-Need to motivate a group of GCSE Art & Design students? -Looking for a decent way to get them to focus in on preparing for their exam? -Want to show visual examples of high-quality and poor-quality GCSE exam outcomes? Use this assembly resource to inspire your cohort to start taking some initiative TODAY.

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

One of my favourite lessons to teach. Now your students can enjoy it too! Featuring differentiated resources and a skill-building handout ready to print. Everything you need for a dynamite lesson all included in this ppt. Just add fineliners… and students. -Empower your students by teaching them how to skilfully use the ink wash technique against success criteria -Learn about the dark art of Goya and Redon and link to Beginning/and/or End -3 ready-to-print skill worksheets offering different levels of challenge -Includes a variety of Goya and Redon images for students to work from -Differentiated with key art vocabulary in 8 different languages -Reflection plenary questions to deepen learning and self-evaluate

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

Use this lesson to introduce GCSE or A-level students to the conceptual art movement of DADAism and have them create their own random collages and automatic poetry. Includes: -Introduction to DADAism in Art -Instructions for how to create a DADAist collage -Instructions for how to create automatic poetry -words to print out & use for automatic poetry -examples of intended outcome -homework tasks

An 'egg-cellent' way to push your students to draw and paint from observation without 'crackin' a sweat. We used this activity as a 5 hour practical art exam. Includes: -2 lessons: Exam activity & imaginative response -Step-by-step instructions for success -Assessment criteria -Visual examplars -Links to relevant artists All you need to do now is go buy some eggs!

A-level and GCSE students will enjoy learning about Ursus Wehrli in this introduction to DECONSTRUCTIVISM in Art. -Differentiated Assessment Criteria for a deconstructive collage task -Definition of Deconstructivism -Guided Annotation -Homework assignment

Use this resource to get your students drawing portraits using tone & the observational method. This resource includes instructions for 2 different skills and could cover 3-4 lessons: 1- Self-portrait drawing from observation 2- Half-portrait of a celebrity. Differentiated targets for Stretch & Challenge, More able and less able students.

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

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

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

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

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

A favourite lesson to engage students with painting techniques while giving them a chance to be innovative I've used this project with years 7 up to year 9 and the results are always interesting. Includes everything you need for a watercolour painting project (just add paints, brushes & students) -worksheets -examples of outcome -success criteria -videos -cross-curricular links L.O.1: To learn about Van Gogh and reinvent one of his Masterpieces using our own original ideas. L.O.2: To develop our painting and composition skills. L.O.3: To use our knowledge to create a work of art that explores the following elements of Art: line, texture & movement. Enjoy!

**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.

Bring in a bag of strawberry laces to ensure this lesson is a hit. I used this resource to help my students learn the importance of knots and to have some knot-tying practice. Our Textiles mission: To learn how to tie a variety of knots and decide which ones are most appropriate for our future projects. Features: Video clips, success criteria, historical information about knots, fun facts, step-by-step instruction & more.

Perfect for KS3 or KS4 Art & Design lessons, just print & go! Includes: Slides with full instructions & link to a step by step video clip Choice of 2 worksheets ready to use

Just print & go! Easy to use festive Zentangle worksheets with examples of outcome, pattern ideas and a template for students to draw inside of. Great for a cover lesson, to use during form time or to help students become calm and focused.