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Handouts to get great artist research & analysis

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One simple step to improve artist research in your students sketchbooks: give them the material – text information, images and questions – they need to come up with meaningful insights and high quality responses. Easier said than done, possibly… I have long been perplexed at the lack of writing and publishing on the artists that are most inspirational to young people. There are plenty of writing frames out there, and suggested approaches to analysis, but succinct and accessible materials? Not so much…

So, I have started a bank of my own. They are time consuming and take a fair bit of thought, particularly working out practical responses that are more than just copying or pastiche for each artist, but they have proved so useful and versatile in the classroom. I have posted an example below (click on the text below to download the ppt file) on the artist Angie Lewin who makes stunning prints inspired by plants and nature – she is a real favourite with students…

Click to download here: angie-lewin-artist-research-handout

Angie Lewin analysis

Theses are some of the artists I have produced sheets on:

artist study worksheets

All of these are available as digital downloads in the felt-tip-pen resources shop, or you can find them in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. There’s thumbnail of each at the bottom of this post, to give you a better idea.

I hope they are useful to you – perhaps also for cover lessons, extension tasks, or independent learning? Let me know what you think – I’d love suggestions for other artists. You can also find a general artist research template here.

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