Techniques & Processes

I’ve created this ‘Creating with Shadows’ video as a home learning project.  I had great fun making this and experimenting with different media.  Your students will too.  I’ve deliberately selected different media that your students might have at home, such as coffee, ball point pen and food colouring. Play the video and then start getting […]

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 […]

Thank you to art teacher Hazel Coxon for letting me share her resources for an inspiring ‘Loo Roll Art Challenge’ which has been made for home learning.  She teaches at a PRU in Totnes in Devon, UK.  She tells me that she can’t take the credit because it was a little gallery in Norfolk called […]

New Jersey art teacher Allison Fantry isn’t going to let students with no paint at home stop learning about painting.  Her recreation of Munch’s ‘Scream’ has had an amazingly positive reaction from art teachers on Facebook who are all looking for ways to continue engaging their students with art.  As Alison said herself “Necessity is […]

Mark making with coffee is a fun activity you can do at home.  ‘Mark making’ is an art term used to describe the lines, patterns or textures we make when we create a piece of art.  It’s interesting to see what tools you can find in your home to draw with and this video uses […]

Painting with coffee is a great activity to do at home, especially if you don’t have any paint.  This coffee art is inspired by looking at tree bark.  To complete this activity you are going to need: A paintbrush Instant Coffee* A pencil and paper *Instant coffee works best but if you don’t have it […]