This is a super-useful resource sheet to complement any Kate Malone project. Use it in class and ask your students to draw in different media, or set each one as a drawing homework which will cut down on marking as three lots of homework will only need marking once! This will sit well alongside your […]
This 12 slide PowerPoint looks at 5 different photographs that have strong one point perspective and introduces the term ‘Vanishing Point’. It looks at two different famous paintings which also strongly use one point perspective. It then sets a task to draw a road/landscape with one point perspective and the presentation carefully breaks this down […]
Every student should receive this presentation! 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 […]
There are two versions of this Pointillism worksheet. The three eyes at the top of the page are good examples of what you want your students to create. Both worksheets ask students to create a scale of tone using dots. The first then asks students to draw and use pointillism to create an eye. The […]
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I have been a high school art teacher for over 20 years, so I understand what it’s like to be in front of a class of students, often with very different abilities and attitudes.
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