Page consists of: Artist facts to fill in, artists analysis and an artist copy. Students can complete this either as a homework research or in lesson task.

A quick and useful guide for students transitioning from Primary school to secondary school - with useful key words, a basic colour wheel and a labeled diagram of tonal shading. A few simple questions for students to fill in to ready them - and to check what they have learned from Primary school. This can be used as a starter activity towards the beginning of year 7 and as an introductory piece for their time at Secondary school. Can also be stuck in the front of student books for them to refer back to.

This how to sheet focuses on how to paint a leaf using watercolour to build up the texture and tones within. This is a step by step worksheet guide designed to help students as a visual aid/demonstration. With pictures alongside instructions to show students the full process.

Scheme for Year 7 Colour theory, includes: Colour theory painting template Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artist link with in depth research on ‘The End of Greece’ Student examples of Hundertwasser research page and artist copies Hundertwasser common characteristic starter worksheet Matisse inspiration images and common characteristics sheet Kandinsky artist inspiration images and common characteristics sheet

Andy Warhol research sheet/homework to prepare for a Pop art project - includes Artist research with 5 bullet-point options, artist analysis and a space for an artist copy. Complete with artist images and detailed explanation in the blue box at the top to further instruct students.

Year 7 Kandinsky powerpoint - introductory lesson, starting Shapes piece and working in the style of Kandinsky. Homework - Kandinsky research sheet with 3 areas: artist facts, artwork analysis and artist copy.

Lesson pack includes: -Michael Landy Artist research homework sheet. Roots photographs Michael Landy powerpoint for observational drawing (with student examples and common characteristics slides) Michael Landy Etching Ideally this pack would be able to facilitate 3-4 lessons with observational drawing and etching skills being developed.

PowerPoint for GCSE starting point theme of Nature - can be used to help guide students through a mindmap and visual mindmap to find their own subtheme and begin brainstorming their own ideas.

Powerpoint lesson walk through - emphasis on visual examples from previous students work, with bullet point/note style explanations of the key things students need to consider when working towards their own final piece idea. Colour coded breakdown of all four Assessment objectives (AQA) to guide students and show them how each AO links in with their final piece and final idea development.

Lesson pack includes: -Formal elements observational drawing, starter worksheet. -Artist copy demonstration slide (step by step examples) What a good one looks like - student examples and reasons why. Giorgio Morandi research slide and artist images to create a research in student sketchbooks. Giorgio Morandi artist sketch copy worksheet and fact sheet (could be used as homeworks or lesson starters).

Year 9 lesson introduction to Surrealism Art movement, lesson powerpoint includes: Art history - how the Surrealism art movement was founded. Artist research - Looking in depth at Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali. Whilst also mentioning the influences of Surrealism such as Andre Breton and Max Ernst. Common characteristics - what visual traits are most common in the artwork - such as subject matter, use of colour, the style of the work etc. This is a guide to help students better understand the work and to give a foundation for how to work in the Surrealism style.

Worksheets to be used with Pop Art/comic book scheme of work, students to analyse the visual characteristics of comic books and use literacy skills to write about these. Comic book design sheets - diffrentiated to help those students less able with their drawing skills - templates with volumetric figure drawing in two different poses available. Additionally a volumetric superhero pose sheet for the higher ability students to be challenged.

Using the elements of shape and colour - working in the style of Henri Matisse taking inspiration from his work to draw a pattern using organic shapes and colouring them in using primary and secondary colours. This worksheet is aimed at KS3 year 7 and includes artist reference images, a space for the students to draw and a smaller green box for the evaluation.

A Powerpoint lesson to be used alongside portrait drawing - to help aid the teaching of proportions and how to create an accurate proportion based portrait drawing. Worksheets on portrait drawing practice included as an additional resource.

Lesson powerpoint on how to refine experimentation work in Art GCSE. Powerpoint runs through AQA definition of AO2, includes student visual examples and breaks down with easy to digest notes. Also includes a page with a picture - for teacher to demonstrate how to edit photographs on Microsoft Powerpoint.

Learning Journey poster/worksheet Can be put at the front of students books or presented clearly in classrooms, shows all topics and skills which students will learn over the 3 years of KS3 and how this knowledge can be applied to GCSE.

Lesson includes: Common characteristics starter activity. Eric Joyner artist research page. Success Criteria in written form and visual examples of previous students work (What a good one looks like). Breakdown of a level 3, 4 and 5 with these visual examples - gives students a clearer idea of how to improve their own work.

Worksheet for year 7 colour theory - to create a scene using either only warm or only cold colours. Marking table with space for self, peer and teacher assessment. As well as detailed task description and inspiration images on the sheet.

A bank of images for GCSE art with a focus on the theme of nature - also includes some useful notes to students for which artists would fit with different subthemes. Can be used to help guide GCSE students with their artist research - and to help them discover new artists/techniques.

Sgraffito lesson aimed at GCSE but could be used and adapted for KS3. Lesson gives an introduction and explanation to the type of work, then a step-by-step guide with pictures is provided to guide all students to success. Additionally there is a sheet of example images for when students are doing their own piece - inspiration board.