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You can use this one-page African Masks colouring task in a variety of different ways. Ask students to colour it in with earthy, African colours. Ask students to use watercolour. Students could select three areas of the worksheet with a compass and use different media within the areas, such as...

You can use this one-page Georgia O'Keeffe colouring task in a variety of different ways. Ask students to colour it in with either flat or gradated coloured pencil. Ask students to use watercolour. Students could select three areas of the worksheet with a compass and use different media within the...

Get creative on Martin Luther King day or for Black history month with this Martin Luther King grid drawing. There are two versions of the grid drawing.  One with the grid in place and one where there are tiny marks around the edge of the square so that students can...

Close-ups of flowers is a presentation that includes 50 slides of flower close-ups.  Perfect for drawing and painting projects. Flowers include roses, lilies, poppies, chrysanthemums and more. This would be ideal if you need images for a Georgia O'Keeffe project. This is a huge download as it includes beautiful, high-resolution...

Your students will love this Crazy Beards imaginative drawing sub-lesson.  The worksheet instructs students to draw beards on the faces making each one different.  Two good examples are included on the worksheet.  The lesson plan includes a script for a non-specialist, seven questions your sub teacher can ask students to...

Make a purposeful start to your lesson by using this 'Development Questions in Art' resource. If you run a course where students have to work independently, they can sometimes struggle to develop their own work.  This free download asks 10 questions that stimulate ideas on how to develop work.  It...

This zentangle heart makes a fun lesson for Valentine's day.  Students apply the zentangle patterns to the sections of the heart.  This resource includes the good example pictured above. There are lots of Zentangle art lessons on The Arty Teacher website.

If you want your students to experiment with a range of different media, this 'Marbles - Working with Different Media' resource is ideal.  Students draw the missing sections in different media.  This download includes three pages which are all pictured above: A worksheet with 3 boxes in colour A worksheet...

Using this 'Mark Making Cubes' project is a great way to teach mark making and results in a striking display.  Each student applies gradated mark making to a cube net and then creates a cube.  A great way to introduce maths (using a net) into the art curriculum.  Included in...

If you get your students to create artist research pages, you will want them to avoid some common pitfalls.  All my students have this 'Artists Research Page Do's and Don'ts' stuck in the back of their sketchbook.  It really does raise attainment!  It's a simple list of do's and don'ts. ...