Category: Techniques & Processes
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Book Review: Art Shaped by Darrell Wakelam
‘Art Shaped’ by Darrell Wakelam should be in every art teachers collection, no matter what age group they teach. And it should be recommended by tutors who run teacher training courses, that’s how good it is. Wakelam is a freelance teaching artist who spends his time creating card constructed projects with children in schools. You can…
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How to Make a Zine
The word Zine (like MagaZINE) has evolved to represent a self-published, non-commercial magazine-like publication. Artists and organisations publish Zines to cover a variety of topics from art and social issues to personal thoughts. Their content can be written, drawn, printed, or collaged and usually combines words and imagery. One of the benefits of Zines is…
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5 Reasons Why the Grid Method is Great for Teaching Drawing
What is the Grid Method and How Can it Help You Teach Your Students to Draw? The grid method is a technique used in art that involves dividing an image into a series of smaller, more manageable sections using a grid. A grid is typically drawn over the reference image, and then students use the…
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Different Drawing Techniques to use in the Art Classroom
An exciting curriculum includes a broad range of different drawing techniques created with different media. I’m always looking for ways to get my students excited by drawing. Regularly offering different drawing techniques can be a small part of a larger plan and allows more students to find success. It is important to educate our younger…
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A Strategy to Raise Achievement in Art
This strategy is for GCSE students who struggle to work independently or for those teachers who have enormous mixed ability classes where it is impossible to support a them in a truly independent course of study. You may have behavioural issues and difficulty in encouraging students to complete homework. This simple strategy asks students to…
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How to Make Drawing Charcoal
This blog post explores how to make drawing charcoal. When I saw these step-by-step images below on Facebook, uploaded by art teacher Bernard Ionesco, that clearly show how to make charcoal, I just had to get in touch and see if I could share them. You would need one hell of a risk assessment to…