Stick these on the front of sketchbooks, or inside front cover. Stick them on boxes or crates, or on the front of draws. Your art room will look wonderfully creative when these are part of your display. There is one for each Grade and Kindergarten. You will have them for the rest of your career […]
You want your students to be able to create one of those cool Elements of Art sketchbook pages that you see on Pinterest, that are all gorgeously doodled on with illustrations that reflect the words. However, you know that some of your students would struggle with drawing outline fonts. This worksheet is the answer. It’s […]
Post-it Note Pedagogy for Art! These many strategies, which come as a PDF document, are art specific ways that help you incorporate assessment, peer assessment, starters, plenaries and group work into your lessons. They are all fun, engaging techniques that will keep your lessons interesting and inspection ready! Click here for more Starters for Art […]
This presentation and lesson plan combine to make a superb cross-curricular art/music lesson. Mark Making to music is a wonderfully creative lesson. View the presentation with your students to look at mark making in figurative and abstract artworks. The presentation includes a script with questioning. Then use the lesson plan to complete marking making to […]
Do your students struggle when creating compositions? This worksheet is designed to support students when they are creating compositions by making suggestions of things to consider. It asks them to think about different shapes, sizes, or even a series. It ends with ideas for annotation and a useful word bank. This worksheet puts you in […]
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.
