Advanced art lessons

Looking to explore drawing a portrait that uses COLORED LIGHT to create visual interest? This post guides artists through how to draw a gridded portrait that emphasizes the subject's EYES using colored pencils on black paper to render colored light sources. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid

After nearly a decade of teaching secondary students, I've had a lot of time to test out a variety of 2d art projects. Let's face it: as teachers, sometimes we plan and plan and plan. We are so excited to deliver the project, and then... it flops. Students are uninterested and the final products aren't

Remote learning. The novelty has well and truly worn off. Turning up to a computer screen in the morning is not what I signed up for when I became a teacher. But I guess, what many of us are going through at the moment isn't exactly what we signed up for! And so it's been

High School art students create self-portraits with charcoal on reclaimed cardboard. Read the full art lesson.

ART CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK - Fifty-two weeks of creativity: (Eventually) AN ENTIRE YEAR of attainable, motivational and creative activity! Students! For each challenge you do you...

This project is a great way to teach positive and negative space in art. It is perfect for Halloween or anytime of year. Find step-by-step instructions and ideas for your classroom.

Click on the links below to access lesson plans for projects this semester. Lessons will be added after they have been introduced in class.

The Arty Teacher. The leading art teacher website in the UK. The Arty Teacher provides art resources to art teachers around the globe.

I’ve been getting a lot of requests for the lesson plan for this Element of Design Booklet lesson, so here’s a little explanation of how I teach this lesson. This is an Advanced class l…

Mini museum display - bust of artist and reproductions of works