Art Lesson Ideas, Plans, Free Resources, Project Plans, and Schemes of Work. An 'outstanding' art teacher in Greater Manchester. Teaching KS3 and KS4 art and design.
Ever set an artist research task, then spent the next lesson trying to work out who actually completed it? I’ve created something that will help… 😊 🎨 I’ve made FREE interactive Artist Research Quizzes for secondary and GCSE Art students. They’re ideal for homework, cover lessons or independent artist research. Students explore an artist’s work, […]
Read More Free Artist Quizzes for Art LessonsHow to Analyse Art: A Guide for Art Students, Teenagers and… Anyone else asking ‘what does it mean?’ 🖼️ 💡 If you’re looking for help with your art annotations, or help writing about art in general, click here to use the GCSE Art Annotation Assistant. Ever looked at a piece of art and thought… What […]
Read More How to Analyse ArtI designed this GCSE art drypoint etching project with the intention of having students understand the different applications of mark-making drawing techniques, and getting an insight into a simple but effective printing process. The drypoint etching technique is one of my favourites as it is so versatile and can be done without any specialist printing […]
Read More GCSE Art Project: Drypoint EtchingI designed this GCSE Art Scheme of Work based around OBJECTS. The project allows all students to meet the AQA assessment objectives, and I wanted a project that was broad enough for students to personalise their work. Students researched how artists use ‘objects’ as sources of inspiration, then experimented with materials and their own ideas. […]
Read More GCSE Art Project – ObjectsThe aim of this GCSE Art ‘Skills Training’ project is to teach some ‘essential art techniques‘ that I think students should try to master in order to successfully complete their GCSE course. This art project is the first scheme of work I teach when students start in Year 10 (KS4). Essentially, I wanted to develop […]
Read More GCSE Art Project – Skills TrainingAs it is so challenging for students to achieve a Grade 9 in GCSE Art & Design, I thought it would be useful to share some Grade 9 Art project examples. If you’re wondering how to get a Grade 9 in GCSE art, these projects might be able to help! Stop making every art lesson […]
Read More Grade 9 GCSE Art ExamplesMy GCSE Art students have been working on an art project titled The Blue Planet. We designed this project to be open-ended so students could work independently and really stretch their ideas. The outcomes were fantastic and showed a great range of techniques, skills and ideas which were realised to a really high standard. We […]
Read More GCSE Art Scheme of Work: The Blue PlanetThe aim of this GCSE Landscape and Mark Making art project was designed for students to explore a range of painted mark making techniques, then choose the most suitable to develop into their landscape ideas. The full scheme of work for this GCSE Art Landscape & Mark-Making Project is available on TES here OR on […]
Read More GCSE Art Scheme of Work: Landscape & Mark Making