I bet you know some students who will love these! 10 ‘complete the missing half’ symmetrical aliens. These are great for encouraging engagement in drawing where detail and a range of tones/values are the aim. There are more observational drawing downloads on The Arty Teacher website.
Einstein believed creativity was as important as knowledge: My kind of man! This one-page worksheet, with a good example, imaginatively combines art and science. Great if you want to inject some cross-curricular elements into your curriculum. Einstein addresses students directly through the speech bubble, introducing who he is and asking them to create an imaginative […]
This task is a classic and still has huge value today. Teaching your students to draw negative space and giving them time to develop using this technique has a place on all drawing curriculums. This download includes: There are more drawing negative space tasks on The Arty Teacher website. If you want to enhance your […]
Drawing Barnacles in Different Media. I don’t know if it’s the three pages of beautiful barnacles that make this download so appealing or the sketchbook pages of good examples. I do know that showing your students good examples raises attainment. This download is also great for showing students that experimenting with a broad range of […]
The inspiring step-by-step pictures and instructions in this stippled spider on book paper activity guide your students through each step of this process. Clear objectives and explanations of both Pointillism and Stippling make this a comprehensive learning experience for your students. Stippling can be time-consuming, but this art lesson saves time by combining a stippled […]
7 Stone mask images to draw. Please note, there are no instructions or lesson plan included with this download. The download is simply the wonderfully inspiring, textural images that you can see here. These are AI images. If you like these images, you may be interested in my ‘Experimental Surfaces‘ professional development.
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.
