Patterned Paper Plate Art

Patterned Paper Plate Art

This is a very easy painting lesson to do with older pupils. The lesson has to be done in stages as it requires a few coats of paint to be applied and each coat must be dry before the next is applied. However, the end result is always interesting and unexpected. For...
Watercolour Prints

Watercolour Prints

This Visual Arts resource combines using watercolours and poster paint as the media for the lesson. In a two-step process, pupils firstly create the background watercolour design in contrasting/complimentary colours and then use poster paints to create the repeated...
Scrafitti Art

Scrafitti Art

This Visual Arts lesson combines a “taking a line for a walk” lesson with wax crayons and paint. In a three-step lesson, pupils firstly create a wax crayon design. This is then completely covered in thick black paint. A pattern is then scratched out of the black paint...
Symmetrical Foldover Prints

Symmetrical Foldover Prints

This lesson can be used as part of the Print Strand of the Visual Arts curriculum. It can also be integrated with the theme of symmetry in maths as it shows in a very visual way this mathematical concept. It uses paint poured straight from the bottle so there is no...
Symmetrical String Prints

Symmetrical String Prints

This lesson can be used as part of the Print Strand of the Visual Arts curriculum. It can also be integrated with the theme of symmetry in maths as it shows in a very visual way this mathematical concept. It also uses a very common item to produce symmetrical prints...