Aim: To create an artist book in an accordion format filled with a body of work made by experimenting with printmaking processes and collage based on the theme of ‘A few of my favourite things’.

Stimulus: Primary Objects & Found Images (Magazines)
Supports: Project checklist, activity sheets, handouts, visual aids, demonstrations, support studies, glossary of terms.

Assessment Style: Formative 

• Project checklist

• Peer reviews

• Individual discussions with each student to gauge their understanding of a task

• Handouts/activity sheets to complete 

Learning Outcomes

Critical and Visual Language
1.1 analyse their work, or that of another, using appropriate vocabulary and knowledge 
1.2 respond to an artwork using critical and visual language 
1.3 critique an artwork using critical and visual language 

Drawing
1.5 interpret the world and communicate ideas through visual means 
1.6 use drawings to communicate their personal outlook or understanding 
2.4 show they can use their drawings to observe, record and analyse
2.5 develop their ideas for craftwork through drawing

Visual culture and appreciation
1.7 examine the method of a number of artists and the artwork they created 
1.8 discuss examples of historical and contemporary visual art 
1.9 debate the value that they and society place on an artwork 

Art Elements and Design Principles
1.10 identify the use of art elements and design principles within an artwork 
1.11 consider the use of the art elements and design principles in their own artwork 
1.12 apply their understanding of the art elements and design principles to make an artwork.  

Media
1.13 identify media which are used to create artwork 
1.14 use media to create their own artwork 
1.15 critique the choice of media in their own or others artwork.
2.14 use media to create craftwork

Literacy

• Develop an awareness and understanding of the various art elements and design principles. These terms and definitions will be embedded in each aspect of the lesson. 

• Group evaluations, a time to respond with critical language to their own work and that of their peers. 

• Writing a project reflection

• Worksheets in which students will explain the process that they went through - collagraph

Oracy 

• This will be encouraged and developed through evaluation of their own work and the work of others.

• Responding, discussing and reflecting on artists support studies to contextualise their own work

• Responding to materials. 

Numeracy
Scale, composition, line, pattern, repeat pattern, folding and cutting to exact measurements (accordion book).

Lessons included: Collage, Drawing, Design, Print (stamping & collagraph), Accordion book making, Painting, Curation of work, Display.

Students chose elements from their collage heads and used them to create a design for their collagraph plate, which they would use to make prints.