Be inspired by Shakespeare to draw, paint, collage, sculpt, photograph.

Here are a few ideas for visual art projects:

• Design a cover for a new edition of one of the plays
• Design a map for a shipwrecked island
• Create a collage of an image from a play (eg a castle, a ship etc)
• Photograph an image which could be a poster for a play
• Design a costume for a character from one of the plays
• Create a set design for a play
• Use textiles to create a 3D image
• Paint a character from a play
• Use face paint to design make up for a fairy king or magical beast
• Create a piece of art based on themes from the play

Themes in Shakespeare:

• nature / love / power / confusion / betrayal / time / magic

You might find ideas and inspiration here:

Primary

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSsdnC896pU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZeIJrXByEM&list=PLcvEcrsF_9zJBd3evMlSab...

Secondary

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt2RI5azA0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcc_IUEvASg

Be inspired by lines from Shakespeare:

• Brave new world – The Tempest
• You Banbury cheese – Merry Wives of Windsor (insults)
• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players – As You Like It
• We are such stuff as dreams are made on – The Tempest
• Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, And some have greatness thrust upon em – Twelfth Night
• If music be the food of love play on – Twelfth Night
• To thine own self be true – Hamlet
• Nothing will come of nothing – King Lear
• The course of true love never did run smooth – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Lord, what fools these mortals be! – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so – Hamlet
• We know what we are, but not what we may be – Hamlet
• This is very midsummer madness – Twelfth Night
• We have seen better days – Timon of Athens
• To be or not to be – Hamlet