Anyone who follows my Facebook page knows I’m a huge Grayson Perry fan. I was delighted to get the opportunity to see ‘Julie Copes Grand Tour’ which is described as ‘The Story of a Life by Grayson Perry’ at Abbot Hall Art Gallery yesterday. (Abbot Hall is in the North West of England). Julie Cope […]
If you are looking for an alternative to Georgia O’Keeffe I would definitely suggest the beautiful, dissected images photographed by globe-trotting botanist Robbie Honey. In fact, if you were doing a project on still life, flowers, collections or arrangements (popular GCSE themes here in the UK) Robbie Honey is an artist worth knowing about. “When […]
Is it really possible to create an art teacher work-life balance? Regularly on social media, I see teachers writing that they can’t take it anymore, that they’re at the end of their tether: burnt out. If you are feeling that you are heading in that direction, you need to stop and take the advice below […]
Antonia is a British student who completed this project aged 16 as part of her AS Level qualification. She was given the theme of ‘Chiaroscuro‘ as a starting point. She started by looking at the work of South African artist Solly Smook. She created an artist analysis of one of his paintings so that she could […]
Students had a choice of different starting points. Jess, aged 16 chose the theme ‘Close-Ups’. Above, on her title page, Jess has shown a wide range of artists that have created close-ups. Jess then decided to concentrate on Domenico Gnoli. Presenting pictures of his work (see below) and information on a double page spread she […]
‘Close-Ups’ is a theme many Art Teachers present to their students. It encourages students to look at the world in a different way – from different perspectives and angles. Arranging, zooming in, cropping and observing detail are all part of the creative process. I was pleased to speak to the following artists to learn a […]
