This is a course handbook guide for GCSE Art students (AQA exam board). I created this as a one stop resource for my students to use from the start of their GCSE Art course, right to the end. The document is editable so you can personalise it to your own department’s projects and add in the most up to date grade boundaries. This 22 page booklet contains the following: Course content guide - explanation of units and assessment Art skills checklist Equipment & materials Health & safety Course overview Assessment objectives explained AQA marking criteria grid Marking & feedback guidance What makes an effective piece of art? Creative process flow chart Artist directory (artist names next to themes) Artist vocabulary list Annotation guidance Annotation writing frames Evaluation guidance Exemlplar work from top grade students If you found this useful, check out my other resources.

Complete lesson/ worksheet created for KS3 students. Could also be used with KS4. This task will develop their understanding of the Expressionist movement, Vincent van Gogh and their use of oil pastels. Before asking students to complete this worksheet I would spend some time looking at the Expressionist movement and van Gogh’s self-portraits. You could also do a demonstration of using oil pastels and the different techniques you can achieve with them. Feel free to try it out yourself to show the students your example! They will love to see what they are aiming for, and you will enjoy creating it yourself.

Capture your students’ imagination and get them excited to create their own superhero mask. I created this for a Y6 induction day at secondary school but it could easily be used for KS2 classes. Students could use a range of media to complete this task including felt-tip, colouring pencil or even paint and collage.

This worksheet is a great tool to assess and develop your students’ mark-making skills. It can be used as a one off lesson task, or for a series of lessons if you are aiming for a more polished outcome. The worksheet could even be used to set as homework. Depending on the ability of your students this worksheet is suitable for KS3 and KS4 (11-16 year olds). As well as a main task, this worksheet includes a starter activity and peer feedback task. I advise this wokrsheet is printed on A3 paper. Starter Activity: Mark-making - In this box, students should use their pen to try and create many different marks and textures, particularly those they see in the van Gogh sketch. Peer Feedback: Encourage students to give constructive feedback to eachother. Students should refer to the success criteria and use key language such as cross-hatching and stippling. Main Task: Before asking students to start with the main task, take the time to discuss their ideas and tips for observational drawing. Suggest techniques such as creating guidelines, grids and drawing faint outlines. This worksheet is part of a collection of similar ones. Check out my other resources if you find this one useful.

The perfect Art lesson to introduce Year 6 students to your Art Department on their transition/open day. This resource is a PowerPoint slideshow which you can go through with the students and the last slide is a worksheet which you should print on A3 paper. Feel free to change the objects, media and timings to suit your preferences.

Develop your students’ skills with collage, portraiture and looking at artists within this one activity. This resource is a printable double sided worksheet booklet complete with artist case study, starter activity, main task and assessment framework. I created this for an interview lesson. It would also be perfect for an observation lesson. All information needed for the students is present on the resource. Literacy in Art is also a focus with tasks designed to encourage students to write about the artist and their own work. The task can be set as a quick one off activity or developed in to a more substantial outcome. Equipment needed: Coloured paper, scissors, glue

Learning Objective: To develop observational drawing skills using stippling Differentiated Outcomes: MUST: I can add some tone and some detail SHOULD: I can add a range of tones and my drawing is fairly accurate COULD: I can draw at a very high level for my age and my work looks very similar to the image I am observing Success Criteria: Accuracy Identify & include a range of tones Demonstrate control with the fine-liner Take your time This is a complete lesson including worksheets to print off. Aimed at students in year 9 upwards (age 14+) Equipment needed: Fine-liner pen The PowerPoint includes an introduction to the stippling technique, art movement contextualisation, two contemporary artist case studies and three worksheets to choose from. Outcomes produced may be used to form key evidence for GCSE or BTEC qualifications where appropriate.

This observational drawing worksheet is a great tool to assess and develop your students’ drawing skills. It can be used as a one off lesson task, or for a series of lessons if you are aiming for a more polished outcome. The worksheet could even be used to set as homework. Depending on the ability of your students this worksheet is suitable for KS3 and KS4 (11-16 year olds). As well as a main task, this worksheet includes two starter or “warm-up” activities as I like to call them. Activity 1: Tonal Key - Ask students to demonstrate the range of tones they can create with a pencil. This will help later on when asking them to add a range of tones to their drawing. They can also use the key to identify areas of light and dark on the photo image. Activity 2: Mark-making - In this box, students should use their pencil to try and create different textures, particularly those they see in the photo image. Encourage students to share their ideas of how to create different marks and use key language such as cross-hatching and stippling. Main Task: Before asking students to start with the main task, take the time to discuss their ideas and tips for observational drawing. Suggest techniques such as creating guidelines, grids and drawing faint outlines. This worksheet is part of a collection of similar ones. Check out my other resources if you find this one useful.