These are my latest Sketchbook Circle pages. Sketchbook Circle is a sketchbook exchange group. As you may have seen, I’ve created lots of ammonite art teaching resources lately, so I thought I would take inspiration from them myself. I started by using some of the collage materials that Sketchbook Circle had sent me. This included […]
Art teachers have been sharing some great ideas for fun art lessons for the first day on social media. Some teachers go through expectations and rules and this may be the right thing to do in your school or even a requirement by your management but given the choice, I like to try to get […]
I have been meaning to share my memory teapot with you for quite some time. I made it as an entry for ‘Grayson Perry’s Art Club‘ for the theme ‘Family’. I was inspired by a comment Grayson Perry made about ‘Memory Jugs‘. I didn’t know what they were and out of curiosity googled them. I […]
Modifying our language to improve behaviour and relationships with our students should be part of our behaviour management strategy and is a useful tool to pull out of our behaviour management toolbag. I’ve found it fascinating that small modifications in how we say things can have a big impact. I was thinking about the difference […]
If you’ve ever wondered how to create clay relief artworks, this blog post has some information and inspiration which just might make you include it in your planning. I’ve been really inspired recently by the images below posted by Weston Road Art Department on Instagram. I asked Head of Art Dan McGurrin if he could […]
Many artists utilise gradation in their paintings. They are useful to know about so you can direct your students to them, or these particular artworks, when discussing and teaching gradation. What is Gradation? Gradation means to gradually transition from one colour to another or from one shade to another. Artists often use gradation to make […]
