The document provides health and safety rules, lesson plans, and homework assignments for a Year 7 art class. It outlines objectives and outcomes for lessons on topics like mark making, shading, color theory, and the works of artists like Van Gogh and Matisse. Students will practice techniques through exercises and projects while learning about important rules for safety in the art room.

1. Welcome
Year 7
to

2. Health and Safety Rules
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Bags must be tucked under your desks properly.
No running in the art room.
No chewing gum.
Please write these at the Stanley of your
Be careful when using sharp instruments likeback pageknives,books
scissors and lino cutters.
Wear an apron when using acrylic paints or PVA glue (You can use
your Technology aprons or buy one especially).
Homework will be set weekly and must be completed
You must have a parental signature next to completed homework.
If the fire bell goes off you must go to your form group and your
form teacher will be on hand to register you.

3. 1st Term
• Introduction to department rules
and regulations
Themes for this term
Artists
Tone & Form
Van Gogh
Mark Making
Vaco
Colour Theory
Matisse
Colour Collage

4. Lesson 1
OBJECTIVES:
• To understand that there are important
rules and health and safety regulations in
an Art room
• To consider your own prior
understanding of Art as a subject
• To build confidence in your abilities

5. OUTCOMES:
•To have learnt the classroom
rules
•To complete a reflective interview
•To complete an experimental
drawing

6. Task:
Working in pairs
One of you will be ‘A’ and the other will be
‘B’
‘A’ will ask ‘B’ questions from the
worksheet and fill in ‘B’s answers
Then ‘B’ will do the same for ‘A’
You have 10mins to do this

7. Plenary
• Each pair will report back to the rest
of the class as to what they have
found out about their partner
What have you learnt today?
Do you remember what you will be
focussing on this term?

8. Homework 1
• Do a copy of a well known image by a
famous artist
• You should stick the image (preferably in
colour) and your drawing next to it on the
front of your book.
• Note down the title and who it is by in the
inside cover
• Cover book in sticky back plastic
(you can buy a roll of this from WH Smiths)

9. Lessons 2 & 3
OBJECTIVES:
• To begin to practise & build up on your knowledge of
basic drawing skills
• How to apply tone gradually.
• How to apply tone effectively to describe the form of
a shape.
• To handle equipment with sensitivity
OUTCOMES
• A series of carefully shaded diagrams, or ladders and
objects
• A successfully shaded cube and sphere

10. Good “squaring up”

11. Task- Demo and individual task
Work on worksheets given out by your teacher
1. Create 2 tonal ladders
-with a 2B pencil
-with a coloured pencil
2. Add contour lines and tone to the shapes to
make them look 3-D
Your teacher will demonstrate how to
apply tone and contour lines to the
worksheets

12. Tonal range
and contour
lines

13. Understanding Tonal Range
1. Create a tonal range ‘ladder’ with a 2B/4B pencil
Lightest
2. Create a tonal range ‘ladder’ with a coloured pencil
Darkest
Lightest
Darkest
• Remember to add more layers with your pencil to each box as you
move along the ‘ladder’.
Or start at the darkest end and lift the pressure that you apply as you
move along to the lightest box.
This will make a gradual/smooth transition from one box to the next.

14. Example of good tonal range

15. Examples of tonal ladders and 3D
shapes
For a Merit, can a member
of the class describe the
tonal ladder and how you
can achieve it?
For 2 Merits, can a member of
the class come to the board
and draw on these shapes the
direction of the contour lines?

16. Drawing 3D shapes
Can you see where
the light is hitting
these shapes?
How can you tell?
How can you
achieve this
yourselves?

17. Tonal ladders and contour lines
For a Merit, can a
member of the class
describe the tonal
ladder?
For 2 Merits, can a
member of the class
come to the board and
draw on this image the
direction of the contour
lines?

18. Homework 2
• Draw an object from observation at home adding
detail and a full range of tone showing where the
light is coming from.

19. Experimental Drawing
What Is It?

20. Continual line
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Never stops?
Pencil always touches the paper
Looks like spaghetti ?
Dark lines made by?
Light lines made by?

