Techniques & Processes

Painting with coffee is a great activity to do at home, especially if you don’t have any paint.  This coffee art is inspired by looking at tree bark.  To complete this activity you are going to need: A paintbrush Instant Coffee* A pencil and paper *Instant coffee works best but if you don’t have it […]

Hello Students, In your next two art lessons at home, your task is to create a collage of numbers and letters like the example you can see above.  You are going to need: A ruler and pencil Old magazines, newspapers or junk mail Glue Your sketchbook or paper. First, you need to draw a square […]

Painting bees on wood slices has been a really successful art club this year.  It’s pretty straightforward, but here are a few tips. To start with, I gave students a choice of bees.  I have a Bees Pinterest Board if you need some.  You can also take a look at various Mining Bees in the UK […]

This page features some of the most useful watercolor art lessons that are available on The Arty Teacher website.  Each has been created by an experienced art teacher and tried and tested in the classroom.  These resources are bound to save you hours of planning time. First up is the ‘Watercolour Techniques’ resource below.  It […]

Zendoodles really do engage students and below is a great selection of Zendoodle art lessons that you can use with your art students. Zendoodles are sometime referred to as Zentangles. Zendoodle Cube What I love about the art lesson below, is that it teachers about both pattern and gradation with a 3D outcome. Can you […]

Using white pencil on black paper can be really satisfying and a great way to inspire your students.  It’s a valuable way to teach your students how to create smooth shading, the importance of being able to make that shading go imperceptibly from light to dark, i.e. tonal/value scales, and how shading creates form. It’s […]