Drawing 3 braids is a super-useful one-page resource that teaches students valuable drawing skills. Students create their drawings on the worksheet in the gaps. It makes a beautiful sketchbook page. I like to use this to teach coloured pencil skills or you could get students to draw each one using different mediums. (How about pencil, […]
This 3-page download called ‘Drawing Car Details’ includes 12 close-up images of cars. Lights, wheels, gears and engine parts make excellent images to draw and will be particularly useful for engaging the boys in your class. The text on each page asks your students to draw three boxes of different sizes on a sketchbook page […]
Miniature Drawing Project. This mini unit of work will fill four or five lessons and asks your students to practise drawing small objects in different media, make a tiny concertina book and then fill it with small drawings. The download includes: A three page unit of work which includes the stages of practising different media, […]
The inner workings of clocks are so appealing to draw. Drawing cogs and clock mechanisms is a good challenge. This one-page close-ups of clock parts worksheet will keep your students engaged and busy. There are lots of close-ups resources on The Arty Teacher.
Using this ‘Mark Making Cubes’ project is a great way to teach mark making and results in a striking display. Each student applies gradated mark making to a cube net and then creates a cube. A great way to introduce maths (using a net) into the art curriculum. Included in this download is: A detailed […]
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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.
