A Powerpoint to support the sketching of ‘winter trees.’ I made this for a year 3/4 class to show them examples of winter trees (with no leaves) for discussion before going outside and sketching real life trees. In addition there are some images I used as a print out for the children to discuss and refer to, these may help teachers with the demonstration of the technique too. I have also included an additional Powerpoint I have made with non-commercial pictures of winter trees to show children.

Powerpoint showing several photos of Roman shields that I made leading into an activity where children design their own Roman shield based on certain criteria. (UPDATE: Mac / ipad Keynote included.) A rough weekly plan is also included The children went on to design their own Roman Shields and then made then with cardboard and painted them. Perfect for giving them ideas! UPDATE: I have now included a completely unique animated Roman timeline I made that can be included in your own presentations as I have converted to movie format. UPDATE: An excellent video included to do with tactics used in Roman times

A set of colouring pictures suitable for golden times etc. All Lego character based!

Powerpoint to aid teaching about David Hockney including photos of some of his work. Made personally, initially used with 9 year olds although could easily be adapted for older. I have also included a Powerpoint with information about him. NEW October, 2015 Due to the popularity of this resource I have included some additional work. A weekly plan I made for use with these resources A pdf. that can be printed out to make an enormous picture of his Artwork 'splash' on separate A4 pieces and put together like a jigsaw for display. On the UK site this resource is rated extremely highly 4.7 / 5 with reviews from users. I have included it at a lower price here for a short introductory period, enjoy!

I have included a lesson plan and visualiser recording that I made to illustrate the stages of making portraits. This lesson was included on the teaching channel before it disappeared (have included the link) and thought some of you might find it useful. If this helps anyone out please comment.

Presentation about Lowry

A massive bank of resources based around Nelson Mandela and Black History. Features an incredibly effective lesson leading onto an assembly to show how soul destroying racism really can be with links to Nelson Mandela. Is VERY powerful if done properly. Right to education, poverty, quotes and web-links also included. I have also included lots of additional resources on Nelson Mandela and a Teachers TV video and the video file and notebook file I used to try and illustrate drawing portraits. Powerpoints, worksheets, videos, plans etc. enjoy!

I have included a lesson plan / smartboard notebook document and visualiser recording that I made to illustrate the stages of making portraits. Please note the actual video / visualiser recording I made was when we were looking at Nelson Mandela (but the principles are the same.)

A collection of general resources about the painter.