As well as opening up discussions about using recycled materials, this Recycled Christmas Tree art lesson, will teach your students valuable 3D making skills. Included in this download: Materials required: Magazines or thick junk mail, cardboard box, cereal box, clear sticky tape, a long-armed compass. (Find a long-armed compass on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk #Ad) There […]
This large unit of work explores the idea of ‘Places’ as a stimulus for creating an artwork. It asks students to turn a cylindrical container into an artwork by adding collage, drawings, blackout poetry, stencilling and other techniques. This unit offers students plenty of opportunies for an individual and personal response. During this unit, students […]
This Paolozzi Relief Sculpture unit of work is a large project where students will: Learn about the work of Eduardo Paolozzi, looking specifically at his sculptures and relief surfaces and create a research page. Create designs in their sketchbooks to inform their relief sculpture. Learn about card construction and how to use gummed tape. Experiment […]
Amsterdam Buildings Worksheet. Two pages of beautiful Amsterdam buildings featuring the 17th Century, tall, canal-side, gabled houses. This has been created to work alongside this video: Amsterdam Architecture Video. The download includes an assessment rubric to work along side the video. The video is not included in the download but is available at the above […]
This complete paper sculpture, recycling project will really have your students engaged. Students will research the artist Carrie Ann Schumacher, creating a research page on her work in their sketchbook and also research different leaf shapes to influence their work. They will create two designs in their sketchbook, the best of which they will make […]
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