Students practice gradating coloured pencils with this useful cover/sub lesson that links well with natural forms, flower or Georgia O’Keeffe projects. This download includes: A lesson plan which includes an introduction, demonstration, development, plenary and extension task. A worksheet for the UK and USA A good example. There are other flowers, Natural Forms and O’Keeffe […]
This useful one-page download of leaves could be used for teaching how to gradate watercolour or coloured pencils. The page has no instruction on it, so it’s open to your creative input. There are lots of other leaves art resources and painting resources on The Arty Teacher website.
This comprehensive Hundertwasser Art Project guides students through creating a research page on Hundertwasser and then creating a watercolour painting. The step-by-step photos in the PowerPoint (pictured above) really help students succeed. This download includes: A detailed 2 page written unit of work that includes: Introduction, Artist Research Page, Drawing, Gradating Paint, Painting Final Piece […]
This is a choice board for the elements of art. This download includes: A one-page choice board with 12 ideas for projects which each link to one or more of the elements of art. An additional document that suggests artists that would be good to research for each choice, should you wish your students to […]
Drawing reflections is an inspiring and challenging subject matter. These two worksheets contain 6 high-resolution images of reflections for your students to draw. Give students a whole worksheet or cut them up and let students choose one of the 6 reflections to draw. There are other drawing resources and close-up resources on The Arty Teacher […]
This one-page Surrealism Art Lesson asks your students to create a drawing that combines an eye with a fish. This task is within keeping of Surrealist traditions where artists would transform one object into another. With three different eyes that reflect different ethnicities and three different fish to inspire them, this worksheet creates a great […]
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