A selection of art starters to engage and motivate learners.

A collection of different starter sheets that can be printed and used to settle classes as they enter. Each sheet gets them to think about different artwork and what the meaning behind each piece could be. Great to start topics or just as discussion points.

A mini ART project to design a Christmas bauble for a card front or digital image. Contains MASTERY CURRICULUM leveling.

A Booklet designed with COVID in Mind to help students to develop some key skills in art. Recap and develop key areas with a small booklet of work with pumpkins and mannequins using pencils, biro and colouring pencils only.

Using patterns and colours to create different trees related to seasons. Nice and easy 2D piece of work suitable for home as well as school. Images from Google, can be adapated and used wherever the teacher sees it meets their needs.

Van Gogh sunflowers sheet for starter sessions

Starter sheet to stretch and challenge students to think about a piece of artwork and develop their responses

African animals word search

A starter activity to develop higher order thinking skills about a piece of work by a famous artist.

A sheet to use as an extension tasks or for focusing on blending and accuracy of colours.

African Mask assessment suitbale for KS3 students Task; On the two masks above, draw out different African patterns and add natural colours to the design using pencil colours. For the higher grades you need to be neat and show creativity with your design. You might like to try blending colours

A project designed to cover a range of different techniques and processes, suitable for year 8 upwards, including GCSE. Students are given examples and can work directly from nature, excellent in the Autumn term. Includes a colour grid to explore mixing water colours and good examples of drawings by both teachers and students.

A four page document to test the knowledge and skills of KS3 students with still life.

A four page document that tests the knowledge and draws on the skills of the students in KS3 Art.

A quick resource for students to use as a filler activity to practice colour blending skills

Designing cards to use mixed media skills, patterns and colours in KS3

A task to accompany the sweets theme as a homework task

Drawing and painting sweets- a project for a GCSE class to develop skills and understanding of the formal elements and refine ideas. Popular topic with students and enables elements of photography, digital manipulation and mixed media.

Tasks suitable for a lesson on Fauvism for KS3

Project for GCSE detailing observational drawing focusing on expressions and how to convey feeling and emotion through art and design. Main theme THE 7 DEADLY SINS. Teaches expression, detailed drawing, mood, feeling and correct scale. A good project to use before the exam or as an examination mock for art.