I've been an art and design educator for 10 years. Working in both the UK and internationally. I believe it is incredibly important to nurture globally-minded students who are able to communicate visually and apply critical thinking to the art and media we all consume daily.
I've been an art and design educator for 10 years. Working in both the UK and internationally. I believe it is incredibly important to nurture globally-minded students who are able to communicate visually and apply critical thinking to the art and media we all consume daily.
A display resource with 25 illustrations of women artists, this collection takes your students through four centuries of female artistic brilliance. From the Baroque to Contemporary visionaries, each page portrays the diverse talents of women artists who’ve left an indelible mark on the art world. More than just a visual resource; it’s a celebration of resilience, creativity, and the power of women’s voices. Created to help address the deficit in student knowledge of women in art due to the cultural collective.
Print onto card stock and display around you classroom.
Artist inspiration and resources for the 2022 IB MYP PCUP - touching on 5 different issues of the 21st century; technology, humanitarian violations, refugee crisis, environmental and ecological damage, and waste and conspicuous consumption. Artists featured come from across the globe and there is a balance of genders, some artists are mid career and some are very well established. As the PCUP states 21st century all artworks featured have been made within the last 22 years and every image is referenced for ease of use by students. I have opened with the questions taken from the PCUP. For less than the price of a coffee you will receive an editable PowerPoint which you could either use as is, or add to if desired, and a printable PDF file.
Formal elements and principles of art on one page, great for the back of a book for students to refer to when analysing artworks or talking about their work.
Two pages of fun, simple coverwork with full explanation on the worksheet. Students have three templates to first design a sneaker and a larger template to resolve their final design.
Equipment needed:
colour pencils
worksheet
This scheme of learning meets the intersection of Art and Design in a cross-curricular project. From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary encourages students to think creatively whilst designing a shoe/sneaker themed around the ocean.
Outcomes: Watercolour illustration and cardboard sculpture of a sneaker or shoe
Examples of tasks:
Moodboard
Observational drawing
Isometric drawings
Design ideas
Art analysis
Product analysis
Cardboard sculpture
Artists:
Manolo Blahnik
Ken Solomon
TOK questions for IB curriculum. Starter questions which includes opportunities for class discussion and debate.
Resourced with five pages of high-quality reference images and one ready-to-print for art analysis task. Includes two pages of simple worksheets; for differentiation or cover work. Notes in the teacher note section with additional questioning prompts.
Lots of room for adaption, you can omit the design tasks, change the medium for the outcomes or include additional artists. In the past, I have had classes create miniature clay sculptures of their shoe instead of cardboard and these came out beautifully too.
Created from the need to simplify ACCESS FM product analysis for younger students. The worksheet helps students organise their thinking and reminds them of the useful acronym with a question prompt for each letter. The product analysis worksheet could also be used in a cover lesson.
This lesson can be used as part of a portraiture sol or as a stand alone leadership activity or as a cover lesson led by a non specialist, it could even be a lovely way to end a term on an academic note with a fun activity. It is a versatile lesson well resourced with a pp looking at the artist Bisa Butler, introducing the way she uses colour, leadership questions with examples of young leaders from different background and an art activity aimed at primary students which can be completed with just the print outs and colour pencil.
Ready to print class sets of scaffolded analysis. Included in the download is an editable blank version for you to add your own questions and differentiate for your classes needs. 6 question sheets for generic, photography, sculpture and portraiture plus a blank sheet. Options to drop in a picture of the artwork to be explored before printing or print the worksheet in greyscale and have students glue a picture on to save colour printing costs.
An editable art analysis worksheet aimed at students aged 8 - 11. The questions around the edge follow on from each other asking students to think in different ways, information gathering, exploring feelings to imaginative thinking.
Principals of art worksheet can be used in a variety of ways, starters, plenaries, cover and distance learning. Great for a variety of age ranges and skills use them to practice shading, blending, and mark making.
This formal elements of art worksheet makes a nice change from a rectangular tonal bar for students to practice shading, blending, and mark making. Can be used in a variety of ways as starters and plenaries, cover and distance learning. Have your students try different skills in each word. How could they link the word to the skill practice? Great for a variety of age ranges particularly my year 7 and 8 students have enjoyed practicing their colour pencil blending.
20 pages of high resolution colour photographs of still life arrangements. Great for use when you are unable to set up still life arrangements in the classroom or for at home drawing practice.
Two files are included one with the images and a second with the images and a grid laid over to help students of all levels.
These can be printed and laminated to be used over and over, for individual lessons or for home learning.
Using a long life milk carton or juice carton you can introduce students to the etching process in a low cost effective way. In this workshop students are introduced to the etching technique asked theory of knowledge questions and taken through the process. Student examples are also included at a variety of ability levels. Materials needed are juice boxes or cartons with silver foil interior. I ask staff to drop off almond milk/longlife milk cartons to the art dept for recycling. sharp needles or sharp compasses are also needed. This workshop lends itself well to any theme students may be working on.
Screen printing workshop perfect for IB/GCSE/iGCSE/Alevel. Designed to be split over two lessons or as a day or half day workshop. Covers “how to” for stencil method or photo emulsion and how to print. Asks students to research the history of the technique and includes two Theory of Knowledge (IB) questions
A comprehensive list of over 100 questions to help students analyse and critically assess artworks. This resource is aimed at teachers and could be used by embedding questions into schemes of learning, incorporated into your questioning repertoire or in the creation of resources for your students.
9 different tonal shading worksheets designed for KS3 or KS4. These sheets can be used as exercises in class to support observational skills or set as homework or cover. Each worksheet covers a different aspect of tonal shading and observation from applying shading to 2D shapes to turn them into 3D forms to looking at complex textures and reflections in glass. Perfect for emailing home. Worksheets have also been differentiated for left handed learners.
25 high quality photos of different textures. Animal skin, fur, scales and feathers. Wood, water, stone, plants, earth and ice. Fantastic for printing and laminating for students to reference and draw from. Observational studies, texture experiments, references for painting or sketching. There are many great ways to use this collection of images.
Two fantastic complete cover lessons with variations to give students choice. Great for KS3 or KS4. Students can complete these one the page or in their sketchbooks. One cover lesson asks students to draw food items in the style of Andy Warhol, Sarah Graham or Wayne Thiebaud considering their styles and techniques and how to incorporate them into their work. The second cover lesson is an observational drawing task either tonal drawing using mark making or colour pencil focused on blending colours. With 7 variations this is a comprehensive pack with each task also differentiated for left handed learners there are 14 page in total.