Pysanky Eggs Art Resource. A useful one-page resource that illustrates Pysanky Eggs. There is a traditional tale about Pysanky eggs here on Youtube called ‘Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco’ It would be lovely to play in the background whilst your class completed Easter activities.
Whether you use this to remind yourself what media and surfaces you could use, or if you use it to help your students be more independent, it’s a really useful list. It suggests 13 different mediums, 20 Surfaces, and also suggests 8 ways to make a surface to work on. Ideal for GCSE, A Level, […]
An L-shaped viewfinder is the most flexible choice of viewfinder as it doesn’t limit your students to a particular rectangle or square. It gives them the flexibility to try different dimensions. Simply cut out the 2 L-shapes and place them over an image to select part of that image.
Have you ever wondered why you can’t create a paper snowflake as good as the ones you see on the internet? It’s all in the way you fold it! If you fold your paper in the way shown on this download, you will get a snowflake with a far more intricate pattern which also has […]
This free, close-ups artists’ presentation looks at 5 artists who create work that could be categorised as ‘Close-Ups’. Thank you to Sarah Graham, Linnea Tobias, Brian Scott, Sherry Egger and Ester Curini who are happy to share their work with art teachers around the globe to use in their teaching. They offer a wide range […]
I set up The Arty Teacher because I have a passion for my subject that I want to share with other art teachers around the world.
I have been a high school art teacher for over 20 years, so I understand what it’s like to be in front of a class of students, often with very different abilities and attitudes.
I wanted to develop resources that would help teachers to bring out the best in every student in every class. I also wanted to free-up staff from time-consuming lesson preparation to let them focus instead on delivering exciting, motivating, dynamic lessons, supported by excellent resources.
