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I work in one of the leading independent schools in the country where our latest inspection report achieved the highest level of 'excellent' in all areas. I have previously worked in a school which achieved art school status during my employment.

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I work in one of the leading independent schools in the country where our latest inspection report achieved the highest level of 'excellent' in all areas. I have previously worked in a school which achieved art school status during my employment.
Gallery Visit / Gallery Education
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Gallery Visit / Gallery Education

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This worksheet has been designed for gallery visits. There is a space in the middle to make a sketch. It asks the following questions: Your Name Title of Artwork Name of Artist What have you looked at? What media has the artist used? what colours has the artist used? What kind of marks or techniques has the artist used? What kind of shapes and forms can you see? How does the artwork relate to other artworks in the exhibition? How does the artwork make you feel? The same worksheet is uploaded as a .jpg and pdf. I'm not sure why you can only see the top part of the pdf. When you download it, it is all there - I have checked!! Keywords: gallery visit, gallery education, analysing art, visiting galleries, gallery activities.
Teaching Cross Hatching (Drawing Skills)
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Teaching Cross Hatching (Drawing Skills)

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This super-useful worksheet teaches students the art of cross hatching. It gives two examples, Durer and Da Vinci and asks student to complete two tasks. This would fit into any drawing skills workshop or work as a cover lesson or homework. There are two versions of this one page resource - one which uses the word ‘tones’ and one which uses the word ‘values’. Click on the drawing skills bundle to the right of this resource to buy this with other drawing skills worksheets.
Drawing Fruit Lesson
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Drawing Fruit Lesson

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This drawing fruit worksheet is a must have for fruit and vegetable projects. High-resolution images work well in colour and when photocopied into black and white. Use it as a sub lesson or integrate it into fruit or natural forms projects. The accompanying lesson plan is written as a sub lesson and includes a scripted paragraph for a non-specialist.
Assembly: Managing Wellbeing and Stress
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Assembly: Managing Wellbeing and Stress

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This ‘Managing Wellbeing and Stress’ assembly talks to students about the importance of exercise, sleep and how they can use meditation, natural sounds, healthy eating and positive thinking to help relieve stress. It’s tone is light-hearted and engaging. It includes a section where students have the choice to join in with a meditation or to just listen. It will send you students out into the day feeling positive. Estimated reading time: 12 minutes
Colour Theory Exam
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Colour Theory Exam

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This three-page colour theory exam, with professional looking front cover and answer sheet, is an editable word document and ideal for end of year exams.  This resource includes: Versions for the UK and USA to allow for different spellings. An editable exam paper that includes 10 questions on primary, secondary, tertiary and complementary colours. Also, tints, shades, warm and cool colours. Colour mixing and harmonious/analogous colours. An editable front cover where there is space for the student’s name and a space for marking. An answer sheet.
Close-Ups of Sweets
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Close-Ups of Sweets

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This drawing sweets resource could be used for a close-ups project, a food art project or just for drawing practice. The high resolution, detailed drawings of gummy bears provide a challenge for your students. Print in colour and ask your students to work in coloured pencil, or print in black and white and work in pencil. This one-page resource has two versions – one with the spelling ‘colour’ and the word ‘tone’, the other with the spelling ‘color’ and the word ‘value’. Other key words are Line, accuracy, shading and highlights. Make links to artists: Sarah Graham, Roberto Bernardi or Daryl Gortner.
Positive Thinking Assembly
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Positive Thinking Assembly

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This assembly provides your students with strategies to think more positively. It gives a metaphor that positivity is like a huge jar of nutella, and they can dip their finger in whenever they wish to pull out some positivity! It covers the following strategies: Smiling and Laughter practicing Gratitude Positive Affirmations Avoiding Negative People Doing something kind Music Exercise. It’s a fun assembly that uses humor and facts to convey it’s message. I got lots of positive feed back from students and staff after delivering this assembly! Approx 15 - 20 mins long depending on your speed. It includes a poem that you could take out if you wished to shorten it. Also included are a Positive Thinking Poster, and come Positive Thinking Nutella jars to laminate and stick around your school to remind people to ‘Think Positive’. (Staff Included!)
Blooms Taxonomy for Art Question Cards - great literacy starter!
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Blooms Taxonomy for Art Question Cards - great literacy starter!

