Art Curriculum Resources

Extended reading for challenge (books) 

• The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Chilvers) 
• Morandi (Wilkin) 
• Cezanne (Becks Maloney) 
• Van Gogh (Walther) 
• Matisse (Taschen)

Extended links (websites or clips) 

• Still-Life drawing 

https://youtu.be/H7nYSsVFQWo 

https://youtu.be/TeVjwQd_kkE 

https://youtu.be/L_elHeo1PgQ 

• Perspective 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O9oJp-vhoM  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZbTBgUSn7o  

• Fish Painting 

https://youtu.be/YnXirHa6vn0 

https://youtu.be/_BHHf1-dmco
 

Linked activities 

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/  

https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain  

https://www.npg.org.uk/  

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/  

https://www.louvre.fr/en  

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en  

https://www.moma.org/  

Extended links (websites or clips) 

• Pop Art 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr7cdpGDRo  

• Seed Heads 

https://youtu.be/WjyuQe8oU54  

https://youtu.be/KHZu74Ma0NM   

• Portraits 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmVH0BoFoM 

Linked activities 

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/  

https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain  

https://www.npg.org.uk/  

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/  

https://www.louvre.fr/en  

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en  

https://www.moma.org/  

Other 

• The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Chilvers) 
• Warhol (Taschen) 
• Lichtenstein (Taschen) 
• Van Gogh (Walther) 
• Durer (Taschen) 
• Magritte (Taschen) 

Extended links (websites or clips) 

• Packaging 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB9fbXZOLtU  

Sculpture (card and clay) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo1CNlKw3es 

https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/art-and-design/AQA-GCSE-ART-RL.PDF  

 https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-8201-8206/subject-content/art,-craft-and-design 
 

Linked activities 

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/  

https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain  

https://www.npg.org.uk/  

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/  

https://www.louvre.fr/en  

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en  

https://www.moma.org/  

Other 

• AQA Art and Design Student Handbook (Piercy and Stewart) 
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Chilvers) 
• Sarah Graham 
• Nancy Whitehead 
• Louise Nevelson (Wilson)

Doing 

Visit galleries:

BBC iPlayer has loads of art related programmes to choose from.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/arts/featured

Reading

This Book Thinks You’re an Artist  – Harriet Russel
Artist to Artist  – Various

Doing 

Visit galleries:

For more detailed information on specific galleries, you can explore the following links:

BBC iPlayer has loads of art related programmes to choose from.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/arts/featured

The Cool School (2008)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
American Masters Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)
The Art of the Steal (2009)
My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

Reading

This Book Thinks You’re an Artist  – Harriet Russel
Artist to Artist  – Various

Student Art Guide
www.studentartguide.com
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com
ICA: www.ica.org.uk
Modern Painters – UK: www.moderpainters.co.uk

Modern Painters -monthly magazine devoted to painting, interviews with painters and exhibition reviews.
Crafts Magazine- published every two months by the Crafts Council. For all aspects of the Applied Arts including interviews with Craftspeople, exhibition reviews, competitions to enter, job vacancies etc. www.craftscouncil.org.uk
The Photographers’ Magazine
http://www.bipp.com/Default.aspx?tabid=933
Printmaking Today
http://www.cellopress.co.uk/