Analysing an Artwork – Edgar Degas Being able to analyse an artwork is a key skill for students. This resource uses Bloom’s Taxonomy to create higher-order thinking questions that cover describing, understanding, analysing and evaluating. There are two versions of this resource, one for the UK and one for the USA. There is also an […]
This unit of work has been designed as a ‘no sharing art materials’ unit. Students can complete the tasks in the classroom or at home or a mixture of both. You need to give students a sketchbook or paper and a sheet of tracing paper. Students need to have their own pencil, ruler, ballpoint pen […]
Two beautiful pages of roses to draw or paint, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe The writing on the worksheet is about O’Keeffe so you can use these as you see fit. Why not: Work in coloured pencils Work in watercolour Print in black and white and work in pencil. So many options! There are more artist […]
Picasso Paper Cut-Outs, as the video above has shown, helps your students create wonderful Picasso inspired paper sculptures. This download includes the following: 4 Picasso inspired templates to cut out (pictured above). A lesson plan Good examples with collage Good examples without collage. It’s a wonderful way to introduce the work of Picasso and was inspired […]
Artist Research Hunt! Ideal for home learning. This two-page art resource asks students to search for artists on the internet. There are 9 groups of artists they need to collect. For example 10 artist who paint portraits, 9 artists who paint landscapes, and then it counts down, 8, 7, 6 etc, asking students to find […]
Analysing an Artwork – Edvard Munch Being able to analyse an artwork is a key skill for students. I have chosen this artwork because of its lonely, sombre quality. The last question on the worksheet asks students to make connections to the current coronavirus crisis by asking ‘Describe how this artwork reflects what is going […]
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