The document provides instructions for an art assignment to copy a work by artist Michael Craig Martin. Students are told to choose a Craig Martin work to copy in color on an A4 page, outlining shapes with a fine pen and filling the entire page. The success criteria include using vibrant color, outlining shapes, and filling the page. Younger students should choose works with simple shapes, while older students can attempt works using perspective or layering.

1. Michael Craig Martin transcription
Produce a full colour copy of a work by the
artist Michael Craig Martin. See examples
below or pick your own.
Success criteria:
1. Use vibrant colour
2. Use a fine pen to outline the shapes
3. Fill the entire a4 page.
Grade 2 / 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Choose a piece that
has simple shapes,
perhaps a piece that
does not include any
perspective. Use
colour pencils but
press hard to create
strong colours.
Choose a piece that
has several objects
layered on top of each
other.
Attempt a piece that
has foreshortening or
that use perspective.
Carefully paint the
work by MCM. Can
you make the colour
lay ‘flat’? (ie. No brush
marks)
Michael Craig Martin transcription
Produce a full colour copy of a work by the
artist Michael Craig Martin. See examples
below or pick your own.
Success criteria:
1. Use vibrant colour
2. Use a fine pen to outline the shapes
3. Fill the entire a4 page.
Grade 2 /3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Choose a piece that
has simple shapes,
perhaps a piece that
does not include any
perspective. Use
colour pencils but
press hard to create
strong colours.
Choose a piece that
has several objects
layered on top of each
other.
Attempt a piece that
has foreshortening or
that use perspective.
Carefully paint the
work by MCM. Can
you make the colour
lay ‘flat’? (ie. No brush
marks)