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Free art lessons, resources and schemes of work for both KS3 and GCSE art and design projects. Each Artist Profile also has a free worksheet you can download to use in your lessons.
It sounds bad to say but “I’m making this project up as I go along” 😂 as in, it’s not finished yet! I’m creating the home learning Cubism Scheme of Work for my KS3 (Year 9) classes and I am going to add lessons weekly depending on how my students respond to it and how […]
Read More KS3 Art – Cubism Home Learning ProjectI have made this home learning KS3 Op Art project for our Year 7 students to work on during lockdown, but it could easily be used for Year 8 or Year 9 (or maybe even art cover lessons?). I have been teaching these Op Art lessons online via Google Classroom. I have designed this Op […]
Read More KS3 Art – Op Art Home Learning ProjectI have made this KS3 Still Life art project for our Year 9 students to work on over Summer, but it could easily be used for any other groups (I think!). The idea for our students is that they will complete the artwork over Summer and it will be used as a starting point for […]
Read More KS3 Art – Still Life Home Learning ProjectAre you looking for helpful websites full of art project ideas, lessons or schemes of work? Great news… I have put together an extensive list of excellent websites that have a full range of materials and resources for teaching and making art. Get art resources sent straight to your email: Whether you are a trainee […]
Read More Useful Websites for Art TeachersI love this painting project because it introduces basic colour theory and you can add a range of different challenges each lesson. By the end of the project students are able to identify and mix paints to correctly have secondary and tertiary colours, and use their knowledge to create unique and vibrant final painted outcomes. […]
Read More KS3 Art Scheme of Work: Colour TheoryThinking about how to use technology in the classroom has never been more important and that’s no different for us art teachers! Despite assumptions by some that students can just ‘draw a picture’… I have found that using technology in the art classroom can be a fantastic way of engaging boys too. I’m really into […]
Read More VR in the Art Classroom (with Google Cardboard)