Creative Replace (CR) sits at the Creative row and Replace column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Art lessons for KS3 that classify as CR, plus anti-examples that look CR but are not.

Digital sketchbook of weekly observations

Year 7 · 30 min · 1 device per student plus stylus

Each student keeps a digital sketchbook in Procreate, adding one observation sketch per week over a half-term (e.g. a leaf, a hand, a chair, a face). They submit the sketchbook at half-term.

Tools: Procreate

Reference-image collection in a digital folio

Year 8 · 25 min · 1 device per student

Each student collects 12 reference images for a chosen art topic (e.g. portraits across cultures, landscape composition styles, colour use in advertising) into a digital folio. They write a one-line caption for each image explaining its relevance. They submit the folio.

Process-photo journal of a single artwork

Year 9 · 30 min · 1 device per student

Each student photographs their work-in-progress on a single artwork at six stages, from initial sketch to finished piece. They submit the six photographs in sequence with a one-line caption per stage explaining the decision they made.

Lessons that look CR but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.