Advanced Stage drawing has been designed for students approx 13-16 years or those who would assess their current ability as: “I’m quite good at drawing, I draw often, but I want to improve so that I can draw and shade difficult things.” At this level of drawing you are challenged to construct, measure, shade and draw a more complex group of objects, rendering shading and detail with greater accuracy and precision. By the end of this stage students should be fully confident in drawing from observation and will only need to practise those skills further. The download contains: Advanced Measuring exercises, Advanced Shading exercises, Complex Drawing video (20 mins Plus assessment sheets. Contains 2 longer Windows format videos, 4 Powerpoint presentations and a fully illustrated marks scheme.

Learn about the fabulous birds of New Guinea and how they have evolved into some of the most stunning creatures on the planet. Teach sketchbook recording techniques, art methods and my own technique of making birds using PVA glue. This is a lovely craft project for younger art students and is such a huge topic, it can easily be developed into a cross-curricular theme with science, geography and maths. One for younger children.

A project that combines digital techniques with observational drawing. The lesson teaches students how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements by means of a detailed step-by-step exercise. You can use free online software if you don’t have Photoshop (links included). There is also a detailed guide to drawing faces from observation with supporting worksheets. The skills are then combined into a fun Surrealist Dream project. This is especially liked by the boys, they LOVE doing the Photoshop side of the project. I've had great results teaching this project and so will you. It also comes with links to artist resources on Pinterest.

Completely rewritten for 2016!! This 36 page eBook explains how to embed effective art assessment into your classroom practice at the Primary Elementary phase from EYFS to Year 6. It outlines the new DfE and Ofsted expectations, and also contains a fully illustrated PROGRESSION model showing you examples of students work from Year 1 to Year 6. In addition, it lists specific skills and techniques in every discipline of art year on year to help making the teaching of art easier. Everything you need is included including exciting posters for your classroom and supporting files. Written by a member of the team that wrote the NSEAD art competencies, Paul is an AST and experienced art teacher at both Primary and Secondary levels. He was also a member of the DfE subject expert group for art. This is an NSEAD recommended resource. For more fantastic art resources visit my TES store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paulcarney700

My Art Teacher's Handbook is a 267 page guide to teaching art for Primary and Secondary art teachers, Coordinators and subject leaders. It contains chapters on: teaching pedagogies, Questioning Techniques, art skills, assessment, ICT in art, Planning, GCSE art, Art History, G&T, SEN and lots lots more. Whether you are an NQT, a new teacher, a trainee or even an experienced art teacher, the Art Teacher's Handbook will help you. Also included are a host of supporting resources!

The Ebook features twelve stimulating, unique and creative approaches to drawing that do not require realistic drawing skills. Using common, everday resources, each exercise links to a contemporary artist so that your students can relate the activity to professional practice. Drawing has never been this enjoyable! The Contemporary drawing Practice exercises are suitable for students aged 11 - 16. You do not need to be an art specialist to be able to teach these lessons because the children will be able to teach themselves. Just print them out in colour and laminate them. Each exercise contains learning objectives, step by step instructions, full colour photos of artists work, research tasks and extension work. Note: All images remain the property of the artist and no unauthorised copying or distribution is allowed. Consent and permission has been granted by the artists to use these images for educational purposes and for use in your classroom.

The art of questions is a guide to developing a question based curriculum for art, craft and design. It shows you how to design art projects using deep questions for pupils of any age group as well as how to develop questions for supporting students, exploring art materials, becoming an independent learner and in order that they can become thinking intelligent students. It isn't just for high ability or older students because it shows you how to differentiate your questioning to suit pupils of any age or ability. It is a practical guide that stems from actual classroom practice. Raise attainment and engagement , open the door to pupil-centred teaching and ditch the teacher-led model. Teaching art in this way is less demanding, creative and fun! It is written by a UK Advanced Skills Art Teacher experienced in UK Primary and Secondary art teaching and an education consultant.

For those who would assess their current ability as: “I can draw the basics ok, such as drawing outlines of shapes, but I need help with some areas such as how to shade etc.” Here I show you how to combine geometry, measuring and shading skills from the first two stages into observational drawing of simple still life shapes. Intermediate Stage is for more advanced Primary Middle school students or Secondary Junior High to develop into observational drawing. This stage is a significant step towards understanding observational drawing. The download contains: Shading a bottle from observation, basic Measuring, Drawing and seeing details, practical exercises in Observational Drawing. Plus worksheets and assessment sheets. Contains 2 longer Windows format videos, 4 Powerpoint presentations and a fully illustrated marking scheme. This is an NSEAD recommended resource.

Famous Western Artists Primary K-6 pupils should know. By this I mean that they should have seen images by these artists and remember key details about when and where they lived. These artists could support work done in other subject areas. All dates are approximate. It is not suggested that Primary K-6 students should know every artist on this list, but rather that they should know and understand the main movements and how art has changed. There is a great activity I have written that does this called my art timeline game which is available to download free from my website. There are also too many brilliant artists not mentioned here that I have omitted to keep things simple. By the time we get to Contemporary art you can pretty much choose what you like! The resource contains a link to all the images you need via Google Art Institute. ​

This powerpoint can be used at the creative thinking stage of any project to help your students create interesting, original ideas. It has a classroom game, word play games and strategies designed to make your work stand out from the crowd.

Aimed at Primary pupils or unconfident year 7 pupils, this powerpoint contains slides of all of the colour combinations PLUS a worksheet I've designed to improve painting skill whilst teaching these basic skills. Also included is a worksheet 'How to' which shows children the order that the sheet should be completed. For more fantastic art resources visit my TES store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paulcarney700

This activity sheet is designed to demonstrate the skills of using charcoal to create exciting Ciaroscuro style drawings and pictures. Great for novice teachers. For more fantastic art resources visit my TES store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paulcarney700

I designed this scheme of work nearly ten years ago and it is still as interesting and exciting now as it was then. It combines brilliantly with science lessons about life on other planets. It teaches young people how to design within design constraints, use their imagination and think about how different life evolves. Use it with my Alien Landscape project to get the full effect.

A super art skills sheet to teach the skills of using indian ink in the art room. Great for novice teachers. For more fantastic art resources visit my TES store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paulcarney700

A simple set of instructions for using wax resist in the classroom to create lovely pictures and images. Great for novice art teachers. For more fantastic art resources visit my TES store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paulcarney700

Four drawing lesson plan activities for you to use in your classroom that have stood the test of time as classic drawing exercises. Blind contour and hand blind drawing teach your students to look at what they are drawing not the paper, describing drawing teaches visual and oral literacy, whilst object in a bag teaches imaginative recall.

This is a great drawing lesson that really extends your students' understanding of drawing and helps them take their first steps into abstraction and expression. You might need to adapt it to suit the literacy level of your pupils, but it is suitable for Key Stage 2 or 3, in fact I've seen it adapted for KS1. Included in this presentation are links to artists work.

This full instructional document shows you how to make elegant wire flowers that can form part of a creative science lesson on flower anatomy or just be an art activity on its own. Completely free! For more fantastic art resources visit my TES store www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paulcarney700