ABSTRACT

Art and Design for Secondary Students with SEN is a valuable compilation of practical ideas, visual aids and lesson plans designed to engage students in developing their creative art skills. Made up of twelve lessons that each examine a particular theme, the book spans a wide variety of topics and different media in art, progressing from basic drawing and painting techniques in pencil, pastel, watercolour and acrylic and moving onto higher level creative design techniques of painting on glass and silk.

FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Step by step, tried and tested lesson plans devised by an experienced and qualified art teacher.

• Helpful learning outcomes, timings, materials and recommended resources for each lesson.

• Useful tips and visual teaching aids for introducing new techniques.

• Full colour illustrations throughout, including examples of students’ art work.

• All illustrations available to download as e-resources.

With links to the National Art Curriculum and other secondary curriculum subjects, this resource offers innovative and creative ideas for delivering engaging art lessons. This book will be ideal reading for both specialist and non-specialist teachers of art and design at secondary level who work with small groups, as well as teaching assistants, art and occupational therapists, youth workers and PGCE students of secondary art and design.

lesson 1|9 pages

Drawing with lines and symbols for creative patterns

lesson 2|10 pages

Colour theory and 3D shapes

lesson 3|7 pages

Circles and ellipses

lesson 4|8 pages

Stone and sea shell studies in pencil and paint

lesson 5|7 pages

Tonal value – still life studies

lesson 6|11 pages

Composition techniques

lesson 7|11 pages

Pastel portraits

lesson 8|18 pages

Painting on glass

lesson 9|11 pages

Acrylic still life painting

lesson 10|20 pages

Watercolour painting

lesson 11|30 pages

Painting on silk using gutta and salt

lesson 12|18 pages

Painting on silk using faux–batik