A simple one-off hour cover lesson for KS3 Art, based on the formal element, tone. Ideal for a year 7 group. Resource includes learning intention, opportunity for literacy focus, peer assessment, practical formative assessment and chance to develop skills using mixed media. Students define the key term in their own words or with a dictionary depending on the ability of the class, then review their understanding of what ‘tone’ is, with a practical starter activity. Opportunity for Q&A and discussion to clarify any misconceptions. Teacher discussion to assist students to set their own success criteria. Examples could be: *- Keep looking at the object when drawing; *- Draw out the basic shapes with light pencil marks before adding detail; *- Use lines to layer up and make even tone on the surface of the cutlery. Students then use the lesson to produce a practical response using pencil and biro. Resources with exemplar work are attached and could be printed two-sided. Students can use peer assessment as a plenary and opportunity to set themselves a target for next lesson.

A simple one-off hour cover lesson for KS3 Art, based on the theme word ‘Identity’. Ideal for a year 9 group. Resource includes learning intention, starter, link to graphic design, peer assessment and chance to develop skills using personal interests. Teacher should provide: Printed resources Pencils Colour crayons Students learn about typography as one of the ‘pillars of graphic design’ and look at examples of creative typography that already exists. Students use resources provided and their own hobbies and interests to produce two possible designs for a final outcome. Students can use peer assessment as a plenary and opportunity to set themselves a target, then used refine into a large scale outcome.

This is an introduction lesson to Graphic Design, suitable for year 6, 7 and 8. Students use Adobe Photoshop to produce a ‘glitched’ Roman bust. Required: Computers Exemplar images Access to Adobe suite Printers This lesson can be completed in 45 minutes to an hour, and only requires pre-downloaded images and Photoshop. During this lesson, students will use the step-by-step instructions to adjust the colour, use the marquee tool, the move tool and the filter selection to produce a glitched portrait. A great intro to Photoshop - students can learn basic quick commands like “ctrl&+ / -” to zoom in and out “ctrl&z” to go back a step, “ctrl&shift&z” to go forwards a step; plus basic tools such as move, marquee and filter gallery. Students can make it personal to them by choosing their own image, adding a galaxy and as many horizontal glitches as they choose.