I’m delighted to share with you this lovely experimental, step-by-step work created by Mrs Williams from Cromwell Art Department. Using collage, coffee and coloured pencils, Mrs Williams has created this artwork of ‘Rupert’ the cockerpoo for her sister. This would be a great process for students to follow, in lockdown or in the classroom. Firstly, Mrs […]
‘No Sharing Art Materials’ Art Projects We’re all wondering what we can teach that is engaging and varied but doesn’t require our students to share materials. Even though I can’t plan to teach printing and clay in the near future, I’ve still got lots of projects that have been popular with students and projects that […]
How do you teach your students to analyse art? You can do this through a range of activities such as discussion, gallery education, research, written analysis and questioning. This blog post features my art analysis worksheets and art analysis Venn Diagrams. Both provide a structured way to approach art analysis. Each one comes with a […]
I wish I could tell you that playing calm music in the art room would calm your students down and make them better behaved, but I can’t. I can tell you that there is lots of evidence to show that music does relax us, and that can only be a good thing. Never ask your […]
When I saw this duct tape dress on social media, it’s creativity blew me away. It was made by Peyton Manker for the Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest. Using 41 rolls of duct tape it took 395 hours. Its theme is the coronavirus and it reflects both Peyton’s personal experience and issues that have affected the […]
Massachusettes art and music teacher TJ Reynolds sums up perfectly at the start of this video why black lives matter. He goes on to demonstrate two tasks using the raised fist. He explains that this is not an aggressive symbol, but a symbol of liberation. With 20 years teaching experience under his belt, I asked […]