21. Wrong hand Drawing
• Can be continual.....this could help
• How could it help?
• All about looking closely and hand to eye
coordination

22. Blind drawing
• Looking at the object only
• Looking through a peep hole.

23. Peer Work
1. SWAP BOOKS
2. WRITE 5 ADJECTIVES TO
DESCRIBE EACH DRAWING

25. Still Life
…is a style of artwork. What kind of
art do you think it is?

26. Still Life
Today’s learning intentions:
…understand how artists select subjects
for their paintings.
…be able to critically evaluate the work
of artists.
…know how to create an effective still
life composition.

27. Still Life Mixed Media
Project Overview
2. Create a composition of fruit and photograph
3. Create a tonal drawing of your fruit in pencil
4. Choose a section of your photograph
5. Add colour and using colouring pencils

28. Still life is simply a painting or drawing of objects =
the subject matter is inanimate objects rather than
living things, such as in portraits.
What are the subject matters in these paintings?
Which is a still life?

29. Sometimes still life paintings are groups of natural
objects: food, flowers, fruits, vegetables for example.
Sometimes they are paintings of groups of objects made
by people, for example: cooking pots, bottles, clothing,
household objects

30. Realistic Detail
Colour
When you paint or draw a still life, you will see
things your own way; one person might be
fascinated by the detail … another might notice
the shapes more … and another person might
be more interested in the colours.
Hidden meaning
Shape …
… Negative space

31. 2. As a group create a composition using the still life
objects on your desk and photograph them

32. Once you have taken the
photograph of your objects you
will make a copy of the still life
in your sketchbooks. Make sure
you fill an A4 page.

33. Homework 3
• Place three household objects on the
table in front of you and draw them.
• Use a range of tone and contour lines
to create 3-D shapes.
• Use what you have learnt in class
• Fill the page, don’t draw too small.
See examples on next slide

35. Adding shading and tone to
your still life drawing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=bKKff0TXJR0

36. 4. Choose a section of your photograph
1. Using a view finder select one
area of your photograph
(include at least 3 different
objects)
2. Copy that area into your
sketchbook pretending that the
corners of your viewfinder are
the corners of your page (fill
up the whole A4 page)
3. Add colour and tone using
colouring pencils.

37. Van Gogh

38. You can use this link to learn about Van Gogh's life
through his paintings using the lyrics of this song, listen
carefully for clues about his life…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM
How many portraits can you see in this film
clip? What do you notice about Van Gogh's
changing state?
http://www.edutube.org/video/van-gogh-self-portraits

39. Van Gogh Mark Making
• Look at the next few slides and discuss the
mark making that Van Gogh makes in his work
1.How many different marks can you see?
2.What do you notice about the marks?
different thicknesses
straight lines
curvy lines
dots
cross-hatching

40. Vincent Van Gogh
How many different marks can you see?
What do you notice about the marks and
amount of colours?

41. How many different marks can you see?
What do you notice
about the marks and
amount of colours?
Van Gogh

43. Van Gogh Mark Making
Objectives:
• To relate the work you are doing to the work of
another artist.
• To experiment with different media, (dipping pen
or biro)
• To be expressive in your approach, looking at mark
making and texture.
Outcomes:
• To have a sheet of completed mark making
examples, which are accurate and well drawn.

44. Task 1- Mark-making
• Use sheet provided by your teacher to add a
range of different marks to each box
• Complete at least 8 boxes
• You will be using these ideas for the next
piece of work and your homework

45. Line and Mark-Making
Look back at Van Gogh’s
work. This will help you with
ideas for filling in the boxes.
You can use different media, like a biro or ink pen
See pupil examples on next slide

46. Examples of Pupils’ work

47. Homework 4
• a) Complete all the boxes with different markmaking skills
• b) Draw a still-life that you have set up
yourself (objects, fruit) and apply these
different marks to it.
• The more able to use a greater range of marks
and have a more complex drawing describing
the form and texture of the fruit.

48. Vincent Van Gogh

49. Learning objectives
• To learn how to use
different mark making
techniques to create a
drawing.
• To learn some facts
about the artist Van
Gogh
• To use the squaring up
process to produce an
accurate copy.

50. Starter
• On the board I have drawn 4 boxes.
• I would like 4 volunteers to come to the
board and fill a box with a different a mark
making technique. (one at a time)
• These are some of the marks you maybe using
to create your Van Gogh drawing.

