How to Paint Skin Tones, worksheet and lesson plan. This is ideal for the first time that your students try to mix skin tones. This one-page resource (pictured above) is designed to challenge your students to mix paint to create the different skin colours that they can see. It is an excellent way to teach […]
Drawing a collage! This exciting unit of work asks your students to create a collage and then draw it. Not only that, it asks your students to work in a variety of different media. Just press print to deliver this creative project! This download includes: A written unit of work that describes each stage and […]
Drawing eyes with different media is a download that encourages accurate observational drawing and experimenting with different media. This download includes: An eyes reference sheet in colour An eyes reference sheet in black and white A two-page lesson plan which includes advice on how to teach each media and how to structure the delivery of […]
‘Drawing Eyes’ is 3 worksheets with beautiful eyes all looking in different directions. 6 photos to draw in total. This could be for one student to work in a range of media or you could cut each worksheet in half and each student chooses one set of eyes to draw. There are lots of portrait […]
‘Old, Wrinkled Eyes for Drawing’ is a one-page resource which encourages wonderfully detailed drawing. Why are wrinkles so appealing? There 4 versions of this one-page resource. For the UK: The wording is Shading, Tone, Detail, Accuracy. In colour and black & white. For the US: The wording is Shading, Value, Detail, Accuracy. In colour and […]
Get your students really looking at portraits and answering questions with ‘The Portraits Game’ starter activity. Students have to match six clues to six portraits by famous artists. Each clue also includes a question for you to questions your students further. Duration: 10 minutes There are more starter activities on The Arty Teacher.
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