The Arty Teacher

Visual artist Robin Brooks works in a variety of media including oils and acrylics, and monotype printmaking, but it’s her collage landscapes that really caught my eye.  What an inspiring start they would make for a project in the art classroom. Painting her own papers with acrylic she is inspired by the beautiful Maine landscape […]

I have tried all sorts of classroom seating plans for lots of different reasons over the years and I thought I would share some of them with you.  It’s all too easy to start the year with students sitting in alphabetical order and then forget about seating plans as a valuable teaching strategy. Having said […]

It’s fun to have Halloween art lessons but I still want to deliver lessons that are full of creativity and teach new skills.  Dumbing down and colouring in certainly isn’t good enough.  All the resources below teach valuable skills but are ideal for this spooky time of year! ‘Halloween Pumpkins’ below is a great opportunity […]

I’m delighted to show you these ‘GCSE Assessment Objective Posters’ made by art teacher Miranda Pennington.  You can find Miranda on Twitter @mirapennington  and also her school twitter account @strichardsart where there is lots of excellent work to be viewed. You can save these directly from this page; simply right-click and save.  These make excellent […]

Teaching how to gradate watercolour is a really useful skill for students to learn.  This short video makes an excellent start to a lesson and breaks down the process of gradating watercolour into 3 easy steps.  You can show this video to your students or use it for your own professional development. The resources to […]

Some earrings look like art teacher earrings to me!  This post is full of the artiest earrings available on the internet.  And when I say arty, I mean in-your-face obvious arty.  Wouldn’t these also make a great gift for an art teacher?  Fabulous. Art Supplies Earrings! We use art materials every day and sometimes they […]