A short unit of working introducing the elements of graphic design through one off tasks.
Great for remote learning/ cover lessons or an intro to graphic design SOW
Includes a powerpoint which follows alongside the booklet as well as fun starter tasks on different elements of graphic design
A simplified visual resource to help students to help understand what skechbook/ boards are required for their personal portfolio project and how they connect and feed in to each other.
The traditional weeping woman has been manipulated and now every segment of her geometric form requires a pattern or mark making to complete the study!
Resources to support the delivery of this years exam component including (ADAPTABLE TO SUIT)
Assessment objective breakdown (1 - 9)
Extensive visual ideas and artist inspiration
Starting points for each theme
Exam Plan resource for students
Examples for each A0 and explanation
Exam Checklist for students
Powerpoint slides to support lesson by lesson progress
A fun and engaging way to get students to think about analysing Art. The grid is used to help promote discussion points, using dice to decide which question to talk about.
The origins of Henna are explored in this Powerpoint and the importance value of its tradition in culture. Students are given the task to explore simplified patterns using a step by step guide in preparation to build up a bigger more intricate design using their hand to draw around as a template.
Based upon the creative and experimental idea of the Wreck this journal - students work lesson by lesson fulfilling little tasks centered around the formal elements of Art such as shape, line, tone, texture and space.
One of the most successful project homeworks I have devised. A wide range of differentiated tasks suitable for all students to engage and participate. Great outcomes every time! The powerpoint explains the project and provides endless exemplar ideas.
A great resource to get students thinking about the deeper meaning of Banksy’s work which leads to a mono-print technique. The power point visually demonstrates the correct printing technique for a smooth teaching delivery.
Students explore the distorted style of Picasso by using geometric shapes and abstract features to create a composition. Students then use oil pastel gradients to define segments of the portrait using blending techniques demonstrated on the powerpoint.
Using contemporary celebrity portraits, students use a range of tissue paper and coloured card to build a mixed media surface before working paint and pastels over the top. Celebrity templates provided - to create additional templates - copy a portrait image from google and move over to microsoft word and simply adjust the picture settings.
A simplified resource for students to understand what they need to do to meet the assessment criteria. Often used as a page within an assessment folder.
A creative and engaging homework project in which students research an artist of their choice (or one of the suggested) and design a miniature scale bedroom imagining how their room may look. Examples included. Often works best when students are given the opportunity to work in pairs.