‘Avoiding Cliches in Art’ is a starter activity that gets your students to think about cliches in art and then encourages them to avoid them in their own work. It asks them to work in groups and brainstorm various topics for art projects and then dismiss the first ideas that come into their head and […]
Get organised with this free To Do list. It has a simple layout which helps you prioritise what you need to do. Headings of ‘High Priority’, ‘Medium Priority’ and ‘Lower Priority’ help you sort all the tasks you need to do. It also has a section ‘Only if I have time…’ There are a couple […]
Pysanky Eggs Art Resource. A useful one-page resource that illustrates Pysanky Eggs. There is a traditional tale about Pysanky eggs here on Youtube called ‘Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco’ It would be lovely to play in the background whilst your class completed Easter activities.
Whether you use this to remind yourself what media and surfaces you could use, or if you use it to help your students be more independent, it’s a really useful list. It suggests 13 different mediums, 20 Surfaces, and also suggests 8 ways to make a surface to work on. Ideal for GCSE, A Level, […]
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I have been a high school art teacher for over 20 years, so I understand what it’s like to be in front of a class of students, often with very different abilities and attitudes.
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