51. Your image for today’s lesson

52. Van Gogh Facts
• Van Gogh was Born on the 30th of march 1853 in Holland. He died in
1890 aged only 37 years from a self inflicted gun wound.
• He began working for an art dealer in 1869 and was transferred to
work in England.
• He did not begin painting until his late twenties
• He created over 2000 art works
• During his life time he only sold one painting. He used to give his
paintings away as payment for art materials
• Some of his Most famous art works consist of Starry night, Sun
flowers
• He was a post impressionist artist, his style consisted of harsh brush
strokes and bold bright colour.
• Van Gogh Suffered from mental illness and anxiety.
Remember these facts as you will be tested on them at the end of the lesson

53. Today's lesson
• You will be creating a copy of Van Gogh’s self
portrait.
• You will use the squaring up process to create an
accurate copy.
• You will use mark making techniques to do this.
• You will do this work in your sketch book.

54. Use the
Squaring
up
process
to create
an
accurate
copy
Your
teacher
will
explain
how to fill
in each
section.

55. Van Gogh quiz
Can you remember the Van Gogh’s Facts?
You will receive a Merit if you can answer:
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How old was Van Gogh when he died?
Name one of his most famous art works?
How many art works did he create?
What was his artistic style like?

56. Homework 5
• Learning how to research
• An interview with Van Gogh –produce a
series of questions(roughly about ten) and
find the answers using Google/You tube etc
• More able to compose 15-20 questions and
use a wider range of sources and vocabulary.

57. Van Gogh Mark Making
• Objectives:
• To relate the work they are doing to the
work of another artist.
• To experiment with different media, (dipping
pen or biro)
• To be expressive in their approach, looking at
mark making and texture.
• Outcomes:
• An accurate and completed copy of the Van
Gogh drawing

58. Task 2- Van Gogh self portrait
How many different
marks can you
see?
Look carefully at
the thickness of the
marks and where
the dark tones are.
Notice how Van
Gogh follows the
contours of the
Face.

59. Task 2
Look at Van Gogh’s portrait from the previous slide
which has been completed with an ink pen.
• Do a copy of this in pencil first in one full page
in your book leaving the background blank
(Next lesson you will be using paint in the
same way as Van Gogh to complete the
background of this piece)
See examples on next slide

60. Year 7’s work from last year

61. Extension task
• Use the sheet provided to
paint Van Gogh’s ‘Starry
Night’.
• Your teacher will put up
the colour version onto
the interactive white
board
(next slide)
• Remember to use mark
making skills and a variety
of colours
• Example

62. Year 7’s work from last year

63. Homework 6
• Looking in a mirror draw a picture of one
of your eyes to fill the page completely.
Show shading and tone on the drawing
by adding at least 4-6 different types of
mark making. Use a pencil unless you
are feeling really confident, in which
case, use a black pen.
See examples on next slide

64. Examples of Pupils’ homework

65. Homework 7
See examples on next slide
• Research on the internet or in library books
and find another example of a drawing by
Van Gogh, which uses similar mark making
techniques.
• Stick it into sketchbook and label with
name of artist and title of image
• Do a copy of it or part of it.
• Write your own opinion on his work

66. Examples of Pupils’ homework

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68. Colour
Theory
Objective
To learn about colour theory and its
application when making Art

69. Pupils’ work
By the end of your lesson your work should look something like this.

70. Primary colours
Red
Blue
Yellow
Copy these boxes into your books

71. Secondary colours
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To make the secondary colours all you need are 2 of the
primary colours
Copy these boxes into your books

72. Complementary Colours
RED
BLUE
YELLOW
GREEN
ORANGE
PURPLE
Copy these boxes into your books

73. The colours which are
opposite each other on
the colour wheel, are
the complimentary
colours.

74. Fill in the colour wheel
Copy this into your books using a compass or something circular
Make sure with the person next to you that you have the colours in the
correct place.

