who have moved from DT Textiles to Art Textiles. Please note that the theme of the guide is different to the Component 2 questions because we are not allowed to reproduce the questions as this would contravene Ofqual regulations, but you will be able to very quickly edit the resource to link to whichever questions your students want to study. This is a 37 page resource and is print friendly. Suitable for AQA, Edexcel and OCR. We hope that this resource helps get Component 2 underway and cuts your workload.

A level Art. If you are struggling to find outstanding exemplar material to show your A level Art students, this might help. Over 30 slides documenting an A* graded sketchbook. The work clearly demonstrates outstanding observational work along with media experimentation, idea development and critical and contextual referencing. This work was awarded A* and was highly praised by the exam board. This work was produced in response to the AQA A level Fine Art title. The theme here is “Growth and Decay”.

GCSE Art Component 2 exam papers will be handed out in January. This student support resource will guide students through the development of their preparatory work towards a meaningful and effective final outcome. Guidance is given on addressing the Assessment Objectives as well as a host of other aspects, which are listed below. Presentation of work Gathering of initial evidence such as mind maps and secondary source images Producing initial observational drawings Taking supporting photographs Annotating intelligently Producing thorough artist studies Exploring media, material and techniques Developing ideas that are clearly linked to previous explorations Deciding on and producing a final outcome 15 illustrated, print friendly pages. Suitable of AQA, EdExcel, OCR. Provided as a Word document for complete editing freedom. Please note that this is an extended version of another resource that we provide. This version has more content.

Are you bogged down with report writing? This will help. 22 pages full of comments suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 Art student reports. Comments cover the full range of abilities and are fully editable. A useful resource for busy Art teachers who require report writing inspiration or just a bit of help with report structures. Provided as a Word document so that comments can be copied and edited.

A stage by stage Powerpoint slideshow. The presentation demonstrates the techniques and processes involved in a clay activity that introduces students to simple shaping and joining techniques. Ideal for Middle School students.

A KS3 Art Unit of Work. Focus: Masks

The Complete Art Curriculum for Key Stage 3. This huge resource (154 pages) offers 38 linked Art lesson plans, leading students through the key elements of Art, Design and Creativity. Each Art lesson plan provides differentiation, lesson outline, lesson structure, materials required, and homework. Each lesson also provides a photocopiable information sheet for students, written in a student friendly style. Topics covered include drawing styles, observation, abstraction, figure drawing, mask making, sculpture, landscape painting, portraiture, ceramics, colour theory, architecture .... and much more. The lessons have been purposefully written to lead on from each other, allowing students to build upon their ever increasing skills sets through the Key Stage 3 years. The resource has been written by Mael Matthews, experienced Head of Department, Senior Art Moderator and Professional Artist. They have been used in an Art department judged by Ofsted to be Outstanding.

A level Art. A support document for A Level Art students to help them decide on a theme or topic for Component 1. Suitable for Art and Design, Fine Art, Photography, Textiles and 3D Design. Component 1 is a Personal Investigation and it is important that they choose a starting point that is gong to keep their interest and allow them to clearly meet the Assessment Objectives. This resource provides example starting points, reminds students about the Assessment Objectives and offers a structured approach to getting started with Component 1. Also included is a student friendly explanation of the Assessment Objectives which will help them ensure that they are meeting them through their preparatory work. Written with the AQA specification in mind, but equally suited to EdExcel.

The world is waking up to the need to recycle and reduce the use of plastics. This scheme of study engages students in activities that highlight environmental issues and encourage them to use materials in a creative way.

Moving from DT Textiles to Art Textiles? This 38 page resource guides GCSE Art Textiles students through a component of work. The theme here is Natural Forms and students are encouraged to collect primary source evidence before using a wide range of textiles related techniques in the development of their work. The support document ensures that students address the four Assessment Objectives and are reflective in the way that they progress their work. Students can either use the resource as a work book, adding information to it, or use it as a guide which they (and the teacher) can expand upon. This is a useful support document for DT textiles teachers who have suddenly found themselves having to deliver Art Textiles because DT textiles has been scrapped! Also a great STEAM resource.

Get your A level Art course up and running with this bundle of resources. Included are the following. A thorough 2 year course structure written by an experienced Head of department and examiner. A step by step sketchbook guide for students. Report comments - fully editable. A slideshow explaining the importance of ideas in relation to the Assessment Objectives. A slideshow of links to careers. These resources are for the AQA A level Art courses.

This resource provides students with an easy to follow sketchbook guide that is fully aligned to the new specification. Ideal for providing an extra level of support for struggling students. Also great evidence of intervention and support to show senior management! The guide offers background information on the nature of the new specification. this includes how it will be marked and the requirements of the new Assessment Objectives. Students are then guided through a broad range of activities which link directly to the AOs and therefore encourage full coverage of them. This resource is equally useful to teachers, providing a step by step course structure that teachers can adapt to meet their particular requirements.

A step by step guide for students, leading them through the development of a GCSE Art sketchbook. This resource focusses on covering the Assessment Objectives and helps students see how their work can evolve. An invaluable resource for all students, but in particular, lower achieving candidates. This is a sample of the resource. The full resource can be purchased in the TES “premium” section by clicking here If you have found this resource useful, why not check out More A level and GCSE Art resources by clicking here … and there are over 600 other Art education resources in the shop. You can visit by clicking here Why not follow us by clicking here for regular Art education news. Please don’t forget to leave a comment. We value your views.

A fully editable handbook for AS and A level Art students providing up to date information on the new AQA specification as well as clear guidance regarding expectations, deadlines and preparing portfolios. If you have found this resource useful, why not check out More A level and GCSE Art resources by clicking here ...... and there are over 600 other Art education resources in the shop. You can visit by clicking here Why not follow us by clicking here for regular Art education news. Please don't forget to leave a comment. We value your views.