Art lessons

Free step-by-step art lessons for pupils and their teachers. Each lesson shows every stage in pictures, with tips, common mistakes and a ready-made lesson plan.

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Lessons

Enlarge a drawing with the grid method
Copy a picture square by square to get the shape right, then make it your own. Step pictures, tips, a lesson plan and printable grids.
Ages
Ages 9–16 (KS2 and KS3)
Time
1–2 lessons (60–120 minutes)
You need
Pencils (HB, 2B), ruler, soft eraser, paper, a picture to copy

More lessons are on the way.

Art tools

Printable grid makerMake a drawing grid to print at true size: any paper from A5 to A0, US Letter or Legal, any square size, with labels and diagonals.

For teachers

Every lesson links to the art and design programmes of study for key stage 2 and key stage 3, and has a lesson plan with timings plus easier and harder versions. To plan your own art lesson, use the lesson plan maker.

In the US? See the US version, with inches and US Letter grids.