Making Faces Making faces is a 4-page resource, pictured above, that introduces your students to the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. It then goes on to ask them to create a face out of objects from around their home. A list of features to include helps students create a detailed face. 5 suggested categories of objects […]
Amsterdam Buildings Worksheet. Two pages of beautiful Amsterdam buildings featuring the 17th Century, tall, canal-side, gabled houses. This has been created to work alongside this video: Amsterdam Architecture Video. The download includes an assessment rubric to work along side the video. The video is not included in the download but is available at the above […]
Analysing an Artwork – Edvard Munch Being able to analyse an artwork is a key skill for students. I have chosen this artwork because of its lonely, sombre quality. The last question on the worksheet asks students to make connections to the current coronavirus crisis by asking ‘Describe how this artwork reflects what is going […]
A recent delight has been to watch the virtual tour of the closed ‘Picasso and Paper’ exhibition on YouTube. This download is a three-page question paper to accompany this virtual tour. Ideal for home learning. There are 35 questions. The questions require your students to read the text within the virtual tour and to look […]
This photography colour/color hunt is an ideal home learning challenge or could take place on your school grounds. It takes one lesson to complete and asks students to go and photograph different coloured items of their own choosing. It then asks students to place their photographs in a grid. A good example is included on […]
This fun ‘Drawing Around Objects’ task asks your students to find 5 objects around the home and draw around them. This is an ideal home learning activity. This two-page resource includes good examples and simple instructions. It asks your students to photograph their creations and place them in a document and email them to you. […]
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.
