The aim of this project was for students to explore a range of mark making techniques, then choose the most suitable for their landscape ideas. The outcomes were painted (and printed) landscapes, focusing on movement, atmosphere and texture. The brief was: Many artists are inspired by landscapes. Some draw or paint from direct observation, others […]
Read more "GCSE Art Scheme of Work: Landscape & Mark Making"I have previously posted a series of lessons explaining how students have studied various ways of making marks. This is part of a landscape scheme of work, where students will create a landscape based on their memories. This was a GCSE art and design scheme of work, and you can find the other lessons for […]
Read more "KS4 Art & Design: Mark Making [Lesson 6]"I am working on a project with KS4 Art & Design pupils with the intention of creating an abstract landscape based on childhood memories. So far we have explored some mark-making techniques in watercolour and ink: Dashes (creating tone) Pointillism (blending colours into one another) Dashes and daubs (creating movement) Ink (using tools such as […]
Read more "KS4 ART & DESIGN: MARK MAKING [LESSON 5]"Following on from our previous lesson in mark making, which focussed on using the paintbrush in a new way and trying different pointillist techniques, this lesson is aimed at developing those skills. On the board I showed some work by Van Gogh and questioned the group about how the painting made them feel, how the […]
Read more "KS4 Art & Design: Mark Making [Lesson 4]"After our introduction to mark-making using watercolours, we moved on to looking at Pointillism as a technique. I introduced new artists to look at, then set out the objectives. I chose three artists as a reference and included some keywords for pupils to focus on when choosing images to print out, asking pupils to print […]
Read more "KS4 Art & Design: Mark Making [Lesson 3]"KS4. Second lesson in mark-making and painting using watercolours.
Read more "KS4 Art & Design: Mark Making [Lesson 2]"KS4. First lesson in a new painting project exploring mark-making.
Read more "KS4 Art & Design: Mark Making [Lesson 1]"My KS4 Y10 art students have been working on a Life & Death project, with the aim of creating two smaller final pieces rather than one large one. The final pieces are made up of a cast (in modroc) inspired by Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place‘ along with a series of intaglio prints. The printmaking process […]
Read more "KS4 Art Lessons: Intaglio Printmaking"I love teaching this Abstract Still Life painting project! I have used it with lots of different year 8 groups and they have all enjoyed it and made great progress. The outcomes are all different and students like being able to see how they can improve their work each week, even when they tell me […]
Read more "KS3 Art Scheme of Work: Abstract Still Life"I have used this site (so far) to share schemes of work, lessons and resources for art lessons, so I thought it could be useful to share how I go about creating those schemes of work in the first place. By ‘scheme of work’, I mean an overview or plan for a series of art […]
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