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Blooms Taxonomy for Art Revised I’ve updated my ‘Blooms Taxonomy for Art’ and ‘Blooms Taxonomy Question Cards’ and bundled them together. With this resource you receive: Blooms Taxonomy for Art Revised (pictured right) Blooms Question Cards Lesson Plan for Question Cards They both now include the headings: Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating Simply print and laminate the questions cards so you can use them again and again. You can even hole punch the corner for easy storage. The lesson plan details a group questioning activity to stimulate discussion which can be used with any artwork so this lesson can integrate into any project. There are versions for the UK & US with the different spellings of analysing and colour.
Assessing a Drawing Rubric
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Assessing a Drawing Rubric

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A grid to help assess an observational drawing. The grid looks at line, tone, shading, detail and accuracy. This could be used for teacher, peer or self assessment. Click on my name above to see over 300 Art Resources in my shop.
What is a Composition?
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What is a Composition?

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Every child should receive this presentation in KS3 or 4. It covers what composition is and looks at: Balance Contrast Focus Movement Pattern Rhythm Scale and Proportion Unity There is a script within the presentation which you should print off before presenting. The presentation is animated. There are 10 slides but because of the animation students will look at 24 works of art. Click on my name above to see over 300 Art Resources in my shop.
Mark Making to Music
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Mark Making to Music

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This presentation and lesson plan combine to make a superb cross-curricular art/music lesson. View the presentation with your students to look at mark making in figurative and abstract artworks. The presentation includes a script with questioning. Then complete marking making to music with your students. The lesson plan includes a starter (which is the presentation), demonstration, development, plenary and 4 suggested homework tasks. This would fill a lesson which is 50mins - 1hr. Just add music!
Form Time Activities - Ideal End of Term Fun
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Form Time Activities - Ideal End of Term Fun

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I know! I know! You hardly ever have a spare minute in form with all those diaries to sign or check and all those letters to give out! However, if you ever have a spare moment here are 14 fun and/or educational activities to keep them busy. Each are 5 to 10 minutes long. Activities include discussion, word and maths puzzles, guess the artwork, name the flag, recognise the logo and many more! All the instructions and answers are in the notes section of the PowerPoint and each activity includes an objective so you are inspection ready! This took hours to make! I hope you find these useful, and if you do, please leave some positive feedback. Enjoy!
Angie Lewin Artist Resources
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Angie Lewin Artist Resources

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Three useful worksheets to complement any Angie Lewin Project The first worksheet I use to get my class to work in different media in the four different boxes e.g. hot colours, cold colours, blending, pencil work, watercolour etc The second sheet has blank boxes. This would be useful if you wanted your class to come up with four different designs for a final piece. The last work sheet is a larger line drawing. You could either work in one media (perhaps the one that was the most successful on the first sheet) or use a compass or viewfinder to select sections of it, and work in different media. These would also be useful for cover work.
Gargoyle Grid Drawings
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Gargoyle Grid Drawings

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3 gargoyle grid drawings which are excellent for teaching detailed, tonal drawing. There are two versions of each grid drawing. One with the grid in place and one where there are tiny marks around the edge of the square so that students can draw their own lines.
Pointillism Eye Project
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Pointillism Eye Project

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This creative Pointillism Eye project, teaches students about Pointillism, Seurat and optical mixing. It includes everything you need. Ideal for a post-sats project or for Year 7. It starts with Students looking at a PowerPoint on Pointillism focusing on Seurat. (16 slides) It includes a script and looks at: A definition for Pointillism Seurat & Signac How the Impressionists influenced them. Two of Seurats paintings in detail. Pablo Jurado Ruiz, a contemporary artists who used pointillism today. How to mix colours using Pointillism. Then a stage by stage look at how the ‘good example’ (Main picture above) was built up. A Pointillism worksheet enables students practice optical mixing - this also helps create a great display. You then have two choices. Either get your students to draw an eye, (using the eye drawing reference sheet provided) or use the faint eye provided and ask students to add dots over the top. There is a Self Assessment sheets that looks at how closely they have applied their dots and how neatly. (Two on an A4 page) There are suggested extension tasks. Duration: Using faint eye: 2 hrs 5 mins. Drawing own eye: 3 hrs. (There suggested extension tasks could make this a lot longer!) I am always looking to improve my resources, so if you have any suggestions please leave them in the comments box.