Artists

Artist Michael Screen, has recently developed a deep interest in nautical art, and is currently working on a portfolio based on studies of decaying and abandoned ships and boats. Originally from Wales, he has been based in Portsmouth for the last 20 years.  Portsmouth’s coastal location is clearly an advantage to his work. Screen commented […]

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 […]

Artist Jeff Stahl is best known for his caricature portraits and pet portraits but has also created wonderful, gestural paintings of skulls that are ideal to show to your students.  Not least because he has created some step by step photographs of how his work progressed.  They are so good, they make me want to […]

In the Coyoacán district of Mexico City, the Casa Azul is where Frida Kahlo was born, created most of her work, and later died. Like many art galleries and museums the site is now closed but has become accessible to fans all over the world thanks to a virtual tour.  You can explore its rooms and […]

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 […]

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 […]