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Year 10 Art and design Study Guides
Every lesson below links to a pupil-friendly study guide with key notes, vocabulary, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
3D Design
- 3D design: an introduction to the areas of study Study Guide
- 3D Design: building with cardboard Study Guide
- 3D Design: clay construction techniques Study Guide
- 3D Design: clay surface techniques Study Guide
- 3D Design: form, structure and surface texture Study Guide
- 3D Design: found materials Study Guide
- 3D Design: introduction to the principles of sculpture Study Guide
- 3D Design: plaster casting Study Guide
- 3D design: the influence of sources on your investigations Study Guide
3D Design
- Developing a unique concept for a 3D project Study Guide
- Developing your 3D design voice Study Guide
- Interpreting and responding to a theme in 3D design Study Guide
- Planning and creating a final 3D piece Study Guide
- Refining your 3D style through experimentation Study Guide
- Researching and presenting a 3D designer's work Study Guide
- The role of a sketchbook in developing your 3D practice Study Guide
3D Design
Fine Art
- Creating and presenting an artist research page Study Guide
- Developing a distinctive idea Study Guide
- Planning a final piece Study Guide
- Refining your artistic voice by experimenting with techniques and skills Study Guide
- Responding to a theme Study Guide
- The artistic voice Study Guide
- The role of the sketchbook in developing your artistic voice Study Guide
Fine Art
- Experiment with collage Study Guide
- Experiment with dry media: charcoal Study Guide
- Experiment with dry media: fine liner Study Guide
- Experiment with print: monotype Study Guide
- Experiment with print: relief Study Guide
- Experiment with wet media: inks Study Guide
- Experiment with wet media: paints Study Guide
- Experiment with wet media: watercolour Study Guide
- Mixed media materials and techniques Study Guide
First sustained project: working from a theme
- Analysing the work of artists and designers: materials and techniques Study Guide
- Connecting and combining: trials and experiments with materials Study Guide
- Creating a surface, armature, background: preparing your personal response Study Guide
- Curating the artwork: selecting and arranging key pieces Study Guide
- Effective annotation: different ways to present ideas Study Guide
- Evaluate the use of materials and techniques Study Guide
- First-hand primary resourcing Study Guide
- Identifying starting points Study Guide
- Personal response: appropriate resources and creating artwork Study Guide
- Personal response: finishing an artwork Study Guide
- Personal response: how to judge quality and refining work Study Guide
- Personal response: layers and processes in different endorsements Study Guide
- Photographing for resources: what makes a good photograph Study Guide
- Presenting a portfolio: creating pages of documentation Study Guide
- Resourcing ideas through personal reflections, narratives and objects Study Guide
- Self assessment techniques: evaluating your own work Study Guide
- The work of artists and designers: elements of art Study Guide
- The work of artists and designers: principles of art Study Guide
Foundation workshops: revisiting elements of art and principles of art
Foundation workshops: selecting primary sources and recording observations
- 2D into 3D Study Guide
- Developing ideas for experimentation Study Guide
- Documenting the creative journey Study Guide
- Drawing for different purposes and needs Study Guide
- Manipulating drawings Study Guide
- Manipulating photographs Study Guide
- Recording from observation and first-hand sources Study Guide
- Selecting inspirational visual source material Study Guide
- The art of critique: analysing and interpreting artworks Study Guide
Graphic Communications
- Cultivating a unique design concept Study Guide
- Designing in response to a specific theme Study Guide
- Developing your graphic design style Study Guide
- Final graphic design piece Study Guide
- Finding your design style. Study Guide
- Showcasing a designer research page Study Guide
- Using a graphic design sketchbook in experimental ways Study Guide
Graphic Communications
- Digital working methods: combining images and type Study Guide
- Digital working methods: manipulating images Study Guide
- Graphic Communications: the influence and application of sources Study Guide
- Hand rendered working methods: dry media Study Guide
- Hand rendered working methods: wet media Study Guide
- Introduction to typography and logo Study Guide
- Layout and composition Study Guide
- Text type and logo design Study Guide
- The basic principles of graphic communication Study Guide
Photography
- Darkroom processes: using an enlarger and developing a print Study Guide
- Digital processes: using digital media to layer an image Study Guide
- Digital processes: using digital media to manipulate an image Study Guide
- Introduction to the principles of photography Study Guide
- Photography: the influence of sources on photographic investigations Study Guide
- Picture taking: aperture and shutter speed settings Study Guide
- Picture taking: depth of field Study Guide
- Picture taking: lighting Study Guide
- Picture taking: motion Study Guide
Photography
- Developing a unique concept for a photography project Study Guide
- Developing your photographic voice Study Guide
- Interpreting and responding to a theme in photography Study Guide
- Planning and executing a final photographic series Study Guide
- Refining your photographic style through experimentation Study Guide
- Researching and presenting a photographer's work Study Guide
- The role of a photography journal in developing your style Study Guide
Textile Design
- Constructed textiles Study Guide
- Hand stitching Study Guide
- Introduction to the principles of textile design Study Guide
- Machine stitching Study Guide
- Printing inks and dyes Study Guide
- Surface pattern Study Guide
- Surface quality and appliqué Study Guide
- Textile design: the influence of sources on investigations Study Guide
- Wax Batik Study Guide
Textile Design
- Developing a unique concept for a textile project Study Guide
- Developing your textile voice Study Guide
- Interpreting and responding to a theme in textiles Study Guide
- Planning and creating a final textile piece Study Guide
- Refining your textile style through experimentation Study Guide
- Researching and presenting a textile artist's work Study Guide
- The role of a sketchbook in developing your textile practice Study Guide
Themes within Fine Art
Themes within Graphic Communication
- Inside and outside in Graphic Communication Study Guide
- Landscapes in Graphic Communication Study Guide
- Light and dark in Graphic Communication Study Guide
- Natural forms in graphic communication Study Guide
- Objects in graphic communication Study Guide
- Portraits and figures in Graphic Communication Study Guide