Sugar Skulls Challenge Use your own equipment to decorate the skull template. Consider whether you want your design to symmetrical or not. Experiment with different ideas and patterns. Use colour and outline in fine liner if you have this equipment in your pencil case. Develop the space inside the skull and the background as well.

Print out this cover worksheet for when you need a well-designed resource for your students in a hurry.

The best way to develop drawing skills and access the highest grades is to practice drawing from observation. Have your students choose & use these primary source still life photographs to create their own amazing compositions.

Give each of your YEAR 10 Art students a copy of this to complete so they can hit the ground running when they return to you in September. Includes a variety of different tasks that help students build up their art skills while developing an understanding of the Assessment Objectives. Create an A3 size MINDMAP of 30+ ideas on the topic of REFLECTIONS Use the appropriate ART materials to complete each of the EXPERIMENTATION exercises on pages 8 to 11 Follow the instructions to complete a tonal drawing on page 13 Complete each of the studies in the space provided using the most appropriate art materials Take 20 of your own photographs that connect to the theme Continue freestyle drawing in your sketchbook to continue developing your skills and letting your imagination run wild

I always teach this lesson when I have a job interview. I’ve always gotten the job and excellent feedback. Includes: Subject-specific vocabulary DO NOW exercise Clear instructions Assessment Criteria Exemplar material High levels of challenge Drawing and sculpture activities Questions to check learning All you need is: Pencils, paper, paper rods (if you have them) L.O: To demonstrate our understanding of SHAPE and FORM through Sculpture and Drawing

Need to print something off for ANY Art, Design Technology or English lesson? Print this off on a double sided sheet and you can relax knowing your students will be enjoying themselves as they create their own characters and comic book spread. L.O: To create our own original expressive characters using different combinations of facial features and hairstyles. Instructions: Start by choosing a pair of eyes, a nose & hair from below and draw them directly on top of the circles to the right. Feel free to be brave and invent your own features & hair too.

Want to engage your year 9s, 10s or 11s in an interesting watercolour painting project that will keep them focused for several lessons? All you need are pencils, paper & some basic watercolour paints to get incredible outcomes. Includes: -Step by step instructions -Primary source octopus photographs to work from -Success Criteria -Examples of outcomes in a variety of different styles

I’ve designed this lesson for my students so that they come back to me with PRIMARY SOURCES that they’ve created that they can then work from. This resource includes: -Clear instructions -Possible interpretations of the theme with ideas of what to photograph -Links to an artist -Examples of good photographs -Examples and instructions of how to organise photographs in the sketchbook and how to respond to them using drawing etc.

Need an engaging activity to lead your students in this WORLD POETRY DAY? Need to get your students interested in and responding to key texts? If so, you’re in the right place! Includes: -Clear instructions -A diverse selection of poems to print for students to work on -Assessment Criteria -Exemplar work & ideas

Use this to help your students plan their final exam outcome and get big marks in all the Assessment Objectives. Students develop metacognition in evaluating their own progress against clear checkpoints. Includes: -6 pages of printable pages that your students can use to easily plan and clearly show their idea development for POWER 2024. -A page guiding students in how to draw thumbnail sketches to show their ideas -Questions that get students to engage with and evaluate their own work. -A checklist of tasks that need to be completed for a strong portfolio All you need to do is print and go!

Use this resource to get your students exploring the exam theme POWER through creating their own propaganda posters. Includes: -An introduction to the history of protest Art -A variety of propaganda poster styles to choose from -Key Art vocabulary word match up activity -Examples of artists who use their Art to protest -Ethical practice in protest

Perfect for setting a holiday homework task This is it- I’ve gone and done the work for you! 2024 Edexcel Art exam theme is OBSERVE, SEEK, CHALLENGE. Now what? Download now and get your students researching relevant artists in style, taking their own photographs, using a range of media to produce beautiful drawings, making experimental collages, mindmapping their way through the theme and more! Includes: 8 Clearly explained, engaging tasks that earn your students marks for every Assessment Objective Exemplar work and Assessment Criteria A range of relevant artists A mix of traditional and computer-based tasks to help meet the skills and motivation needs of every student Over 40 pages of content to keep students industriously creating Designed by a Pearson Edexcel A-level Art moderator Enjoy!

An entire unit (7+ lessons) to help your students master the fundamentals of drawing comic characters. Includes: -understanding proportion -drawing facial expressions -drawing bodies in motion inventing your own characters -creating your own comics & more

Need to assess your student’s skills in Art? No problem! Download and print and you’re ready to go… -3 different easy-to-use, easy to mark drawing assessments -clear instructions for students -assessment criteria & marking scheme

**Need to cover a few Art or Design lessons fast? ** -This instant download, easy to print 17-page booklet features hours of independent activities that will help your students learn about colour theory, portraiture and cubism. -A diverse range of fun Colour Theory activities including linking emotions to colours -Explore and create cubist art in the style of Pablo Picasso & Matthew Marquis. -Learn and revise key terms and complete the quiz

An engaging, challenging unit of work that explores the origins of graffiti. * Includes* 7 or more lessons worth of resources definition match-up DO NOW tasks history of graffiti linking back to prehistoric times easy to print off worksheets teaching knowledge and literacy bonus cover lesson worksheet to use at any time I used it with year 9, but could work for any year. Enjoy!

Print out to create an educational and dazzling display of key art vocabulary Improve subject-specific literacy and promote excellent oracy. Great resource to help students evaluate their own work or to research an artist.

All the artists straight from the exam paper along with some extras to get students started on an artist research and/or generating project ideas right away. Includes: An introduction to all of the artists included in the exam paper

This is all you will need to effectively kick off the 2024 art exam period… Specifically designed to prepare GCSE students for their 2024 POWER Edexcel exam theme 2024. Includes: a range of different possible interpretations of the theme exemplar material assessment Criteria full instructions and examples for students to be able to independently create their own: **Moodboard Mindmap Artist Research Artist Response** Designed by a Pearson Edexcel Moderator and Head of Art who works in an all-boys state school.

Use this resource to help your students create level 8 and 9 artist research pages for the 2023 exam theme of LOCK! Includes: Checklist for what is required in an artist research SEMI writing framework & an example of how to use it Visual & written exemplars Tips for top marks Success Criteria for each grade- 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1… A choice of several relevant artists that your students will like.