Sub / Cover Lessons

This creative lesson asks students to look at the characterful illustrations of French artist and designer Charles Martin and create characters in his style.  This download includes: A one-page resource featuring the characters of Charles Martin, information and instructions. A one-page lesson plan.  

Colour the face art lesson – a cover/sub lesson that is all about colour!  This download includes: A worksheet for students to work on. There are two versions of this; one with the spelling ‘colour’ and another with ‘color’. A 2-slide PowerPoint that shows a good example and a close-up of the good example. A […]

This drawing black boots sub lesson is so useful to have in your bank of resources.  It’s never wrong to get your students to draw! You can choose if students use a pencil or charcoal.  This download includes: The one-page resource pictured above.  This has all the information your students need. A lesson plan that […]

This ‘Colour Theory Watercolour Lesson’ can be used as a cover/sub lesson or as an introduction to harmonious/analogous and contrasting colours. Students will: Experiment with selecting three harmonious/analogous and one contrasting colour to create a colour scheme. Paint their selected colours using watercolour onto the patterned worksheet above. This download includes: A worksheet for painting […]

Drawing a heart presents a wonderful challenge for your students.  This download includes a version where your students use coloured pencils in the same way that the artist has and a black and white version where they use pencil. This download includes: A ‘Drawing the Heart in Coloured Pencil’ that uses the spelling ‘coloured’. A […]

This ‘Draw the Dog’ sub/cover lesson is so useful to have in your bank of resources.  The fur presents a wonderful challenge to draw. It will extend learning if you are delivering ‘animal’ or drawing units of work.  This download includes: The one-page resource pictured above.  This has all the information your students need. A […]