ART & DESIGN - YEAR 8
Hello Year 8 – we hope that you are all still safe and
well. Please complete the task/s in this Powerpoint
this week for us
Today we’re going to be designing and making a FRONT
COVER for your sketchbook that we’ll put together next week
In order to complete this week’s tasks you will need the
following: A4 paper or card
Pencils/Pens
Any other media that you’d like to use and have at home
When you have completed the tasks today make sure
you keep your front cover with the rest of your artwork
safely – next week we’ll be putting them all together as a
sketchbook
LEARNING
PURPOSE:
LO1: I will map out
my front cover to
make an interesting
composition
LO2: I will create a
title which is bold and
stands out
LINKS TO
FUTURE
LEARNING
Future
presentation
work of GCSE
‘boards’
LINKS TO
PREVIOUS
LEARNING
Year 8 Mind
Map piece
Home learning
so far using
different
texhniques
KEY VOCABULARY: Presentation, sketch, map out, roughly, composition, visual movement, focal point, lettering
ART & DESIGN - Y8 – FRONT COVER
ART & DESIGN - Y8 – FRONT COVER
Task 1 (10 mins) You should start today by
considering WHAT WILL BE on your
front cover; you should include the
following:
TITLE (‘Lockdown Sketchbook’)
Your NAME
Some form of IMAGERY – any that
you’d like to include (print out any
images you’d like to work from first if
possible
Any other TEXT that you would like to
include
Planning your front cover ……
Have a look at the next slide of examples from online before you start – it might give
you some ideas and inspiration!
What will make your
front cover
EXCELLENT?
Neat lettering
Boldness of design
Full/busy
composition
Well drawn imagery
Good use of colour
or contrast
Originality
ART & DESIGN - Y8 – FRONT COVER
Some inspirational ideas……
Originality
Good use of colour or contrast
Well drawn imagery
Full/busy composition
Boldness of design
Neat lettering
ART & DESIGN - Y8 – FRONT COVER
Task 2 (20mins)Now get your piece of A4 paper
or card (any colour will be fine)
and start to sketch out your
design (your composition)
Draw it out LIGHTLY first and
work out where your titles and
images will go
Try to make it VISUALLY
INTERESTING with some
FOCAL POINTS and LEADING
LINES
Add more DETAIL once the
main lines are mapped out
Sketch out your design……
I’ve created a tutorial video (14mins) to support you in drawing out your design –you can listen whilst you
start working! https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=VrAXHAfZSlo
ART & DESIGN - Y8 – FRONT COVER
Task 3 (30mins)Now it’s up to you how
you would like to work
into your design and
what media you wish to
use
you could add colour or
keep it all B&W if you
like
You could collage onto
your page with other
papers if you wish to
You could add more
patterns or different
images
Working into your design……
I’ve created a second tutorial video (14mins) for you which talks through adding some collage and watercolourwork. You can listen whilst you work if
you’d like to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ
Y-Ld2ITbY
ART & DESIGN - Y8 – FRONT COVER
Task 4 (10mins)Now it’s time to refine
your front cover and
add any additional
elements to it. You could
consider adding more
pen work to make some
areas stand out, or add
some patterns into the
background – anything
you like!
Watch the video to see
what improvements I
made to my front cover
A little refinement……
My final tutorial video today (8mins) shows you the refinements I made to
my front cover in terms of making some areas stand out more – you can listen
whilst you work if you like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U
AmLkY95_EQ
ART & DESIGN - YEAR 8 We hope you enjoyed
creating your font cover
today – make sure you keep
it safe with the rest of your
artwork ready for next
week’s session
Next week we will be joining all
of your work together to make a
sketchbook out of all of the work
you have created …we will take
your sketchbooks in during Sept
when we are back at school