I am Head of Art in a mixed comprehensive school teaching Art and Phtoography for Year 7-13. Resources are mainly powerpoints and worksheets i have developed over the years for SOWs.
I am Head of Art in a mixed comprehensive school teaching Art and Phtoography for Year 7-13. Resources are mainly powerpoints and worksheets i have developed over the years for SOWs.
Worksheet which models the thinking process when planning a final outcome for GCSE photography. Some Example images of work to illustrate how ideas can be refined. Focus on A04.
Worksheet designed for KS5 photography lesson to create a collage using shapes . Ideal activity for students to respond to an artist and also learn different ways to experiment with photoshop. Worksheet also includes an example high level piece of work.
This resource has been created for A Level Photography students but could equally be used with GCSE. The aim is to build understanding of Photographic genres and movements away from the classroom which may influence their coursework and related study. It is also really useful for Blended learning or if students are isolated as they can work through the booklet at home.
This booklet contains mini research projects on:
Diarism
Staged Tableaux
Surrealism
Candid Portrait
Each section contains: overview of genre and key artists, a key word search, some video links, some spaces to research key art work and photographers and a short practical project to show understanding of genre.
For independent Work this aims to cover 8 weeks of Individual study time if used in conjunction with lessons or could be used Blended learning to cover 1 month of home learning.
Range of worksheets for KS3 cover lessons looking at a range of artists and art movements. All cover designed to require pencil/colour pencil only to ensure ease. Each sheet includes images and success criteria. Most will require plain paper.
Cover sheets include:
Cubist Christmas card
Karl blossfeldt drawing
Lichtenstein's onomatopoeic lettering (including colouring in for low ability)
Peter Randall Page drawing
African pattern
Futurism Magazine cover
Street Art title
This project is great for introducing GCSE students to some basic photography skills. Powerpoint contains 16 slides of contemporary portrait photographers with ideas on how to digitally and physically develop photographs. Powerpoint also contains some lesson objectives and examples of students sketchbook pages for presentation purposes. Lastly it contains inspiration and images on how students could develop their individual direction by planning their own photoshoot.
Writing Frame with sentence starters for annotating a contact sheet- suitable for GCSE or A level photography.
Two Example slides of GCSE contact sheets
This is a complete Graffiti SOW used for year 9 art students and It is a very popular sow with students. The SOW is shown in a Powerpoint and starts with tagging as a starting point where students learn how to create 3D letters and a personalised tag. Students then convert their initial into a 3D street art letter based on Alecks Cruz work (handout on artist also included) and later learn how to create stencils. Also included is street artist resource sheet with images from other street artists.
Powerpoint includes success criterias, peer assessments and exemplar work from teacher and students.
SOW used for year 7's to teach colour theory and observational drawing skills. SOW centred around the work of Wayne Thiebaud looking at his depictions of cakes and sweets. Students learn to draw cakes and biscuits from observation and how to mix watercolour. Students develop work into a 3D modrock cupcake. Step by step guide on to make a mod rock cupcake also included.
Designed for Year 9 based on ‘Close-up’ and inspired by Georgia O’Keefe. Powerpoint teaches:
How to create a study of 'Keefe
How to record observations through photography in response to an artist
How to create close up painting
Powerpoint includes learning objectives, success criteria and examples of work.
Also includes final painting assessment grid, and worksheet for experimenting with blending paint/oil pastels.
This is a SOW used at Year 9 to learn how futurist artists show speed and motion in their work. Students will learn how to complete an artist study, draw modern transport/technology and learn how to turn this into a futurism inspired piece of work.
Powerpoint includes many exemplars and success criteria for each piece of work
Two worksheets which suggest 16 different ways to experiment with layers and shapes on photoshop. Includes examples of how you can apply these to the same photos along with and basic instructions.
Ideal for GCSE photography lessons where students have a basic understanding of photoshop techniques and access to computers during cover lessons.
Knowledge organiser with Key word, definition and synonym targetted at Year 12 A level art/photography. Definitions adapted to support understanding of the course.
Powerpoint covering series of lessons creating a 3D cardboard fish suitable for Primary-Year 7 based around a Japanese SOW
Photos of examples and how to achieve included.
Short Project used at the start of a photography course with the aim of teaching about shooting from angles and editing photos into black and white. Includes examples of students sketchbook pages
Includes:
Rodchenko photoshoot helpsheet
Powerpoint
Photoshop worksheet
Short project based around african print. Students learn to draw African print and work into a collagraph plate that will be used to create a rotational pattern print. This was a short project used for a Year 8 group during an observation.
This is a unit of work designed for Year 7s but is also suitable for Year 8. It teaches studenst the following:
Understand what a still life is
How to create illusion of form with tone
How to use mark making to create form
How to draw a still life from observation
How to create mark making in monoprint
How to convert a Still Life into a cubist still life
Work is inspired by Giorgio Morandi and cubism
This is a rich powerpoint with images of example work collected over a few years of delivering project. In depth success criteria and learning objectives are clear on every slide.
Perfect lesson for the last week of term or for a cover lesson for Key Stage Three Art class. Students design a christmas card based on cubist use of geometric shapes and planes. Worksheets includes a step by step scaffold for lower ability student.
This pack includes all you need to get started with shutter speed in GCSE photography. Powerpoint to support the introduction of shutter speed with a practical activity.
Powerpoint includes instructions and artists examples. We focused on slow shutter speed in practical work and includes my students examples of shutter speed work along with success criteria.
Powerpoint goes on to give students ways toe experiement with blurring on photoshop with examples.
Separate writing frame also included to support students writing about shutter speed in their annotations.