Old Locks & Keys to Draw & Paint
This PowerPoint of ‘Old Locks & Keys to Draw & Paint’ is a wonderful starting point for a project. 45 slides contain 72 images of keys or bunches of keys. All the keys have a wonderful, aged look to them.
Landscape Collage Unit of Work This comprehensive unit of work asks your students to both draw a landscape and create a landscape collage where they paint their own papers first. (Of course, you could just choose to deliver the collage lessons only.) This unit of work includes: A detailed 3 page unit of work that […]
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.
You can use this one-page African Masks colouring task in a variety of different ways. Ask students to colour it in with earthy, African colours. Ask students to use watercolour. Students could select three areas of the worksheet with a compass and use different media within the areas, such as coloured pencil, pencil, watercolour or […]
You can use this one-page Georgia O’Keeffe colouring task in a variety of different ways. Ask students to colour it in with either flat or gradated coloured pencil. Ask students to use watercolour. Students could select three areas of the worksheet with a compass and use different media within the areas, such as coloured pencil, […]
Get creative on Martin Luther King day or for Black history month with this Martin Luther King grid drawing. There are two versions of the grid drawing. One with the grid in place and one where there are tiny marks around the edge of the square so that students can draw their own lines. There […]
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