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. If you find this resource useful please check out my shop.

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. If you found this useful, please check out the set of 12 homework tasks available in my shop.

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 Please check out my other resources if you found this useful.

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. Check out my other resources if you found this useful.

Free scheme of work plan to cover 12 weeks for GCSE art students. Art theme “Places” is used to explore a wide range of printmaking skills. This is a printable sheet (A3) which can also be used to mark the students’ work. I print it and stick it on the inside cover of their sketchbooks. They can see what the project involves and its timeline. It is also useful to have my feedback all in one place - for them and me. Lots of useful website resources listed as well as homework tasks throughout the project. Hope you find this useful. Check out my other resources.

A 12 week plan for KS3 students to be introduced to and study Fauvism.

A 12 week plan for KS3 students to be introduced to and study the core skills of Art.

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. Check out my other resources for more useful Art Teacher resources.

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. Hope you find it useful! Please leave feedback.

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.

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.

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. ND Art Resources

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.

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.

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. Please check out my other resources if you find this useful.

Your students will love making these clay fish! This resource is a PowerPoint which includes exemplar work, lesson outcomes and level descriptors. This project guides students through from making to designing and painting their work. This lesson is based on assessing the work through National Curriculum levels however you can adapt this to whatever mark scheme your school uses. Check out my other resources if you found this useful.

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.

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!

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 Please check out my other resources if you found this useful.