A favourite lesson to engage students with painting techniques while giving them a chance to be innovative I've used this project with years 7 up to year 9 and the results are always interesting. Includes everything you need for a watercolour painting project (just add paints, brushes & students) -worksheets -examples of outcome -success criteria -videos -cross-curricular links L.O.1: To learn about Van Gogh and reinvent one of his Masterpieces using our own original ideas. L.O.2: To develop our painting and composition skills. L.O.3: To use our knowledge to create a work of art that explores the following elements of Art: line, texture & movement. Enjoy!

In this lesson there is a focus on literacy in introducing students to the element of TEXTURE in Art.

Use this to show your students how to use the grid method to draw a realistic portrait.

Use this resource to get students to understand the importance of composition in their art.

Use the Assessment sheet & powerpoint to help your students push themselves further in their art lessons.

Open this file for ideas on how to organise a scheme fo work for Art/Design Technology.

Introduce your students to Keith Haring's Art and have them creatively reinvent the middle of one of his designs. -I recommend printing out copies of the slide shown for students to work into. -I've used this lesson as a baseline Creativity Test for Year 7

Feedback cards offering specific targets for improvement for 3 different levels of challenge.

Use this resource to empower your students in using the correct vocabulary while drawing & paintings. Offers tips, techniques and questioning. Particularly helpful for SEN, EAL, LA students.

Use these bookmarks to build confidence in your students and celebrate high quality work. -Print out a PRIDE PIECE bookmark for each of your students. (Laminate if you wish to resuse). The idea is to allow students to reflect on their work, developping self-criticality and celebrating when they complete work to a high standard.

Use this resource and a set of tools and scratchboards to create beautiful drawings with your students. I asked each student to bring in a photo of themselves to work from. -Includes: -Artist Inspiration -Examples of work with marks -Differentiated Success Criteria -Safety Tips -Link to instructional video Enjoy!

Adapt this poster and invite your cohort to join in contest creating your school's Christmas card design. Also includes an adatable rewards certificate for the winning designers.

Save loads of money by creating your own school rewards postcards! Instead of ordering through a company and paying loads of money for rewards postcards, why not print them off yourself using this resource. 1. Add your own school logo to the postcard (if you wish). 2. Print out in colour A6 size on cardstock. 3. Distribute to your staff to use. 4. Write a personal message on the inside of the postcard (& add the address if you want to mail it) 5. Hand it to the student and praise them for their effort (or drop it in the post if you want it to be a surprise).

Use this resource to get your students drawing portraits using tone & the observational method. This resource includes instructions for 2 different skills and could cover 3-4 lessons: 1- Self-portrait drawing from observation 2- Half-portrait of a celebrity. Differentiated targets for Stretch & Challenge, More able and less able students.

Use this Marking crib sheet to simplify your marking and develop student's self-criticality. The idea is to use a marking crib sheet to collate generic comments rather than writing them down into individual books. The benefits include garnering a whole class overview and thus allowing for your planning to be more specific. This file can be adapted to use with any subject.

Includes: Everything you need to get your students to design and create their own wire insect sculpture. -3 powerpoints to take students through the stages of the unit: Draw/Design/Plan/Execute/Evaluate -Clear instructions & lesson objectives -Assessment Criteria -Key Vocabulary -Homework

Use this resource to show your students how to revise effectively.

4 worksheets to use to introduce Mehndi designs. Great to use as a cover lesson.

Need a quick, engaging cover lesson for your KS3 art students? 2 for 1 on cover lessons: -Design a Wassily Kandinsky Google Logo for your school -Keith Harring Creativity Test worksheet