This four-page art home learning resource, based around beauty products and illustration, asks students to: Create a mind map about different sorts of illustration. It includes links as part of the PDF to some wonderful examples of creative mind maps and information to help with their research. Create a research page on the illustrator Hennie […]
These shells with barnacles are just stunning and make an amazing drawing, painting or textiles resource. The images are in a PowerPoint and come with two amazing examples to inspire your students. This download includes: A 27 slide PowerPoint, pictured above with beautiful shells encrusted with barnacles. Two PDF documents showing superb examples of drawings. […]
Photographing in the snow is the ideal resource if you are looking to get your students up from their desks and being creative in this time of home learning. The resource asks students to take lots of photos of snow and put their best 9 into a grid. A good example is included on this […]
This one-page download asks students to create a distorted eye grid drawing. It is an excellent introduction to how a grid can be used to distort an object and could be used as a stand-alone task or to link to surrealism projects. This download includes two pages, the grid worksheet pictured above and a photographic […]
This magazine weaving resource has been created for remote learning but could also be used on-screen in the classroom. Students can follow the steps above to create a weaving using a sheet of paper and strips of magazine or junk mail. They could even include newspaper or strips of plastic bag. It would link nicely […]
Three pages of Art Nouveau patterns and an example sketchbook page that students could create inspired by these pages. This download includes: 3 Pages of Art Nouveau Patterns 1 Sketchbook page inspired by the patterns produced in different media. There are lots of pattern art resources on The Arty Teacher website.
I set up The Arty Teacher because I have a passion for my subject that I want to share with other art teachers around the world.
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.
I wanted to develop resources that would help teachers to bring out the best in every student in every class. I also wanted to free-up staff from time-consuming lesson preparation to let them focus instead on delivering exciting, motivating, dynamic lessons, supported by excellent resources.
