Artists

What is a natural form?  A natural form is an object found in nature that has not been changed or altered. It is still in its natural state.  For example, flowers, leaves, seedpods, bones, skeletons, feathers, birds, fish, animals etc. ‘Natural Forms’ is a favourite topic for art teachers to pursue.  The flowing lines within […]

Artist Klari Reis creates art in Petri dishes.  Like the cultures you would expect to find there, the daubs of colour bloom, bleeding paint seems frozen in time, whisps and tendrils reach across the glossy surfaces reminding us of past science lessons and images from under the microscope.  The desire to peer closer is inevitable. […]

When I first saw the insect art created by Rose Sanderson, I happened to be teaching my students an insect project.  I couldn’t wait to share her work with my students.  Her detailed paintings on the covers of old hardback books had instant appeal.  Art teachers often encourage students to experiment with the surfaces they […]

Can you find the 6 differences between these two paintings? Just click on the image below to make it larger. This painting is called ‘The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage’ (1874) and is by an artist called Edgar Degas.  Degas carefully planned this painting and made sketches of all the figures in it first.  You […]

When I saw the stage by stage photos by art teacher Robert Bagley, I knew they would be of interest to art teachers everywhere. They are inspired by the artist Abby Diamond who is an artist I have found to be very popular with students.  Diamond combines detailed, sketchy pen drawing with loose, freely applied […]

Drawing skulls is appealing to so many students.  If you then want your students to make connections with artists, illustrator Mimi Ilnitskaya from Kazakhstan is an artist worth knowing about. Her whimsical drawings of skulls are inspired by some of her favourite artists: Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo […]