A simple baseline test which focuses on student’s prior knowledge of Art from Primary School learning - looking at the 6 visual elements (colour, texture, line, tone and pattern). Additionally - a transition sheet with key terms and small tasks for students to complete, the idea is to ease them into secondary Art learning and provide basic art’s knowledge on what they will be studying for the year ahead.

Year 9 ‘Do Now’ activities booklet related to projects of Natural forms and portraiture. Looking at a range of artists such as: Gustav Klimt, Veerle Symoens and Emma Dibben. The booklet includes activities such as: Wordsearches and crosswords focusing on key words and terms. Common characteristics and analysis worksheets for the relevant artists. Geometric pattern drawing worksheets Pattern practice for Gustav Klimt Artist research pages Composition understanding worksheet Klimt and Symoens comparison worksheet Portrait practice drawing worksheets with step by step helpsheets Natural forms tonal seashell drawing Leaf drawing worksheet - tonal shading and colour pencil Developing watercolour skills Emma Dibben analysis and common characteristics

Assessment covers all year 7 topics, such as the visual elements of art: Colour theory, texture, line, tone, shape and pattern. With artist references and theory questions for Colour theory, artist knowledge and understanding of key words, such as with tonal shading. Artists covered include: Nikki Farquharson, Vincent Van Gogh, Wassilly Kandinsky and Henri Matisse. Assessments complete with grade boundaries and boxes for students to self-evaluated (whats working well, what to improve/work on before my next assessment). Answers booklet also included for teacher marking.

End of year 8 assessment - topics include, Cubism, Artist analysis and research skills, Surrealism, portrait drawing and portrait theory. A good assessment for SOW surrounding abstract, identity or projects centered around either Cubism or Surrealism. Pack includes student assessment (blank) and a teacher copy with answers for marking, assessment layout includes grade boundaries and self-evaluation boxes for students to assess their marks/skills upon return of teacher marking.

Assessment for year 8 students, with grade boundaries and easy evaluation boxes for students own reflection. Assessment covers topics mainly for Cubism, with artist questions about Pablo Picasso. Also Portrait drawing and proportion questions - a good end of term test for SOW around either identity, Cubism or abstract. Student test copies and answer sheet for teachers included.

Lesson includes: (25 slides with worksheets, examples and guides) Geometric and Organic shape Key words Hatching practice worksheet Hatching examples Line and shape visual examples and patterns Zentangle patterns Zentangle video link and ‘how to’ guide WAGGOL’s and student example work Presenting work breakdown Zentangle circles example Zentangle circle piece step by step guide Zentangle sphere pattern example sheet Zentangle Pyramid extension task Zentangle pyramid example pictures/WAGGOLS and template Nikki Farquharson Artist research Nikki Farquharson Common characteristics worksheet Hair line pattern examples Hair line student examples/WAGGOLS - in both black and white and colour. Lesson plan has been designed for a Year 7 curriculum - could work for Year 6 at KS2, or up to Year 8 in KS3.

Powerpoint with Andy Warhol Artist research - for students to read through, highlight key points and gain a better understanding of one of the main artist’s behind the rise of pop art. Worksheets include: -Artist blend between the campbells soup can and Monroe portrait, to create the ultimate pop art piece. Detailed written guidance and visuals/artist reference for help. Superhero logo design, students to use the worksheet to design a logo for their own Superhero in the pop-art style. To be painting with acrylic paint using cell/block shading to capture pop art style. Pop art painting - to design a symbol/something to represent the hero and paint in a pop art style. Visual examples and pictures given to help students with this process.

Scheme of work for a Year 8 project surrounding the theme of Pop Art. Scheme includes: Artist research templates for Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol Student example work for Roy Lichtenstein artist copy and artist research page Common characteristics for Lichtenstein and Warhol (Starter activity) Retrieval starter questions for Lichtenstein Experimental drawing techniques plan What a good one looks like… experimental drawing examples Product packaging drawings and example of outcomes with Pop Art background Templates for colouring in - Pop Art backgrounds Typography Pop Art examples Sarah Graham artist research Sarah Graham Common Characteristics starter sheet Contour drawing research Example work of observational drawing inspired by Artist Sarah Graham Sarah Graham templates for painting

Photoshop Guide for Adobe Photoshop CS6 - To be used with Photography GCSE or A Level students. This powerpoint is 45 slides and gives a step by step guide with annotated images and guidance on how to use photoshop to create interesting images. Powerpoint also includes some Artist/Photographer references with relevant editing techniques inspired by their work. The different techiques covered include: How to make a contact sheet Black and White Editing Simple editing: Brightness and Contrast Colour Pop technique How to use the lasso tool effectively How to use the Blur tool How to use the Smudge tool Development of Smudge and Sharpen tool Circle editing Randy Grskovic inspired Circle Editing Jean Faucher inspired Circle editing with colour hues and overlapping Texture inspired Sharpening tool development (Aaron Siskind inspired) Edward Weston, Aaron Siskind and Cedric Pollet artist blend/Colour strip edit Layering two images using the Gradient tool and opacity Creating a Kaleidoscope