I really enjoy delivering Autumn art lessons. It’s a good idea to get students to respond to the world around them and a great excuse for observational drawing and colour mixing. The resources below encourage both of these skills. What makes the autumn art lesson below so useful is the good example of painted leaves […]
The subject of comfortable shoes seems to come up on my Facebook home page every few months. It seems we want something super-comfy that allows us to be on our feet all day. This is one thing where us visual people put comfort before style. However, I have to say, some of these recommendations have […]
What is cultural capital? In educational terms, it refers to the bank of cultural experiences students can gain from different cultural opportunities that go on to give them social mobility. E.g. Gallery visits, historic visits, music lessons, IT skills, dance lesson etc) Families have historically passed down these advantages to their children by providing them […]
For me, this year is going to be all about ‘process’ and this blog post explores 10 experimental drawing processes. What do I mean by that? Rather than concentrating on single media I’m going to think more carefully about creating processes that my students can go through so that they create exciting, experimental work. We […]
This blog post contains Two ways to do Inktober in School. This years prompts. A free 2022 calendar page for Inktober. Some great examples by artists to inspire your students. Is it too difficult to do Inktober in school? After all, can we really ask our students to draw every day for 31 days? I […]
A few weeks ago I visited Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage in Dungeness. Jarman trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and went on to be a pioneering film-maker, stage designer, sculptor, painter, poet and costume and performance artist. His garden and home have been described as ‘ a living, breathing work of art’ by […]
