The Arty Teacher

When teaching a course which is an independent course of study, such as GCSE or A level here in the UK or choice based courses in other countries, how do you keep students motivated, creative and moving forward? I found great success with delivering one-off core skills lessons. What are Art Core Skills Lessons? Art […]

A question for you: How are you going to engage boys in art? How do you engage boys in art?  Research shows that boys engage with art if you use the following themes and ways of working.  They are switched off by a limited diet of drawing, painting and writing about artists and engage with […]

This blog post looks at hashtags every art teacher should know, and why you should know them.  Or should you? It’s useful to know about hashtags for Art Teaching if you use social media.  You may want to attract people to posts or tweets that you make, or you may want to track down other […]

What can you do in the art room that costs practically nothing? What can you create when you have no budget left? Most art teachers have to manage on a really tight budget, so here are some ideas from The Arty Teacher. If you like just one of them, it might save you a few […]

Even the best, most dedicated, Art Teacher can sometimes feel the marking and assessment burden. Homework and classwork mount up and it all needs marking. Here I have 15 excellent suggestions for homework tasks that still move our students forward, but don’t need marking. Many of them also lead to you having an excellent starter […]

This outstanding unit of work was completed by Eleanor (Age 15).  It started with the artist Adele Carney visiting the school and working with Year 10 for a full day.  The pupils were really inspired by her work which broached controversial issues such as anorexia, body image and obsessive exercising. Eleanor started in her sketchbook […]