Students completing their Graphic Design GCSE can use this tutorial to produce a range of experiments using software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. This lesson does require access to computers. The experiments on this worksheet are ideal for developing ideas based on the theme word of ‘Movement’ but could be used for ‘Sport’, ‘Exercise’, or simply to develop an advert campaign. Some of the manual techniques could also be adapted to be used in any KS3 lesson. This is a worksheet of 6 ideas to develop a ‘Visual Enquiry’. Students will be required to take their own primary sources images and print their photographs. You will need the following resources for the lesson: Printed photograph of the object the student is working with - in this case a shoe; Tracing paper; Access to computers with Photoshop and Illustrator.

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.

Year 8 or Year 9 entire scheme of work for 12 lessons - Pop Art Ideal for a long-term supply, maternity cover or as a simple set of worksheet-based lessons which could be taught by a trainee as an initial teaching resource. This scheme of work is taught solely on worksheets (no projector needed) and includes all necessary written self/peer and teacher feedback and visual resources, in sequential order. 12 worksheets in total. Sheets are formatted to be printed and glued into sketchbook pages. Some initial prep is required for guillotening feedback sheets and additional resources such as sequin waste is required to purchase in advance. Students are given a brief to design a new Pop Art inspired shoe. Within the scheme of work student will research artists and produce a title page, analyse artworks, complete a collage-based homework task based on colour theory, receive peer and teacher written feedback, experiment with felt tip pens and crayons to practice applying Benday dots, learn about typography and how it communicates to an audience, complete tonal drawings, and observational drawings with colour, link to literacy with onomatopoea, and produce a final outcome using all the skills they have learnt. Students are also asked to complete an evaluation of their work at the end. Resources required: Worksheets printed onto cartridge paper Resource pages printed Pencils Sequin waste (which can be purchased from Amazon here https://amzn.to/3r0pi7R) Felt tip pens Colour crayons Sweet wrappers