Poppy Seed Head Sub Lesson
Poppy Seed Head Sub Lesson: This one-page download asks your students to draw the beautiful poppy seed head. The information explains what a natural for is, and the instructions are full of good advice.
Watercolour and Coloured Pencil Leaf: This activity utilises the process of watercolour washes and coloured pencil detail. It’s a great way to introduce a simple mixed media task, and has the advantage of showing how watercolour washes can speed up a detailed drawing. Time is never our friend in the art room! This download includes: […]
Drawing conkers. This amazing image of conkers is inspiring to draw and great for your natural forms projects. This two page download comes as a worksheet for students to draw on and a resource where students would draw in sketchbooks or on paper. There are many more drawing and natural forms art lessons on The […]
This poster asks students to decorate an egg like an artwork or art movement. It tells them to decorate a real egg or work on paper. (Perhaps you could have a prize for each category?) There is a small amount of editable text on the poster where you can type your deadline for this competition. […]
Zendoodle Faces! (Sometimes called Zentangles). During this art lesson, students add patterns to the sections of hair. Included in this download: 3 different faces which have flowing lines radiating outwards, creating sections where students can apply patterns. A good example to show students. 3 pages of example patterns to inspire students. There are many more […]
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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.