A presentation guiding students through the creation of a digital culture poster. Students are asked to select a country before creating a tile which is repeated to create the background. Students then draw their own national animal of their chosen country and layer the two stages together. Suitable for KS3 or KS4 and can be followed using Photoshop or Photopea.

Worksheet designed to aid students with written analysis for Art & Design. Space is left in the middle of the sheet to include a chosen piece of the artist’s work before discussing their thoughts and opinions towards the pieces. Space is also left for students to complete the artist’s name as a title in the style which matches the genre of work the artist worked in.

A Powerpoint used for Years 5 and 6 Art & Design but suitable as a DT project also. The slides give visual stimulus for students to create scale models of their classroom or school. Completed as an online distance task with great success.

A presentation demonstrating the grid technique for portraiture drawing. Students were asked to draw their teacher before completing their own self portrait. Images can be replaced and photographs of teachers / students easily added. Completed during online distance learning, students also enjoyed the challenge of drawing of drawing a friend that they missed and sending them their work!

Visual stimulus for one of art lesson based on Shadowology. These slides introduce the work of illustrator Vincent Bal and encourages students to work creatively in making their own designs. Originally used during distance online learning, students enjoyed working away for the screens and challenging their creative minds. It also acts as great stimulus into creative writing from the characters and senarios created.

Presentation giving instruction to a group Christmas drawing challenge. Each student is allocated one of 20 squares to complete using tonal shading. Once complete, the squares place together to create a large scale drawing of The Grinch. This was originally carried out as a remote, online task and images pasted together digitally. It may adapted easily for in class purposes.

A presentation introducing the street art of Malaysia. Students are guided through inspiration and talking points on the value of street art and more culturally aware designs by Ernest Zacharevic. Originally completed during distance learning, students completed a drawing or painting which interacted with the selection of blank wall space suggested in the slides. Once complete, a simple overlay using SCREEN on Photoshop allowed them to superimpose their designs onto their building or textural surface.

A vocabulary poster to aid students in expanding their vocabulary when describing texture in Art & Design. The poster is a 2 part piece, which can printed to A4 or A3 size. Once joined together, the poster displays a number of descriptive words for students to use when discussing texture within their art work.

A presentation and tutorial to guide students through the work of Temi Coker, creating a mixed media digital poster as an end product. Students are to draw a portrait of an inspirational figure from back history before piecing together a poster design, in the style of Temi Coker. Basic Photoshop instruction provided with room for students to make their own copy of the presentation and add their development as they progress. Analysis prompts and written tasks are also provided throughout the presentation.

Set of 9 vocabulary prompts to broaden use of language in Art & Design. Each poster is a key term with an example of how it can replace basic language in art annotations. Can be printed to A4 or A3 size.

Series of 6 posters outlining the Edexcel Art & Design specification. The posters come as lists for each marking category and describes in student friendly vocab the assessment criteria for each marking level. Each marking band is spread over 2 sheets, usually printed to A4 size and joined together. A perfect visual aid for students to understand how to achieve work in higher levels.

Word Document guiding students through their Written Study for A Level Art & Design. The document was originally used for the Edexcel spec but can be adapted to any exam board. The style of writing encourages students to write as a commentary, rather than a traditional essay. Can be delivered at the end or in sections through the Y13 course.

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.