Visual Arts

Design a comic book

Mimi Doulton 29th October 2020 Act 1, Backpack Options, Hill of Beath Primary School, Kelty Primary School, Visual Arts 2 Comments
Design a comic book

Make a Story House

Design a Comic Book

Reimagine a well-known fairytale for the modern day, and design your very own comic strip using our Comic Book Creator worksheets. Take inspiration from the graphic novels and comics in our Scottish Design Galleries and think about storyboarding and sequencing while imagining a new version of an old story.

Partner Organisation: V&A Dundee
Art-form: Visual arts
Lesson plan included: No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Partner activities: Design a story house;
Suitable for children with additional needs
Covid-secure advice: NA
Difficulty: Beginner

Take a closer look

Mimi Doulton 29th October 2020 Act 1, Backpack Options, Kelty Primary School, Visual Arts 1 Comment
Take a closer look

Design and Make

Take a closer look

Ideas for starting a conversation about art...

Partner Organisation: National Galleries of Scotland
Art-form: Visual art
Lesson plan included: No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Partner activities: Scotland Forever!; Under the Wave off Kanugawa;
Suitable for children with additional needs
Covid-secure advice: NA
Difficulty: Beginner

Scotland Forever!

Mimi Doulton 29th October 2020 Act 1, Backpack Options, Blog, Hill of Beath Primary School, Kelty Primary School, Visual Arts 2 Comments
Scotland Forever!

Make a Story House

Scotland Forever!

Partner Organisation: Magic Lantern
Art-form: Art
Lesson plan included: Click here to download the lesson plan
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Covid-secure advice: the shouting activity should be skipped
Suitable for children with additional needs
Partner activities: Take a Closer Look
Difficulty: Beginner

Design and make

Matthew Crowfoot 26th October 2020 Act 3, Backpack Options, Craft, Visual Arts
Design and make

Design and Make

Design and Make

At the end of this 10-week programme, your students will present their set designs for a featured opera or ballet in a scale model box. Join designers Ruth Paton, Rhys Jarman and Catherine Morgan as they explore the fascinating world of set design, and explain how to create a wealth of exciting scale models.

Partner Organisation: Royal Opera House
Art-form: Craft / Visual art
Lesson plan included: on the Royal Opera House website.
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 10
Covid-secure advice: children should bring their own equipment or work with individual equipment (scissors, glue etc.)
Difficulty: Hard

Make a story house

Matthew Crowfoot 26th October 2020 Act 2, Arts Backpack, Backpack Options, Craft, Visual Arts
Make a story house

Make a Story House

Make a Story House

What is a story house? A story house is made of card with pictures in each of its windows and doors that tell a story. You can hang your story house on your window and the light will bring your pictures to life.

Partner Organisation: Theatre Alibi
Art-form: Craft
Lesson plan included: No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 2
Covid-secure advice: children should bring their own equipment or work with personal equipment (scissors, glue etc.)
Partner activities: How to write your own play; Design a comic book
Difficulty: Medium

Theatre Alibi