The Arty Teacher

A review of my week!

Don’t some students just love Pointillism?  Although it is painstakingly slow, they value the results it gives them.  Most art teachers have heard of Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, but the following artists are alive and well, and using pointillism today.  The following artists told me about their influences, art teachers and sketchbooks. Miguel Endara Miguel […]

Is it just me, or do you love looking at awesome student drawing?  It’s so inspiring to see the high standards some students work to and of course, you can get great ideas on what to suggest to your own students.  It didn’t take me long to find all the fantastic drawing below that teachers […]

There are so many Art Apps for the Art Classroom…what should you choose? I’ve been teaching with iPads for a number of years now and I thought I’d share what Apps I’ve been using and found success with.  You can also find a presentation at the bottom of this post that has been made to […]

This video ‘ How to Clean a Paintbrush ‘ is a bit of fun but has a serious message if you want to keep your sanity and your brushes clean.  I show this to all my classes and it’s very satisfying to see them clean brushes properly. I’ve asked students to watch this for homework […]

At the beginning of Yr12 at the start of the A Level course, we run a 4 week Art Skills Module.  (In the UK students are 16/17 years old in Yr12) Each lesson, or couple of lessons are run like a workshop and introduce new skills.  Students arrive with skills learned during their previous course […]