-Use this ppt to start your KS3 students onto a baseline drawing, working from any object. (We use this at the beginning of the year to assess ability on entry and collect a sample of existing skill). -Succinctly explain what observational drawing is and get your students to practice the skill right away. Featuring: -Instructions for the activity -6 Steps to success -Tonal chart Just add: Objects, pencils, paper and students.

I assigned this to my new GCSE groups so that students could continue improving their drawing and knowledge while at home. A challenging mini unit of work based on Iain Macarthur’s animal illustrations (line, pattern, detail etc) that offers choice and includes opportunities to develop a range of technical skills and demonstrate creativity. Organised into the following tasks: -Knowledge -Interpretation -Practice -Inspiration -Final piece My students enjoyed it and the outcomes were decent. I hope your students enjoy it too!

4 worksheets to use to introduce Mehndi designs. Great to use as a cover lesson.

In this lesson there is a focus on literacy in introducing students to the element of TEXTURE in Art.

Unit of work for year 7

I used this to begin a unit on Van Gogh’s Starry night to teach brush control to my year 7’s.

Need a quick, engaging cover lesson for your KS3 art students? 2 for 1 on cover lessons: -Design a Wassily Kandinsky Google Logo for your school -Keith Harring Creativity Test worksheet

Use this resource to help your students create level 8 and 9 artist research pages for the 2023 exam theme of LOCK! Includes: Checklist for what is required in an artist research SEMI writing framework & an example of how to use it Visual & written exemplars Tips for top marks Success Criteria for each grade- 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1… A choice of several relevant artists that your students will like.

Need a quick homework to keep your GCSE students working on creating evidence for their Art portfolio for Beginning/End over the Easter break? Use this! Features... -Checklist of holiday activities -Focus on Researching artists & exploring personal interests -Exemplars of A/B/C quality work -AO4 Idea mindmap

Use this to show your students how to use the grid method to draw a realistic portrait.

**INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENT USE Tip: Use this framework as a guide to organise your self-assessment writing whenever we do www & ebi. Look carefully at your work and think of what www (use the vocabulary in the green to help you). Working from left to right choose words from each section to build a sentence to evaluate your work. Repeat for ebi (use the vocabulary in the yellow to help you). -Make sure you write using complete sentences. -Make sure your sentences make sense. -Ensure you are being honest about your work.

I created this to use for an interview lesson with a group of Year 9 boys. I had a lot of fun teaching the lesson, all students were engaged, learning and making progress… and I got the job. Includes powerpoint & lesson plan. Just add: paper, markers, wire, masking tape, scissors/wire cutters and students Learning Objectives & Outcomes: -To understand and reflect on the purpose of a portrait, using key terms -To create an abstract, dimensional portrait, developing problem-solving skills while working with wire We look at a classic Velazques and compare it with Bacon’s reinterpretation Key words: -line -continuous line drawing -sculpture -shape -abstract -portrait Enjoy!

Use this ppt to clearly explain the rules and promote positive behaviour for learning in your Art classroom. Includes: -Rules -Reasons why we should follow the rules -What happens when we do/don't -An introduction to Art & definition -Video links to clips that highlight the importance of studying Art.

Explains what D.I.R.T. time is and how to make it an effective practice at your school.

Feedback cards offering specific targets for improvement for 3 different levels of challenge.

Use the Assessment sheet & powerpoint to help your students push themselves further in their art lessons.

Introduce your students to Keith Haring's Art and have them creatively reinvent the middle of one of his designs. -I recommend printing out copies of the slide shown for students to work into. -I've used this lesson as a baseline Creativity Test for Year 7

I used this with my Year 9s and got some really great results back Iain McArthur and Birds Includes: A Checklist the explains clearly exactly what to do. Example outcomes A range of activities that develop … -Knowledge -Analysis -Skills …all leading to a challenging and fun final outcome This could be 2 or 3 lesson’s worth of work easily.

100% Ready to download, print out and use! Several hours of focused tasks to keep your cohort busy all summer all on one page! -10 different summer Art challenges to inspire, engage and enthuse your students towards success in their Art GCSE. -Each is linked to the Art GCSE Assessment Objectives -Hyperlinks to helpful websites and practical tasks -Build cultural capital, photography and drawing skills, experimentation and much more!

Use this resource to get your GCSE students interested in and researching Artists to earn marks for Assessment Objective 1. Featuring: -Wide range of artists to choose from (with an intro blurb to each) -Breakdown of Assessment Objective 1 -Criteria for Success