The Arty Teacher

This has to be the most beautiful art apron I have ever seen. Hand-stitched by art teacher Jules White, it has been a true labour of love. She wrote on Facebook: “This project was started during Covid and took me about 15 months to complete. I bought this apron back in my Bangkok days and […]

I wanted to share with you these amazing tyre planters. Art teacher Rebekah Aleah had her 4th/5th grade Art Club students collaborate with Gardening Club who will turn them into planters. I asked her what the process had been and she told me: “First, I sprayed with a spray paint that had a primer built […]

An exciting curriculum includes a broad range of different drawing techniques created with different media. I’m always looking for ways to get my students excited by drawing. Regularly offering different drawing techniques can be a small part of a larger plan and allows more students to find success. It is important to educate our younger […]

Lately, I’ve seen some truly inspiring art room doors posted by art teachers on social media. I think this creativity needs celebrating, so here are some amazing examples. Art teacher Stephanie Flis create the stunning Basquiat-inspired door for black history month. I love how powerful and energetic this is, and such a lovely welcome to […]

Sourcing and ordering art supplies for the art classroom is a time-consuming part of our jobs. It’s expensive and can be frustrating when mediums don’t come up to the standard we expect. I’ve ordered art supplies through Dryad Education and the Special Crafts and Spectrum range for a long time and have found them to […]

This exciting blog post explores my favourite strategy for raising attainment in a GCSE class where you have mixed/low ability learners or simply a very large class where it is hard to monitor progress.  This is subscriber only content.