This elephant eye grid drawing, with all its lines and detail, really lends itself to teaching your students how to use a grid. It’s great for encouraging accurate drawing and using a broad range of tones/values. There are two versions of each grid drawing. One with the grid in place and one where there are […]
Marbles Drawing and Painting Image Bank is a beautiful collection of photographs. Why not use them as a starting point for a still life drawing and painting project? 13 high-resolution images of marbles. There are 8 slides which are groups of marbles and 5 slides which are individual marbles. There are 4 additional slides that […]
‘Eyes shading and blending’ is a mixed media activity that teaches your students to shade and blend coloured pencil and then apply pen. The skilful and vibrant makeup by Instagram makeup guru MakeupbyEvaxx provides the inspiration. The lesson plan breaks down into stages how students should approach this task. This resource includes 4 pages: A […]
Chihuly Research Crossword. Are you fed up with students cutting and pasting chunks from the internet and calling it research? Using a crossword puts you in control and makes students research real facts. This Chihuly crossword asks students to research some of the key facts about Chihuly. There are 10 questions and it includes an […]
Drawing bees is an appealing art resource that asks students to draw the bees in different media. Excellent, inspiring examples are included. This download has 4 pages and includes: Drawing bees worksheet with all 8 bees and three good examples Drawing bees good examples in ballpoint pen, coloured pencil and pencil. Drawing bees – 4 […]
How do you get your students to write an artists statement? One way is to use this worksheet. It breaks down the tasks into three sections: what they have made and with what materials, the process they have been through and where they got their inspiration from. If students write a sentence for each they […]
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