The Arty Teacher

This fun 'Drawing Around Objects' task asks your students to find 5 objects around the home and draw around them. This is an ideal home learning activity. This two-page resource includes good examples and simple instructions.  It asks your students to photograph their creations and place them in a document...

This photography scavenger hunt is an ideal home learning challenge.  It takes one lesson to complete and asks students to go and find particular things to photograph.  For example, something wooden and something with reflections.  It then asks students to place their photographs in a grid.  A good example is...

Drawing insects is created for the current school closures crisis.  This 3 activity pack might be just what you’re looking for.  3 worksheets combine to create a mini insects project.  This pack includes: Draw the beetle Draw the missing half of the spider Draw the butterfly I would allow two...

This 'Art Obsessions' home learning project is inspired by the artist Andrea Joseph.  Joseph is obsessed by drawing and drawing the world around her.  This one-page resource includes the following 4 tasks: Research Andrea Joseph and create a research page either in a sketchbook, on paper or on a device...

Shoe art project.  Created for the current school closures crisis, this one-page resource based on shoes includes approximately 6hrs work.  The tasks ask students to: Research one of the suggested artists and create a research page either in a sketchbook, on paper or on a device. Take photographs of shoes...

Created for the current school closures crisis, this one-page resource includes approximately 6hrs work.  The tasks ask students to: Research one of the suggested artists and create a research page either in a sketchbook, on paper or on a device. Take photographs of everyday objects inspired by their chosen artist....

Created for the current school closures crisis, this 3 activity pack might be just what you're looking for.  3 worksheets combine to create a mini 'Drawing Food' project.  This pack includes: A 'Drawing a Pizza Slice' worksheet.  The instructions just say 'pencil' but this could also be completed in coloured...

Drawing braids in circles is a one-page resource that encourages detailed, tonal drawing.  You can choose if your students work just in pencil or in a range of different media. There are other drawing braids activities on The Arty Teacher.

Drawing 3 braids is a super-useful one-page resource that teaches students valuable drawing skills.  Students create their drawings on the worksheet in the gaps.  It makes a beautiful sketchbook page.  I like to use this to teach coloured pencil skills or you could get students to draw each one using...

Drawing braided hair presents a wonderful challenge.  The clear instructions on these 3 worksheets ask students to use the edge of the box to help them get things in place and to look carefully at the direction and curve of the lines of the hairs.