Find resources to enable an exploration of painting in primary school below.
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Painting in Primary School
Making 2d & 3d Fashion Designs with Painted and Decorated Paper
You May Also Like… Pathway: Fashion Design This is featured in the ‘Fashion Design’ pathway Talking Points: Tatyana Antoun Explore Tatyana’s collection ‘Vatama’ in V&A film ‘Museum Leila’ Talking Points: Hormazd Narielwalla Explore Hormazd Narielwalla’s fashion collages Talking Points: Rahul Mishra Explore a collection that celebrates hand crafted techniques Talking Points: Alice Fox Find out […]
Making Painted & Sewn Landscapes
You May Also Like… Pathway: Cloth, thread, paint This is featured in the ‘Cloth, Thread, Paint’ pathway Talking Points: Frank Bowling Use Frank Bowling a inspiration to create expressive paintings Talking Points: Hannah Rae Explore the work of Hannah Rae Talking Points: Alice Kettle Be inspired by the large scale textile works of Alice Kettle
Mixed Media Landscape Challenges
You May Also Like… Pathway: Mixed Media Land and city scapes This is featured in the ‘Mixed Media Land and City Scapes’ pathway Talking Points: Kittie Jones Explore the work of landscape painter Kittie Jones Talking Points: Vanessa Gardiner Explore the work of landscape painter Vanessa Gardiner Talking Points: The Shoreditch Sketcher Explore Phil Deans […]
A Visual Poetry Zine with Monotype
Use monoprint, paint and collage to create zines inspired by poetry.
Expressive Painting & Colour Mixing
You May Also Like… Pathway: Expressive Painting This is featured in the ‘Expressive Painting’ pathway Talking Points: Brush Work of Van Gogh & Cezanne Explore the brushwork of Van Gogh and Cezanne Talking Points: Marela Zacarías Stimulate conversation around the work of Marela Zacarías talking points: Charlie French Introduce students to artist Charlie French
Still Life Compositions: Inspired by Cezanne
What We Like About This Resource…. “This activity walks through a number of different processes and taps into multiple skills.This provides a rich exploratory project for children to fully immerse themselves in. Cezanne was the focus artist for this project, but other contemporary still life painters could be used as starter inspiration. We actually advocate […]
Which Artists: The Life & Works of Madge Gill
What We Like About This Resource…. “The life of Madge Gill that Sophie Dutton recounts here gives us real insight into the challenges that Madge Gill experienced, and how these challenges would have been common among women at the time. When we study the work of Artists, it adds a rich context to our experience […]
My Tiger Sketchbook Video by Inbal Leitner
What We Like About This Resource…. “This resource is a lovely example of how words and text can generate ideas, which can then be transferred to paper. Working in this way with children is a great way fo them to engage with literature – and to have an individual response. Try reading poems out loud […]
Play and Explore: The Ingredients and Elements of the Poem
You Might Also like… Pathway: Telling Stories through drawing and making This is featured in the ‘Drawing Stories Through Drawing and Making’ pathway
Which Artists: Jason Line
What We Like About This Resource…. “It’s always so inspiring to hear how different artists work and we particularly like the detailed references Jake makes to his process – marking out the composition using neutral tones; adding and taking away compositional elements and gradually building in more colour and detail. Delivering a still life session […]
Volcano Painting inspired by Frank Bowling
What We Like About This Resource…. “We love how this activity provides an opportunity to explore a well known Artist’s work, through focussing on their materials and techniques. The children looked at Frank Bowling’s work before creating their own individual responses that retained individual ownership – something we advocate as part of a rich and […]
