• Squares and Other Shapes with Josef Albers

• Draw Like an Artist by Patricia Geis

• SPLAT! The Most Exciting Artists of all time by Mary Richards Available in the LRC.

• Student Handbook for Art and Design Richard Hickman

• Nature Art by Frances Lincoln

• Old Masters Rock (Pimpernel Press)

• A History of Pictures for Children by David Hockney

• Student Handbook for Art and Design Richard Hickman

Inspired by the Letters of Van Gogh, Write a letter to a friend or family member which tells them about your art work. 

Make a sketch of some of your paintings and share your ideas about your own work and the artists that have inspired you. 

Respond creatively to the following question. 

Incorporate relevant words, texts or quotes into or alongside your response. 

What type of marks should you as an artist make at this time in history and why? 

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Landscape is central to the work of many contemporary writers.

 In a time of technological and cultural changes to our understanding of ‘place’, the way we approach, define and describe landscape has profound effects on our writing and beyond. 

Create a poem based on special place that is meaningful to you. Ensure that you illustrate it with care to reflect your memories and personal experience. 

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Landscape is often experienced as sights – views, paintings, photographs, and visual descriptions. 

Produce a piece of writing that describes a landscape painting. Try to include sounds, smells, tastes and, perhaps most importantly, the tactile and kinaesthetic properties of landscape. 

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Royal Academy Podcast: In the studio, Matisse battled between portraying a physical resemblance of his sitter and what he understood to be their more lasting, essential character. 

Co-curator Ellen McBreen explores how the artist explored the possibilities of portraiture throughout his career. 

Royal Academy Podcast: Abstract Expressionism was a watershed moment in the evolution of 20th-century art, yet, remarkably, there has been no major survey of the movement since 1959. 

The RA’s exhibition brings together works by Pollock, Rothko, Still, de Kooning, Newman, Kline, Smith, Guston and Gorky, and offers an ambitious re-evaluation of the phenomenon. 

Royal Academy Podcast: From a curator’s discussion of gardens in art to a debate on contemporary urban gardening, we present a round-up of podcasts on our exhibition. 

Royal Academy Podcast: Catch up on a talk by Professor Robert Meyrick, Head of the School of Art at Aberystwyth University, for an introduction to the life and wildlife illustrations of Charles Tunnicliffe. 

Grayson's Art Club available via Channel 4

'The people who get the most out of the arts are the ones who make them.' Grayson Perry

Simon Schama The Power of Art  available via BBC 

Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces. 

Exhibition on Screen: I Claude Monet 

Monet’s life is a gripping tale about a man who, behind his sun-dazzled canvases, suffered from feelings of depression, loneliness, even suicide. Told through Monet’s own words and shot on location at the very spots he painted, the film features his most loved paintings in an unforgettable, immersive art experience. 

Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at The Royal Academy of Arts 

Research the artist Kandinsky. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes. 

Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work. 

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Research the artist Yayoi Kusama. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes. 

Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work. 

Research the artist David Hockney. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes. 

Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work.

Research the artist Marianne North. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes. 

Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work. 

The National Galley, London

The Tate Britain 

Henry Moore Foundation 

Kew Gardens 

• Attend KS3 Art Club to extend your practical skills. 

• We are also a Creative Hub for UAL Future Creatives Courses which run on Saturdays and Holidays. 

• UAL also offer online Future Creatives courses. 

Look at this link  or ask your Visual Arts teacher for further information

Find out more information about Arts Award to see if this is something you would be interested in participating in. 

Ask your Visual Arts teacher for further information.