My name is Natalie Davidson and I have been teaching "Outstanding" Art for 10+ years. I have also worked as a Head of Department for several years.
The resources shared in my shop are the result of considered and refined practise, providing clear and high quality lesson plans, slide shows and worksheets.
My background as a trained Graphic Designer means that the resources I produce communicate clearly and concisely to teachers and students alike, as well as being aesthetically pleasing.
My name is Natalie Davidson and I have been teaching "Outstanding" Art for 10+ years. I have also worked as a Head of Department for several years.
The resources shared in my shop are the result of considered and refined practise, providing clear and high quality lesson plans, slide shows and worksheets.
My background as a trained Graphic Designer means that the resources I produce communicate clearly and concisely to teachers and students alike, as well as being aesthetically pleasing.
An ideal lesson for KS2 or KS3 students to introduce them to the origins of colour, as well as getting them to practice their colour mixing skills with watercolour (you could use a different type of paint).
Links to video clips and resources and printable worksheet with resources needed for students to complete the task.
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This is a resource for teaching students how to create different tones of colour. I created this for my Y7 Art groups but it could easily be used for Y5/6 or even Y8 students.
The resource includes the following:
Learning objective, differentiated outcomes and success criteria
Exemplar outcome
Colour theory quiz
Step-by-step instructions
Printable worksheet
Self assessment printable label and writing frame
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Homework task worksheet - Drawing the other half of Dali’s face. Suitable for KS3 and KS4. Printable on A3 or A4 paper.
Complete with success criteria, artist’s tip and assessment box. Marking could be self, peer or teacher.
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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.
If you need to do a stock-take for your Art Department, this is a useful checklist. Can also be used as an order form. Great time saving resource for Art technicians or Head of Department.
Feel free to edit - delete or add items.
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I created this lesson as part of teaching a scheme of work called “Visual Elements.”
This lesson focuses on LINE and also introduces students to Picasso’s continuous line drawing collection. These are achievable for students to recreate and also broadens their drawing technique skills.
The first slide can be used to display on the board throughout the lesson. It can also be used as an assessment sheet. All you need to do is identify which learning outcome and which success criteria each student has achieved.
This lesson could easily be used for KS2 students.
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This is a great project for first year GCSE Art students - Year 9 or 10. Depending on the ability of your students, this may be a task you can do with KS3 children also.
This resource is a slideshow complete with exemplar work, mini plenary, homework suggestion and links to artists which could be developed for further study.
My students have enjoyed this project hugely and it is also one which is easy on the budget. You can ask students and colleagues to bring in old magazines to use. The only other equipment you need is scissors and PVA glue.
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
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This is a resource for a project/ lesson in which students will create a sea creature with patterns using Indian ink. I created this for my Y8 Art groups but it could easily be suitable for Y7 or Y9 students.
The resource includes the following:
Learning objective, leveled outcomes and success criteria
Exemplar outcome
Step-by-step instructions
Patterns for inspiration
Questioning
Sea creature images which could be traced or drawn from
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Develop your students’ watercolour painting skills with this fun fish project.
This resource includes everything you will need to teach the project including the following:
Clear LO, success criteria & outcomes slide with key words
Starter activity
Mini plenaries
Self assessment worksheet to print
Video clip links
Leveled exemplar work
Extension task
Source imagery to print
All you will need is watercolour sets, brushes and paper. If you want to try the experimental watercolour techniques you could try using salt and wax crayons too.
My students have always really enjoyed this project. Hope yours do too!
A complete resource to develop your students’ observational drawing skills. No PowerPoint needed for this lesson as it’s all on the worksheet.
I created resources like this for interview lessons and observations. All of which have been really well received. I have been rated as an “Outstanding” teacher for nearly 10 years now and I feel strongly that clear, quality resources play a large part in achieving that.
This is more than just a worksheet, it contains LO and success criteria, as well as starter activities (tonal key & mark-making) and marking (tick boxes for success criteria and a peer feedback box).
A set of 5 different high quality images for students to choose from if you wish. Or use them on different occasions.
A complete lesson on an A3 pdf printable worksheet - includes clear and concise Learning Objectives and Success Criteria.
Starter activity, warm up (activity 1 - pencil crayon techniques) and main task (activity 2).
This worksheet was initially created for an interview lesson with Y7 students but could easilly be used with KS2 or Y8 students.
I would suggest that a double lesson would be needed to complete this worksheet. Compliment it with sharing images and information about Kandinsky as your pre or post worksheet lesson.
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This resource is a complete lesson and printable worksheets for students to complete a written analysis of the work or LS Lowry.
I created this for Year 8 students however it is also suitable for Y7 and Y9 depepending on their ability.
I have included links to YouTube clips and images from Google however you may wish to choose your own.
This lesson was created with a view to allow students to get used to developing their Art analysis skills ahead of opting for GCSE Art. It also makes strong cross-curricular links with English and History.
Hope you find it useful.
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This resource is a set of 8 lessons through which students will learn about the visual elements of art and produce a double page spread piece of work which develops their core skills in art.
The perfect introduction to art at secondary school and introduces key skills and knowledge needed for studying the subject at KS3, 4 and beyond.
These lessons have been tried and tested to achieve outstanding results.Through doing this project your students will learn to take pride in their work and you will learn their ability and interests within your subject.
A really great project for use with KS3 Art students. Could easily work for Year 5/6 students also.
Introduce the work of Pop artists and then use them as inspiration to create food themed collages. Students can use coloured paper and magazine clippings to create their collage as well as the printable sheets included in the slideshow.
I’ve had really great results from this project and students enjoyed working on them for several lessons. This works nicely as a project which runs for approximately 5 lessons/weeks. You can add in extra starter activities to deepen their knowledge of Pop Art and artists.
Resource includes marking criteria. Simple to use and students can even self/peer assess.
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All GCSE Art projects must include artist studies. This gives students an idea of what is expected through visual examples by real students, as well as a clear set of graded outcome descriptors and success criteria checklist.
Free printable worksheet/ homework task on the last slide to give structure for written analysis.
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.
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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
This set of resources if for a 6 week project on Aboriginal Art. By the end of the project your students will have created a beautiful painting which includes Aboriginal symbols to tell a story.
The project would be perfect for Y7 students - as this is who I created it for. It would also be appropriate for Y5/6 or even Y8 students.
Equipment needed: A3 card or heavy weight paper, poster paints, brushes
The slideshows include leveled (National Curriculum) examples to inspire your students and also help them grade their own work. This will also help them know what to do to their work to improve it up to the next level.
This resource package includes assessment sheets to print off as well as mini plenaries and step-by-step instructions. You will need to create some simple Australian animal outlines like the ones shown and photocopy these on to A3 card - unless your students are more able and feel confident to draw their own outlines. There are many printable outlines if you search on Google images. Make sure you refine your search to “large” images so they are good enough quality to print on to A3.
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Set of 12 Art homework sheets for KS3 students. I created these for my Art Department and we set 1 task per term for year 7 & 8 students. This is enough for a whole academic year if you choose to do the same.
Each task includes its own set of success criteria and space for students to self-assess.
These tasks are designed in order to develop students’ art skills at home. Skills include drawing, art analysis and designing. The worksheets can be printed on A3 or A4. I chose to use A4 simply as this was more portable for my students.
The worksheets look great on display when printed.