Category: Techniques & Processes
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How to Create Sgraffito
Sgraffito is a form of decoration or drawing made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour. This can be done on ceramics as well as paper. This blog post is a step-by-step guide on how to create sgraffito on paper using oil pastels. You are going to need…
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Photoseries: Creating a Narrative with Photographer Sarvjit Sra
Working with artists and practitioners is a highly desirable way to engage students in Art & Design and broadens their learning from inside of the classroom. This year, my students from Wolverhampton Grammar School have been working alongside Midlands-based photographer, Sarvjit Sra, to practice the art of storytelling through photography. Hearing his motivation and inspirations…
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How to Get Students to Create Gestural Drawing
How to get students to create gestural drawing is a question many art teachers have asked themselves. I saw the beautiful, gestural drawings below on Facebook posted by art teacher Joan Martin. They were posted with the comment: “I’m trying to get my grade 11 class to work in a more expressive manner. These were…
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Drawing on Surfaces
As part of a sketchbook exchange that I am involved with, and in response to some beautiful surfaces my sketchbook buddy had created, I wanted to have a go at drawing on some interesting surfaces, rather than on white paper. I painted some white tissue with coloured inks. You could use inks, watercolour or watered…
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Sketchbook Circle Ammonites
These are my latest Sketchbook Circle pages. Sketchbook Circle is a sketchbook exchange group. As you may have seen, I’ve created lots of ammonite art teaching resources lately, so I thought I would take inspiration from them myself. I started by using some of the collage materials that Sketchbook Circle had sent me. This included…
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How to Create Clay Relief Artworks
If you’ve ever wondered how to create clay relief artworks, this blog post has some information and inspiration which just might make you include it in your planning. I’ve been really inspired recently by the images below posted by Weston Road Art Department on Instagram. I asked Head of Art Dan McGurrin if he could…