Project to teach KS3 students about the life and works of Artist and Architect Antoni Gaudi. Slides will enable students to analyse his works and then demonstrate their understand through a range of creative design activities.
A lesson starter and activity to explore Matisse's cut outs in a new approach. The starter will enable students to challenge their thinking on how an artist can work when faced with physical challenges. This is a great lesson for the promotion of equality and diversity and gives good coverage to AO1 AO2 and AO4 with them commenting on the ways of working and then taking new approaches with the cut outs of Matisse. Great for all age ranges in raising their awareness of equality and diversity. The power point slides give additional information on the artists condition and ways of working.
Researching an artist? This sheet supports the children to begin to:
Choose an artist to focus on
Find out information about their chosen artist, including the art form they use
Find out interesting facts about
Identify pieces of art created by the artist
An opportunity to have a go at the artists piece of work and draw the artist themselves.
Consider what they think of the artwork of an artist
A great template to use to begin to focus on a particular artist, as a springboard for discussions and further information gathering about artists!
A collection of just under 30 female artists for use in display or during lessons as a research.
Artists cover a range of disaplines including sculpture, painting, ceramics, print and photography.
Can be very useful in inspiring students who think that artists are just men!
Frida Kahlo artist research sheet, looking at the illustrator Liz Clements as an aid to researching into Kahlo’s life and story.
Tattoos have been added in the style of Clements, which students will then need to research into and show understanding of what the symbols may represent.
Extension to create a Liz Clements illustration, making Kahlo a more modern figure.
The ultimate GCSE artist research and Artwork analysis guide
Formatted to a printable A3 PDF that includes.
Template / layout example
Key terms to use
Detailed questions for students to answer on their page
Critical questions broken down into Basic / intermediate / advanced levels for stretch and challenge
Great opportunity for differentiation
Ideal handout / guide to start the externally set assignment in January.
Designed to go hand in hand with the AQA GCSE Art/Craft/Design spec but will work across all specialisms.
PDF ready to print
Want to improve the quality of your students artist research?
This PDF poster aims to guide students guidance and inspiration to produce excellent artist research pages. Primary targets are KS4, but can be used equally with KS3 and KS5. Two versions are included: A3 and A4 printables - stick them up as display for constant reference or photocopy for sketchbooks or focused research lesson.
Soon enough they’ll be in the habit of producing great research!
A selection of about 80 different artists which can be used to help pupils to research and develop ideas for coursework and exam prep.
Artist names included in PPT
I have planned and created an exciting BINGO game for students to learn about a range of different artists, improve their knowledge and listening skills.
There are 48 different artists to discover and you can play with up to 30 students!
A selection of about 60 different artists which can be used to help pupils to research and develop ideas for coursework and exam prep.
Artist names included in PPT
These A3 worksheets were made for younger years to learn how to do an artist research page. The second sheet is a variation on the first, created for my pupils with SEN in mind - it may not work for all but it has worked for mine.
The questions about the artist are to help the pupils to find information that is relevant and the sentence starters to inform what could be included in an artist analysis. For this lesson, I gave out four different texts about an artist for pupils to read through to find the information needed to answer the questions.
For the speedy workers in your groups, a fun extension task is to decorate the sheet and is encouraging for them to complete the writing.
I hope you find them helpful!
Artist inspiration boards
I have created a series of slides ready for printing and then laminating for a classroom inspiration display.
The idea is to visually inspire students to look at artists work and then link to their own work.
Three useful worksheets to complement any Angie Lewin Project
The first worksheet I use to get my class to work in different media in the four different boxes e.g. hot colours, cold colours, blending, pencil work, watercolour etc
The second sheet has blank boxes. This would be useful if you wanted your class to come up with four different designs for a final piece.
The last work sheet is a larger line drawing. You could either work in one media (perhaps the one that was the most successful on the first sheet) or use a compass or viewfinder to select sections of it, and work in different media.
These would also be useful for cover work.
A list of useful artists and designers for both GCSE Art & Design and Graphic Communication. Each slide has examples by the artist as well as their name. These are useful for students looking to research artists as part of more independent projects.
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