75. ‘Portrait of Madame Matisse
(with Green Stripe’)
by Henri Matisse
Pupil Task
1.In table groups identify in a written list (on the
white boards) the colours Matisse used in this
painting.
2.Then in pairs write the ‘recipe’ for colour in your
list.
Top tip- each colour needs at least 3 colour ingredients
to make it.
3. Then by yourself use oil pastels fill in the oil pastel
experiments and recipes sheet.
Top tip- try layering, smudging, scratching
4. Now using a light coloured oil pastel draw out a
very simple outline of the painting.
Top tip peach or yellow are good colours to chose.
5. Now use oil pastels to ‘colour in’ the background
colours one area at a time.
Remember to use layering , smudging and scratching.
Top tip start with the lilac section, then do the orange
section then the green.
6. Now you can use the oil pastels to add colour to the
face, the dress and finally the hair.

76. Oil Pastel Experiments and Recipes Sheet.
1.Colour in the final colour first
2.Then colour in the 3 ingredient colours that are needed to make the final colour

77. Homework 8
• Research Matisse’s collages and create a
PowerPoint presentation on these works.
Include some images and information. (When he
made them, how and why they were made).
• You can work in pairs
• It is very important that you also add your own
opinions to his work
• You will present these to the class at some stage

78. Artists
• Vaco
Matisse

79. Can someone describe Vaco’s work?
What sort of colours does he use?
See Vaco PowerPoint

80. Vaco
For the next part of your project your subject matter and
colours will be based on Vaco’s work

82. Painting
Objectives
• To learn about colour theory and its
application when making Art
• To experiment with different media (paints)
Outcomes
• A completed painting made in bright primary
colours and secondary colours

83. Task
• You will receive an image of a sea creature from
your teacher.
• On this you will use water colours to paint in a
similar way to Vaco
• How will you do this?
• Your teacher will demonstrate how to paint
slowly and carefully

84. Examples of successful paintings

86. What is collage?
Collage is the art of sticking pieces of paper,
photographs, pictures, bits of newspaper
,ribbons and/or bows in different colours,
Pictures or images from magazines, pieces of
other artwork, old clothing or fabric, comics,
food labels
It can be used in many forms to produce very
different out comes. Here are a few below.

89. Matisse

90. Matisse

91. A few facts on collage
• The word collage comes from the French word coller
which means to glue.
• Collage techniques can be traced as far back as
200BC, When paper was first invented in China.
• Collage became a distinctive part of modern art in
the early 20th century.
• It has been used by many artists (e.g. Matisse Picasso
and Peter Blake) from many different Art
movements including Surrealism, Dadaism and Pop
art. (all classed as modern art)

92. Matisse

93. Matisse

94. Complimentary Colour Collages
You will use the collage process of Matisse where he folded
paper and cut shapes of the same size.
He also used the ‘wastage’ from the cut outs to create these.
Orange and Blue
Red and Green

95. Homework 9
• Bring in a selection of coloured paper
and different ‘hues’ of the same
colour.
• What does ‘hue’ mean?
• This paper will be used for the collage that
you will produce in the next few lessons.

96. Collages
Objectives:
• To learn about colour theory and its
application when making Art
• To experiment with different media, (collage)
• To relate their work to the work of Artists.
Outcomes:
• A complimentary colour collage of a sea
creature in it’s surroundings.

97. Sea life collage
• Look at Vaco’s work which is based on Sea Life.
Task
• Draw a sea creature of your choice
• Use coloured paper to create a collage in the
same way as Matisse
• The subject matter (fish, crab, shark) should be
completed in different shades of one primary colour and
the background in different shades of its complimentary
colour (secondary colour)
See examples on next slide

98. Pupils’ work

100. Homework 10
• Bring in a colour image of one of
your favourite Matisse pieces of
work
• Make sure it really is a Matisse piece by going
onto a gallery website.
• Chose one of his bold colourful pieces
preferably a collage

101. Matisse Work
Task 1
• Find the next double page in your book
• Draw a copy of your favourite Matisse
image on one side
• Add colour with coloured pencils. Be
very careful when using this media.
(Do not scribble and always make sure
your pencil is sharp!)

102. Matisse work
Task 2
• On the next page re-draw this
image filling the whole page but
drawing just the out line
• Now use coloured paper to create
a collage of the image

103. Pupils’ work
Tasks
Go to the next clean double page spread in
your book
1.Create a copy of one of Matisse’s work
and apply colour carefully with coloured
pencils. Fill the first full page.
2.Produce a collage of the same piece on
the next page