Ben Heine is a name every art teacher should know. His deceptively simple technique, which he calls ‘Pencil Vs Camera’, combines photographs with drawings transforming the image into something new. It has an illustrative quality that is often narrative or reveals a message. There is so much to engage students with and as it combines […]
I’ve created this ‘Creating with Shadows’ video as a home learning project. I had great fun making this and experimenting with different media. Your students will too. I’ve deliberately selected different media that your students might have at home, such as coffee, ball point pen and food colouring. Play the video and then start getting […]
Watch the video below and then grab some magazines, glue and a pencil to draw. Can you turn your creations into characterful drawings? We have ‘Mr the Beef‘ aka Andy Denness-Hulland to thank for this video. He is an art teacher working in Derby at Landau Forte College. After seeing this work, I wanted to […]
Drawing a view through a window is a challenging task but there is something rewarding about trying to capture what you can see through each pane of glass or section. When you start, lots of decisions are going to be made. Which window has a good view? Where are you going to sit? Are you […]
Thank you to art teacher Hazel Coxon for letting me share her resources for an inspiring ‘Loo Roll Art Challenge’ which has been made for home learning. She teaches at a PRU in Totnes in Devon, UK. She tells me that she can’t take the credit because it was a little gallery in Norfolk called […]
New Jersey art teacher Allison Fantry isn’t going to let students with no paint at home stop learning about painting. Her recreation of Munch’s ‘Scream’ has had an amazingly positive reaction from art teachers on Facebook who are all looking for ways to continue engaging their students with art. As Alison said herself “Necessity is […]
