This resource contains all you’ll need to put together an engaging and fun cover lesson or for a change of pace between projects for art and design students in KS 3 or 4. Get straight down to drawing or begin with a brief yet informative introduction to surrealist portraiture. Students will learn about the unique characteristics of this art form, which often blurs the lines between reality and imagination. Students can work independently with our A4 and A3-sized handouts featuring beautifully crafted illustration work, pre-gridded ready to be transcribed onto the included worksheet. This includes a pre-drawn grid for students to get started and a dedicated space for self-assessment, promoting artistic growth and critical thinking. Foster Creativity: This cover work package is designed to nurture students’ creativity, enhance their art skills, and foster a love for artistic expression. All-in-One Package: Everything you need for an engaging art lesson is right here in one comprehensive package. Need it extra quick, just print out the worksheets, and project the gridded example, no extra preparation required.

Student friendly design process overviews that covers all four of the assessment objectives (Develop Refine Record Present) used in the art and design GCSE. Good for OCR, AQA and Eduqas/WJEC. Each section outlines key elements to include to both help your learners develop their work and maximise their mark potential. By breaking the process into a manageable clear structure you can create milestones for your learners and help them to become more independent. The overview consists of: Intentions Research Analysis Techniques & Experimentation Transcription Developing Ideas Response Evaluation

An A3 sized colour theory poster for your classroom or to scale down and use as a hand out.

A Simple Guide to the basics of a design process, gathering reference imagery, developing a colour pallet, sketching illustrations and logos. I use this with my year 7s sometimes as a way to embed the basic steps of any art and design project. I work with them in Illustrator but you can edit those bits to suit whatever media you’re working in.

Take your students from a blank page, through making construction lines, final line work to tonal rendering and final shading with visual examples every step of the way. You can use this resource to guide your students working in traditional media or digitally. Although, please note this is not a guide to using Adobe Illustrator and is not appropriate for beginners in that software. The resource includes a step by step powerpoint and PDF pages as well as the Adobe Illustrator file the original work is drawn in.

A self contained art and design lesson on exploring patterns and textures in nature. Perfect for a one off, or cover lesson, a change of pace from other topics, or a way to introduce observational sketching into an art & design or D&T scheme of work. The resource contains a Power-Point and two sided hand-out for students detailing the lesson objectives. A teacher hand-out, great if you want to use the resources as a cover lesson.

Comprehensive powerpoint, posters and worksheet resources to freshen up your colour theory lessons. Build files included (Adobe Illustrator) so you can make it your own. Powerpoint includes pages and examples of : RYB and RGB Primary colour CMYK colour Secondary colours Tertiary colours Hue, tint tone shade and value Complementary colours Split complementary colours Monochromatic colours Analogous colours Triadic colours Tetradic colours Warm and cool colours A powerpoint colour theory quiz. Differentiated work sheets. Colour theory poster. The adobe Illustrator files used to build all the resources so you can make it your own, juggle things around or alter and update as required.

This download includes a comprehensive introduction lesson covering the cultural and artistic context surrounding Fauvism, including its development from Impressionism and its influence on subsequent movements like Expressionism and Cubism. This is presented as both a PDF and Powerpoint. As part of this overview the three key players of Fauvism: André Derain, Henri Matisse, and Maurice de Vlaminck are introduced. The download also includes detailed analysis of Key Fauvist Works. you could use these as examples when introducing your students to visual analysis skills using the Elements and Principles of art and design, or as deep dive lesson prior to a transcription or artist copy lesson. Included in this download are a detailed analysis of: Mountains at Collioure by André Derain (1905): Delve into Derain’s masterpiece with a dedicated PowerPoint examining its use of bold colors, expressive brushwork, and dynamic composition. The Dessert, Harmony in Red by Henri Matisse (1908): Explore Matisse’s iconic work through a detailed analysis of its vivid palette, simplified forms, and emotional impact. Woman with a Hat by Henri Matisse (1905): Investigate this pivotal piece that showcases Matisse’s innovative use of non-naturalistic color and strong outlines. Ive also included the worksheet and artwork examples I use to allow students to engage with visual analysis as part of a presentation or as an independent task. All resources are provided as both PowerPoint and PDF versions, giving you the flexibility to make it your own.

