KS2 Art

Learn all about the life and work of Kandinsky, who spent his career developing a 'language' for expressing sounds, ideas and feelings through his ...

The first lesson in this series introduces your class to Aboriginal art and looks at how it uses symbols for the everyday objects of the Australian...

Continuing the theme of Aboriginal art, this lesson looks at the Dreamtime and how the spirits created the world. Your class will then have the cha...

Looking at the work of famous artist Paul Klee, this lesson explores the more abstract side to journey art and encourages your class to think about...

This lesson allows children to use familiar journeys they take every day (such as the journey to school) and turn those journeys into works of art....

This last lesson gives your class the creative opportunity to consolidate all the ideas they have gathered throughout the scheme of work to create ...

This lesson looks at how artists use perspective to draw the viewer into the image, exploring some different examples of the methods landscape arti...

The first lesson in this series gives your class the chance to use viewfinders to find interesting views and features in a local environment. They ...

Introduce your class to some of the most famous landscape artists of all time, such as Constable, Turner, Sisley and Gainsborough, as they study an...

After thinking about where patterns can be found at home and in the environment, your class will see some work by famous artists' who use patterns ...

This lesson uses shapes to create interesting patterns for the children to explore. Use the slides to demonstrate how shapes can be reflected and r...

The first lesson in this series starts by showing your class some different examples of movement, particularly body movement, in art. They can then...

This lesson allows your class to pool together all the ideas they have gathered so far to design their own piece of landscape artwork. Thinking abo...

Using their designs for landscapes, your class will get the chance to put their artistic skills to the test as they create the landscape artwork th...

Use the step-by-step guide on the slides in this lesson to teach your class how to create interesting montages that give the illusion of movement b...

Turn your class into art critics as they take a look at the Class Art Gallery and study the work of other children, before looking in-depth at thei...

Use the helpful step-by-step instructions on these slides to show your class how to make prints using string and card, then lets them have a go for...

Vanishing Point Art lesson plan pack for KS2. Teach your class all about vanishing point perspective in art, and start to learn techniques for crea...

This lesson gives your class the opportunity to study the work of different artists who portray movement in their work, including Muybridge, Boccio...

Teach your KS2 class all about techniques used to create abstract optical art, or op art. Includes detailed slides with op art images, and differen...

This lesson demonstrates how stencils can be used to create some of the rotated, reflected and symmetrical patterns the children have been studying...

Get your class to do some 'face acting' in this lesson as they explore how the features of the face change when engaged in physical activity, with ...

In this final lesson, your class will have the opportunity to consolidate all the work they have done throughout the series by designing a pattern ...

The final lesson in this series gives your class the chance to gather all the ideas they have collected throughout the scheme of work to create the...