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Wow! What an amazing collection of Halloween art lessons! They are all designed to teach the valuable skills that you want your students to have.
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Halloween Art Lessons - The Arty Teacher
Halloween Art Lessons that teach your students the skills you want them to have to progress. These Halloween art resources will save you hours of planning!
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October 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I wanted to remind you about this useful numeracy in art article. I bet you are already incorporating numeracy in your art curriculum!
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Incorporating Numeracy in Art & Design - The Arty Teacher
Incorporating Numeracy in Art & Design. Maths and geometry can be found in art, design and architecture all over the world.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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What is an art homework menu?
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What is an Art Homework Menu?
Find out more: https://theartyteacher.com/downloads/portraits-art-homework-menu/ What is an art homework menu? An Art Homework Menu is a flexible, student-centered way to assign art homework that…
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September 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Freebie alert for UK art teachers! This one page, editable Word document, is an overview of a four-week art skills module, designed to help students make the leap from GCSE to A Level.

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Art Skills Module - The Arty Teacher
This one page, editable Word document, is an overview of a four-week art skills module, designed to help students make the leap from GCSE to A Level.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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An oldie but a goodie: Surrealism. Dali Inspired Clock.
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Surrealism Art Lesson - Dali Inspired Clock - The Arty Teacher
Surrealism art lesson inspired by Dali's 'The Persistence of Memory'. Students create a dripping clock drawing using the grid method.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Get your students thinking about the proportions of the body with this Da Vinci inspired ‘Vitruvian mannequin’ resource.
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Vitruvian Mannequin - Proportions of the Body - The Arty Teacher
Get your students thinking about the proportions of the body with this 'Vitruvian mannequin' resource.  Ideal for no-model life drawing.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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New this summer: Perspective and Depth!

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Perspective and Depth - The Arty Teacher
Perspective and Depth. This art lesson teaches students how to use one-point perspective & gradated shading to create the illusion of depth.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This was published last week and has been really popular!
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Drawing X-Rays - The Arty Teacher
Drawing X-Rays! During this drawing project your students will draw X-rays using white pencil on black paper.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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From the art-chive: I have quite a range of lobster art lessons!
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August 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Half stippled drawing! Half collage! The inspiring step-by-step pictures & instructions in this stippled spider on book paper activity guide your students through each step of this process.

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Stippled Spider on Book Paper - The Arty Teacher
Stippled Spider on Book Paper.Teach your students how to use stippling to draw a detailed and tonal spider. Art lesson.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Why not try 'Art Critique Cards' this year? They come with a list of 15 different ways to use and a glossary.

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50 Art Critique Cards - The Arty Teacher
50 Art Critique Cards that can be used to analyse any artwork and promote discussion or be used to encourage meaningful writing.
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August 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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It's good to know you can find professional development specifically for art teachers that can be completed in your own time and your own pace.

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August 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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If you're a UK educator, about to head back to school, you'll find this link to my complete units of work useful.

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August 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Be prepared for absense with these sub lessons that won't put your art materials at risk!
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10 Art Sub Lessons that only need a Pencil - The Arty Teacher
10 Art Sub Lessons. Be prepared and reduce your workload by using these ready made sub lessons that only need a pencil. Wonderful choice.
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August 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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What would you say if a parent said, “If students can’t have a phone, neither should the teachers”?
August 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Kick off the new academic year with this striking X-ray drawing project – students love the drama of white pencil on black paper!

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August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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These were published last week and have been popular: 20 Surrealism Drawing Prompts! buff.ly/jEEKCMd
(The snail is to catch your attention!)

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August 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Art teacher Mrs Grey has made a video to demonstrate how to use my Metallic Balloon grid drawings. Wonderful! The link to these alphabet metallic ballons is in the first comment.

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Metallic Balloons (Grid and Drawing Demo)
Demo by Carlon Grey Art Lesson by The Arty Teacher Music: Building A Treehouse Musician: As Tall As Pine (from Audiio)
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August 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I thought I would remind you about this useful page of artist research pages. We can learn so much by looking!
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Good Examples of Artist Research Pages - The Arty Teacher
Good examples of artist research pages. Show your students inspiring examples of artist research pages to inspire and raise achievement.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Two men sunbathing, August bank holiday, Blackpool, 1971, photo by Don McPhee.
August 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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You are going to love my latest course which is all about transfer techniques. Watch the full trailer here: theartyteacher.com/downloads/tr...

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August 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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My course on Differentiation has just received a lovely 5-star review. "...More than anything I am grateful to be reminded that what I am doing in the classroom is differentiated instruction but the language used in most PD does not apply."
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Differentiation in Art Professional Development - The Arty Teacher
Learn to Teach Painting
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August 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"What matters is that children use art to communicate how they feel, in a unique and important way, and feel better for doing it."

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Mental Health Support in Schools
Art can be a powerful tool for mental health support in schools. Discover creative activities that help pupils communicate feelings & build self-esteem.
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August 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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This blog post on 'Inspiring Sketchbooks' has been really popular. If you are interested in discovering artists who create lovely sketchbooks, with a view to introducing them to your students, this post is really helpful.

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Inspiring Sketchbooks - The Arty Teacher
Inspiring Sketchbooks. What inspiring sketchbook artists do you share with your students? Sketchbooks are so appealing!
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August 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I'm excited that London-based artist Liz Atkin has added her details to my Artists in Schools Directory. If you're looking for an artist to work with your students, my directory is a free and great place to start.

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August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM