Make a striking start to secondary art with this ready-to-teach Year 7 Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Yayoi Kusama and Georgia O’Keeffe, Polka Dots explores curved forms, close-up subjects and radial patterns through a connected ten-week CampFire journey.
Why teachers love it
Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.
Pattern that describes form: Students investigate how dots follow curves and how repeated shapes create movement, then make their own choices about subject and colour.
Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.
What students create
Begin with a close-up flower painting, then explore three connected projects: a clay coil pot, a painting of a curved subject covered in polka dots and a digital dotted-object wallpaper. Radial symmetry connects digital experimentation with students’ growing understanding of repetition.
What is included
Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.
Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.
Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.
Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.
What you will need
Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.
Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.
Give your Year 7 class an engaging start to secondary art through purposeful pattern and personal choices.
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