Examining the fundamental components that make up basic CD design.

Through exploring the diverse range of art,design and craft work in this resource users will have the opportunity to experience the richness of contemporary art in Wales. The resource is organised in such a way that each creative area is divided into themes to encourage users to recognise the potential to engage with a variety of artists’ work.

A range of art videos and interactive activities based on the work of Cefyn Burgess and his work on chapels.The pack looks closely at lines and shapes and includes interactive activities that allow pupils to consider the diferent shapes that make up the chapel and then go on to collage their own chapel. With thanks to UWIC Press for permission to use the Let's Look videos http://www.uwicpress.co.uk/primary-design-c-8.html

My Square Mile was initiated by the Design Commission for Wales to encourage the use of the local built environment as an educational resource. It explores relationships between buildings, space and people to develop design awareness. It helps children understand how the environment is shaped and managed. It celebrates local distinctiveness and local identity. It nurtures emotional attachments and belonging-a sense of place. It raises issues about what the environment might be like in the future.

This resource is aiming to develop the learner perceptions of working to a photographic assignment and on location and in the studio. Step by step photographic work of creating styles and also includes worksheets to download and use. It also shows How to plan events for promotional activities. The project aims to bring together the hair and beauty department and the photographic department in a joint work assignment. For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

This interactive whiteboard resource is based on a selection of pictures from the collection at Bodelwyddan Castle. Pictures of industrial scenes are used as the stimulus for discussion and practical work NGfL Cymru is grateful to the Clwyd Fine Art Trust and Joint Area Museum Education Service for allowing works from the collection to be shared amongst schools in Wales.

A range of art videos and interactive activities based on the work of Morgen Hall. The resource includes interactive activities that allow pupils to create their own funny tops.With thanks to UWIC Press for permission to use the Let's Look videos http://www.uwicpress.co.uk/primary-design-c-8.html

An interactive whiteboard resource that teaches the names of basic 2D shapes and allows the child to create shape pictures.

This interactive whiteboard resource is based on a selection of pictures from the collection at Bodelwyddan Castle. Landscape pictures are used as the stimulus for discussion and practical work.

Out There is a project that celebrates the extraordinary and the obvious and maximises one of the most valuable resources: your own doorstep. Venturing beyond the school gate, stepping out into the outside world, learning professionals guide the children around their square mile, listening, watching and experiencing the world around them. What’s that? What is it for? Who lives there? ……… many questions that can lead to discovery and knowledge about the children’s own locality and their experience of it.

A interactive whiteboard resource that allows the children to create shape faces - Cubism

Understanding and using perspective in drawings using buildings from Cardiff Bay as examples.

Twelve lesson plans and whiteboard resources for year 7 using football to influence fashion design.

Pwrpas yr adnodd yw datblygu gwybodaeth y disgyblion am arlunwyr Cymru ac i ddatblygu sgiliau meddwl trwy roi cyfleoedd i drafod, gwneud penderfyniadau ac i werthuso eu cynnyrch. Mae’r adnodd yn seiliedig ar y thema poblogaidd mewn ysgolion cynradd, sef Oes Fictoria.

Investigating geometric patterns and Celtic imagery.

Landscape painting in the Van Gogh style.

A resource based on a selection of Peter Prendergast's work from his exhibition 'A Painters Quarry&' held at Oriel Môn in 2006. NGfL Cymru is grateful to Peter Prendergast for allowing his work to be shared amongst schools in Wales. This interactive whiteboard resource uses a selection of Peter Prendergast’s landscapes and figure studies as the stimulus for discussion, critical analysis and practical work.

By the end of this lesson students should be able to: * identify some different styles of portraiture * learn about paintings that can be seen at the National Museum of Wales * transfer their work via a digital camera or scanner to a simple graphics programme * learn about the technique of pointillism * use a computer to help them research and use images to produce original artwork * develop their research into art work, print, painting or computer graphics images.

Investigate basic colour theory and learn about stained glass art.

A whiteboard resource which enables pupils to respond to the work of several Welsh artists. Pupils study and discuss Rural and Industrial Landscapes and undertake practical work involving drawing from direct observation and 3D perspective.