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A visual introduction to the history of printmaking, and a brief outline of the different types of printmaking to help students understand the different effects they can achieve. I use this for my Year 7 students, to introduce them to the basics of printmaking before starting a foam board printing unit looking at landscapes focused on the works of Hundertwasser. This presentation also introduces students to the types of lines and shapes that students can use when creating their artworks.

This presentation explores the work of artist M.C Escher. Students begin by discussing the concept of left-brain & right-brain people (myth) and then discuss the link between maths and art. Terms such as symmetry and tesselation are defined and explored in relation to the artmaking practise on Escher. This presentation includes links to videos discussing his work, moving illusions, and a step-by-step activity where students learn to draw an impossible triangle illusion. Mentioned Activities:

This presentation is an introduction to a sculpture unit exploring coral and the underwater world. Students can create their sculptures from clay, air drying clay, paper mache or plasticine. This presentation introduces students to two artists who explore coral reefs in their own artmaking, Courtney Mattison and Vera Moller. This project can also be related to environmental issues such as coral bleaching. There is a worksheet on my profile that accompanies this presentation

This presentation introduces students to the work of Hundertwasser, both his paintings and his buildings/architecture. This presentation has an accompanying worksheet on my profile that includes a closed passage, review of complementary colours and drawing activity looking at Hundertwassers artworks. In this presentation, students are also asked to collect images from a selection of artists to create an inspiration board for their artmaking. I use this as an artist to inspire my year 7 student

This presentation provides an introduction to Art & illusion, featuring famous graphic optical illusions, and highlighting to work of the Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves. I use this as a starting point for a lino printmaking unit, but it would also make a good introduction prior to an illusion drawing task, or as a mini-unit to add some fun to your course. Mentioned Activities: - Morphed Object (Drawing Challenge) This worksheet is also available in my store.

An introduction to creating Hybrid Fruit Sculptures. Students can create sculptures using clay or bendable wire and paper mache where they combine together two or more different types of fruits to create a new one. This presentation introduces students to the history of fruits in Visual Arts, discusses what makes a hybrid fruit and walks them through the first activity of drawing 4 existing fruits into their art books. This presentation is accompanied by a worksheet that is also available on m

This presentation is accompanied by a worksheet that is also available on my page in a bundle with this document. This presentation introduces students to the history of fruits in Visual Arts, discusses what makes a hybrid fruit, reviews definitions of key terms, and walks them through the first activity of drawing 4 existing fruits into their art books. This is part of an introduction to creating Hybrid Fruit Sculptures. Students can create sculptures using clay or bendable wire and paper mache

An outline of the Foam Printmaking unit that I run with my year 7 students. In this unit we focus on Landscapes & Patterns, looking at the artist Hundertwasser. All the resources for this unit are uploaded on my profile. I hope you find it useful.

This document is a simplified outline of the Illusion Printmaking unit that I run with my yr 8 students. We study the works of M.C.Escher for inspiration before starting our lino carving work. All the listed materials are available in my store;- Art & Illusion Introduction Slides - M.C.Escher Artist Profile - Activity: Drawing an impossible triangle - Activity: Morphed Objects (Drawing Challenge)