Step by step guide on how to create a neon effect using Photoshop. Step by step images and instruction. Can be used to support teaching, or the A4 PDF can be printed double sided, and used as a handout to support students.

This annotating art support sheet includes a section on annotating your own work, as well as annotating the work of artists. It also has the visual/formal elements across the bottom to refer too, as well as a large ‘Artist Word Bank’ running down the side. The sheet is ideal as a hand out to help support GCSE annotation.

This is a one page PDF ‘Writing an Introduction in Art’ resource that can be used to support students with their research and analysis. It’s aim is to frame the introduction to an artist/movement and give guidance on key information that should be included. Can be used as a handout, starter/plenary or display.

Beetle study using coloured pencils, with step by step guide on how to build colour. PDF PowerPoint includes: Learning Objective/Lesson Outcome ‘What colours can you see?’ Starter activity. Step by step guide to adding colour Self-Assessment plenary.

4 worksheets on ancient Egyptian art. Worksheets: Canopic Jar design sheet - Using the resource sheet as guidence, design the 4 jars including patterns and images. Draw your name in herioglyphics - Use the key to draw name in herioglyphics. Colour and Tone worksheet - Answer the questions on colour theory, before developing coloured pencil tonal skills in the tonal bars. Pharaoh design - Colour in the images of the pharaoh adding tones. Resource sheets: Images of Egyptian art/patterns. Colour theory sheet. Lesson plan for teachers This is designed to use along side a scheme of work, helping build art into the topic.

Display for advertising Careers in Art & Design. Included are; The central main A3 ‘Art & Design Careers’ poster 8 A4 posters for each of the career areas ‘The Art of Design’ poster All the job names to display around the posters. (Background not included).

A collection of 5 A4 PDF ‘Artist Knowledge’ worksheets, exploring specific skills or knowledge within art. Useful to use as starter activities, plenaries, extension tasks, blended learning, home learning and cover work.

Chalk Pastel Crystal Lesson focusing on developing skills using chalk pastels. The lesson takes you through the process of drawing out the crystal, experimenting with chalk pastels, before moving onto applying the skills developed in the experimentation process to the drawing itself. Included within in this is the PowerPoint, a ‘Experimenting with chalk pastels’ worksheet, as well as as step by step guide demonstrating the process of adding the pastels to the drawing.

Kenyan/African Culture Scheme of work This PDF presentation is split into several activity, investigating Kenyan culture and the Maasia Tribe. Included: Learning Objectives, Starter Activities, Kenyan title activity with visuals incorporating African inspired patterns, Levelled Mask drawing using visuals to determine success, research into Kenyan Traditional Kenyan Jewellery, design idea for a Kenyan inspired necklace and the final design including a refernece image.

Natural Forms Shell unit of work and worksheet The Scheme of work is the process of building up to a final piece. The lessons explore the experimentation of mediums, looking at pen techniques, pencil, coloured pencil crayons and watercolours. The PDF includes starter activities, plenaries and assessment, information on techniques and processes, images of students work, video links and steps on how to complete the tasks. This scheme of work runs across a half term, completing 3 hours over 2 weeks. (But this may vary student to student)

A SOW (Approx 6- 8 lessons) looking at Natural Forms, and the artist Karl Blossfeldt. You will draw inspiration from his style of work in order to create a biro poppy study, before moving onto creating a pencil insect focused on tone, and finally a oil pastel beetle looking at blending techniques. This resource includes a full PDF PowerPoint with starter activities, a step by step guide on how to draw your poppy, 2 process videos (small clip for the pencil beetle, and time lapse of oil pastel beetle), a beetles resource sheet, and a Karl Blossfeldt analysis worksheet. All content is copyright free.

Street Art / Graffiti project, looking at different street artists, and drawing influence from their styles to build into a final piece. This 43 slide PDF PowerPoint includes, learning objectives, key terms, artist research with excellent student examples, analysis frameworks, step by step visuals of how to create the final piece of art, as well as student examples of the final piece. Also included are visual resource boards, a ‘tag’ extension task, and a street art ‘knowledge organiser’ students can use as support. Approx. 7 lessons.

A complete PDF PowerPoint to creating a high level GCSE Sketchbook. The PDF includes numerous Grade 9 student examples for each lesson breakdown, links to the Assessment Objectives, writing frameworks and easy to follow lesson by lesson slides with Learning Objectives. The comprehensive guide is every you need to successfully teach a GCSE Art project. Breakdown of PDF; Assessment Objectives What makes a high quality drawing Statement of intent Visual Mind map Creative Resource Board Pencil Observations Annotation and Analysis Pen Observations Artist Research Colour Studies Collage Documenting Processes Own Photos Development Ideas 1,2 & 3 Digital Art Final Design Ideas Final Piece This 94 slide PDF has been used to teach both the AQA and OCR coursework projects.