A full term project - Anywhere between 12-16 lessons. Students learn about illustration what a brief, client and audience are. What composition is What typography is Colour theory in book design. The project focuses on the slavic folk tale of “Baba Yaga” and inlcudes links to Youtube videos of the story. Students are tasked with creating a single page illustration from one line of the story. Their target audience is young children so a large focus is on how well students can adapt their design style to suit this age range. Materials needed: Pencils, worksheet, Watercolour paints (could be substituted for pens or pencils), tracing paper.

A full first term unit introducing learners to the visual elements through a series of different projects. Resources can be made available - colour wheel, Escher’s lizard and one form class suggests manipulating sponges or similar materials - which is up to you as the class teacher but was my students FAVOURITE lesson. This gives learners a great head start to more complex topics later in the year - includes a “learned terms” quiz and optional homework task.