This is a resource to introduce Year 7 to Art & Design starting with a baseline test through all the basic elements.

The PowerPoint is a terms project about learning how to draw a self portrait with built in starters success criteria and printable resources. Starting with a title page, a mind mapping, and a little test to show current knowledge, the following lessons are staged in sections to practise and learn how to draw in proportion and each feature of the face before students draw their own portrait as a whole. All of which can be adjusted.

I have created displays for the wall. They are to highlight the visual elements and the principles of composition. There are two elements to each A4 page with a description in a word document, so you can alter them to suit your needs.

This is a powerpoint the leads through drawing an eye to then making one in cardboard. each stage comes with success criteria, starter activities, everything that is needed to guide an entire project except the marking sheet!

This is a project i have used with KS3. The unit of work is designed to explore colour themes and composition. i have also added the worksheets that I used with my groups for different abilities. There is also a pages of individual numbers that can be printed and used to trace where needed.

This is an adaptable project I have used in KS3, even with non specialists, hence there are notes with most of the slides. It comes with photographs of some of my pre-made still lifes’ on the flat, starter activities and stretch & challenge tasks. The students will learn how to make a quick viewfinder, develop their knowledge about composition, and can produce a piece either as a drawing or a painting. Or it can be adapted to suit your needs.

This is a self led project written during lockdown with the restriction of materials and tools in mind, primarily using mobile phone photography. The project is based on artists such as: The Boyle Family, Henry Moore, Ian Murphy and more in mind. Students are able to explore a range of photographic options, imagining objects and surface in and out of the home. If access to a PC there are instructions on how to use Pixlar but they can also use any editing suite they have access via their phones. They can use any materials that they have access to. This can be done in an out of a sketchbook. The unit covers all the AQA GCSE criteria and works to a format that runs through each criteria with learning objectives, from the title page, art analysis, observations, and the final piece, including evaluation sheets.

A very long project based on the work of Dine. The project will take through describing and analysing his work, exploring charcoal and graphite drawing, mark making with inks, photography and acrylic painting. This project can be chunked into three parts or kept as a whole.

A Pop Art project focusing on painting and composition, using past and present Pop art images. This is very successful with my Y8 groups of all abilities. For my groups i have made Pop Collages for them to work from. unfortunately I have not included these as there are too many but i have included some gridded versions. However, you can just fill sheets with a wide variety of Pop art images and comics for students to work from.

The booklet is a guide for students who are embarking on their exam to ensure that they cover each criteria area. The exam lessons are written to fit the booklet to take them through each stage.

Heres something in case of emergencies!!

I have made a table of the new marks, laying it out onto one page in the hope it will make life easier.

I have added a sample of the portraiture unit of work.

Worksheets to aid art analysis. They can be adapted to suit.