Picasso Portrait Art Project

The aim of this Picasso Portrait Art Project was for students to be able to work together in groups to create one large scale piece of work. The lessons introduce a number of Picasso’s Cubist portrait paintings, which students then respond to in their groups. Get Art resources sent straight to your email: I delivered […]

Alfred Conteh

Alfred Conteh is a contemporary American artist who creates powerful, thought-provoking pieces that explore the complexities of identity, history, and social justice. Conteh uses a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing and sculpture, to create artworks about race and power in society. Get art resources sent straight to your email: Aldred Conteh is a multi-disciplinary […]

The Formal Elements of Art

There are seven basic formal elements in art: Line, Shape and Form, Tone / Value, Texture, Colour, Space, Pattern. The formal elements are what artists consider and use when making their artworks, either explicitly or subtly. Understanding the formal elements of art is important and will help you interpret and analyse different artworks. Get art […]

Gwen John

Gwen John was a portrait artist from Wales, UK. John also painted animals, specifically cats, but was best known for her paintings of anonymous women and self-portraits. John moved to France and enjoyed a painting career which lasted 40 years, with her portraits gaining more recognition after she died. She is now recognised as one […]

Andrea Joseph

Andrea Joseph is an artist and illustrator from South Wales in the UK. Joseph explores a range of subjects in her artworks, from natural and organic forms, to architectural structures and buildings. As well as being a proficient biro artist, Joseph’s artwork often uses mixed-media layering and different mark-making techniques to celebrate textures and tones. […]

GCSE Artist Research Guide

Creating research about artists is a creative and exciting part of a GCSE course. It will allow you to discover new artworks and learn about how artists think and work. This GCSE artist research guide will help you find an appropriate artist, analyse their work and present your research to a GCSE standard. The purpose […]

KS3 Mini Art & Photography Project

This Art & Photography project is fairly simple and quick to teach, with effective photographic final pieces for students. It doesn’t require any complex understanding of photographic techniques (yay) and it was designed as a taster of GCSE Photography for my Year 9 (KS3) classes. Students created some brilliant, woven photograph pieces as their final […]

GCSE Art Project – Skills Training

This GCSE Art Project is the first I teach when students start in Year 10 (KS4). Essentially, I wanted to develop and enhance the range of skills that students have been taught at KS3, enabling them to master and improve in a way that was engaging yet simple to achieve. There are some ‘essential’ GCSE […]

Tom Mead

Tom Mead is a British figurative and portrait artist based in London. He shot to fame when he was a finalist on Portrait Artist of the Year and is well known for his fragmented and fractured paintings showing people in various positions. Mead’s contemporary portrait paintings have been exhibited in art galleries across the UK. […]

James Mylne

James Mylne is a British artist renowned for his exceptional biro drawings. He creates his artwork using a range of biro pens, which allows him to produce an array of tones and textures. Mylne has developed a unique Pop Art style that captures the essence of his subjects with incredible realism, detail and precision. James […]