Author: The Arty Teacher
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Painting with Coffee – Home Learning Activity
Painting with coffee is a great activity to do at home, especially if you don’t have any paint. This coffee art is inspired by looking at tree bark. To complete this activity you are going to need: A paintbrush Instant Coffee* A pencil and paper *Instant coffee works best but if you don’t have it…
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Collaged Letters & Numbers Activity
Hello Students, In your next two art lessons at home, your task is to create a collage of numbers and letters like the example you can see above. You are going to need: A ruler and pencil Old magazines, newspapers or junk mail Glue Your sketchbook or paper. First, you need to draw a square…
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Tasks to Set Art Students if your School Closes
It seems possible that schools might close and teachers will be expected to keep teaching. It appears that most schools have already had meetings to train their teachers on VLE’s, Google Classroom and my school is using the App ‘SchoolWorks‘. What about exam students? I’m sure you’ve already had conversations with your exam students about…
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Painting Bees on Wood Slices
Painting bees on wood slices has been a really successful art club this year. It’s pretty straightforward, but here are a few tips. To start with, I gave students a choice of bees. I have a Bees Pinterest Board if you need some. You can also take a look at various Mining Bees in the UK…
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Watercolour Art Lessons
This page features some of the most useful watercolor art lessons that are available on The Arty Teacher website. Each has been created by an experienced art teacher and tried and tested in the classroom. These resources are bound to save you hours of planning time. First up is the ‘Watercolour Techniques’ resource below. It…
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Websites Every Art Teacher Should Know
There are lots of websites out there that are useful to art teachers and below is a collection that I think every art teacher should know. You might be looking for inspiring artists to introduce to your students. You might want websites that you can direct your students to. You could be looking for artworks…