An art and design cover lesson, helping students design their own bank notes. Includes an example sheet, with instructions, you can hand out or display on the board. A template sheet for students to work on. And a cover sheet explaining the task in more detail for the cover supervisor taking your lesson. I’ve also included the Adobe Illustrator build files so you can alter and adjust as you need to. A great resource to have in the bag when you need something quick and simple for the class to do as cover or as a change of pace.

An art and design cover lesson, helping students design their own school Map. Includes a task sheet, with instructions, you can hand out or display on the board. A grid sheet for students to work on. And a cover sheet explaining the task in more detail for the cover supervisor taking your lesson. I’ve also included the Adobe Illustrator build files so you can alter and adjust as you need to, along with Word files and PDFs of the resource, so you’ll have lots of flexibility to alter the resource. A great resource to have in the bag when you need something quick and simple for the class to do as cover or as a change of pace.

A visual to-do list for research and analysis pages in art and design (GCSE AO1 & 3), with tick boxes, and short descriptions. Makes a pretty good hand out or it could go into a powerpoint.

A Step by step lesson guide to making halftones in Adobe Illustrator. It takes you through the steps for a halftone look, but you will need a basic understanding of Illustrator to make the most of this resource. Contains an eight page Powerpoint with examples and screen grabs.

This is a one page hand out you can use as a cover lesson or as a starting point for a series of art and design lessons looking at street and protest art. Shepard Fairey is perhaps best known for his Obama Hope poster design. The download includes an A4 PDF for easy printing, and the Adobe Illustrator build file so you can make edits if you need to. The lesson is broken down into: Context; giving a brief overview of Fairey. Task; includes example words the students may like to use as the basis for their design. Character, underlines the soft skills the students will be using alongside their designing skills . Equipment; covers what they’ll need from you and what to grab out of their pencil cases. Assessment; 3 key areas the students can use to self and peer assess their work are included and could be your plenary, or a starter prior to moving on to further related work.

This is a two page hand out you can use as a cover lesson or as a starting point for a series of art and design lessons looking at Matisse’s cut out period, or as part of an investigation into Fauvism. The download includes an A4 PDF for easy printing, and the Adobe Illustrator build file so you can make edits if you need to. The lesson is broken down into: Context; giving a brief overview of Matisse, with comprehension questions. I like to use this page as a starter. Task; includes example themes the students can use as the basis for their own cuts outs. Character, underlines the soft skills the students will be using alongside their designing skills . Equipment; covers what they’ll need from you and what to grab out of their pencil cases. Assessment; Key areas the students can use to self and peer assess their work are included and could be your plenary, or a starter prior to moving on to further related work.

This is a two page hand out you can use as a cover lesson or as a starting point for a series of art and design lessons looking at Fauvism. The download includes an A4 PDF for easy printing, and the Adobe Illustrator build file so you can make edits if you need to. Ive also included JPEGs of the pages so you can preview them, or easily drop them into other resources you’re building. The lesson is broken down into: Context; giving an overview of Fauvism, and some of its key artists. Task; gives students clear instructions and key style points to include to achieve a Fauvist look and asthetic. Character, underlines the soft skills the students will be using alongside their designing skills . Equipment; covers what they’ll need from you and what to grab out of their pencil cases. Assessment; Key areas the students can use to self and peer assess their work are included and could be your plenary, or a starter prior to moving on to further related work. If you like this free resource then let the world know by leaving a review, cheers.

This is a Free annotated video (With no Audio, you’re welcome) guide to drawing Roly from Hey Duggee. I do this with my year 7s as part of our graphics DT rotation. The video is pretty comprehensive, but some familiarity with Illustrator would help, especially when it comes to fault finding. The video covers using : Shape Tools Line Segment Tool Corner Widgets Selection Tools Shape Builder Tool Eye Dropper Tool Duplicating shapes Manipulating Anchor Points (A bit) When I teach this I usually run through a demo of the process live, then give students access to the video so they can all go at their own pace, working independently, following the annotations. I’ll be making a payed version of this resource soon with added worksheets, and a teacher video with ways to fix as many student generated errors as I can think of. If you like this free resource please consider purchasing one of my payed ones. You can get in touch with questions or resource requests via my Instagram, link in my shop profile.