Author: The Arty Teacher
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What is an Art Department Recovery Curriculum?
Are you being asked to design a recovery curriculum for your art and design department? A recovery curriculum is a curriculum, as suggested by Barry Carpenter, CBE, Professor of Mental Health in Education, Oxford Brookes University, UK and Matthew Carpenter, Principal, Baxter College, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK, that uses the five levers ‘Relationships’, ‘Community’, ‘Transparent Curriculum’,…
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Klari Reis and the Art of Science
Artist Klari Reis creates art in Petri dishes. Like the cultures you would expect to find there, the daubs of colour bloom, bleeding paint seems frozen in time, whisps and tendrils reach across the glossy surfaces reminding us of past science lessons and images from under the microscope. The desire to peer closer is inevitable.…
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5 Ways to Extend Student Work After Lockdown
This blog post details 5 ways to extend student work after lockdown. I’ve seen a lot of art teachers on social media worrying about the quantity of work their students have created in lockdown. First things first, don’t worry you are not alone. You are not the only one who is worrying like crazy that…
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Art Venn Diagram Maker
Would you like to make limitless art analysis worksheets on artists of your choice? With the Premium or Premium Plus subscription, you get access to my online art Venn diagram maker, which is the perfect way to compare two artworks. Watch the video to learn more: Use it to compare two artworks by an artist…
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4 Easy Art Starter Activities for Zoom
The ideas below are all easy art starter activities for zoom. Many of us are zooming away every lesson and it’s good to have some new ideas to keep things fresh and students engaged. Students Change their Background Picture This first one is so simple. Your students will already know how to change their background…
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What is Negative Space in Art?
In art, negative space is the space around and between the subject of the image. The positive space is the subject or object of the image. Why is it important? Negative space is important because it can help us to draw accurately and can help with creating an interesting composition. How can negative space help…