A simple one-off hour cover lesson for KS4 Art, based on colour. Using the artist Georgina Luck as inspiration, students work from printed resources to complete drawings in pencil, and then add colour using watercolour paints, and details with lines using a fine liner pen. Students annotate their work using the description about Luck’s work, explaining what the splashes of colour communicate to the viewer and why the work is appealing.

A simple one-off hour cover lesson for KS3 Art, based on the theme word ‘Identity’. Ideal for a year 9 group. Resource includes learning intention, starter, link to graphic design, peer assessment and chance to develop skills using personal interests. Teacher should provide: Printed resources Pencils Colour crayons Students learn about typography as one of the ‘pillars of graphic design’ and look at examples of creative typography that already exists. Students use resources provided and their own hobbies and interests to produce two possible designs for a final outcome. Students can use peer assessment as a plenary and opportunity to set themselves a target, then used refine into a large scale outcome.

This is an introduction lesson to Graphic Design, suitable for year 6, 7 and 8. Students use Adobe Photoshop to produce a ‘glitched’ Roman bust. Required: Computers Exemplar images Access to Adobe suite Printers This lesson can be completed in 45 minutes to an hour, and only requires pre-downloaded images and Photoshop. During this lesson, students will use the step-by-step instructions to adjust the colour, use the marquee tool, the move tool and the filter selection to produce a glitched portrait. A great intro to Photoshop - students can learn basic quick commands like “ctrl&+ / -” to zoom in and out “ctrl&z” to go back a step, “ctrl&shift&z” to go forwards a step; plus basic tools such as move, marquee and filter gallery. Students can make it personal to them by choosing their own image, adding a galaxy and as many horizontal glitches as they choose.