The Arty Teacher

'Eyes shading and blending' is a mixed media activity that teaches your students to shade and blend coloured pencil and then apply pen.  The skilful and vibrant makeup by Instagram makeup guru MakeupbyEvaxx provides the inspiration.  The lesson plan breaks down into stages how students should approach this task. This...

Chihuly Research Crossword.  Are you fed up with students cutting and pasting chunks from the internet and calling it research? Using a crossword puts you in control and makes students research real facts.  This Chihuly crossword asks students to research some of the key facts about Chihuly.  There are 10...

A useful one-page resource featuring Greek ornament.  Ideal for Greek art or pattern art projects.  Why not decorate a vase shape or simply get your students to copy this pattern? There are lots of pattern art lessons on The Arty Teacher.  

Drawing bees is an appealing art resource that asks students to draw the bees in different media.  Excellent, inspiring examples are included.  This download has 4 pages and includes: Drawing bees worksheet with all 8 bees and three good examples Drawing bees good examples in ballpoint pen, coloured pencil and...

How do you get your students to write an artists statement?  One way is to use this worksheet.  It breaks down the tasks into three sections: what they have made and with what materials, the process they have been through and where they got their inspiration from. If students write...

This is the version for the USA and uses the word 'value' rather than 'tone'.  There is a UK version here. 'Marking a drawing with a Sticker' is a brilliant way to cut your marking time right down.  This download comes with 7 different phrases, each of which fills an...

This is the version for the UK & Australia as it uses the word 'tone' rather than 'value'*.  There is a US version here. 'Marking a drawing with a Sticker' is a brilliant way to cut your marking time right down.  This download comes with 7 different phrases, each of...

A super-useful mark making worksheet for teaching experimental drawing.  Ideas: Use one or two squares as a starter/bell ringer to each lesson of a drawing project. Use as a homework worksheet Ask students to work with a range of different media Or why not be really experimental with stick and...

[embed]https://youtu.be/dp1kxlPJt8I[/embed] This comprehensive drawing and lino printing project includes: A detailed scheme of work (five and a half pages) including additional homework ideas. A PowerPoint with: Introduction including what star anise are. Beautiful high-resolution images of star anise Good examples of three different types of drawings Example title pages Good...

Archimboldo Art Analysis Venn Diagram.  This Art Venn diagram includes Art, Maths & Literacy! It’s not always easy to introduce maths and literacy into an art lesson but by using this Venn Diagram for analysis you are doing just that. Pupils write about each picture and then in the middle...