Start Here: Drawing is a collection of resources specially created by AccessArt to help you deliver art education in your primary school.
The resources are aimed at non specialist / less experienced teachers who would value guidance as to how best to teach drawing.
The resources have been carefully created by AccessArt as a result of many years experience working in the area, and aim to provide the foundations for a comprehensive, inspirational art education, which balances knowledge of materials and techniques, exploration of key skills and experimentation.
Before you Start Teaching... Begin by questioning how you think about drawing in your school...
Balancing Observational & Experimental Drawing Skills
How to value and enable both sets of skills feed into each other.
How does our Aesthetic Influence our Teaching?
And how can we lighten our touch?
Teaching for the Journey
Explore how teaching for the journey, not the outcome, can enable great work!
Why we Need to Teach Drawing in School
When we teach drawing, we open up the lives of those we teach…
Enable Drawing to Flourish in your School 4 Simple Ways to Make Drawing Outcomes Better!
1. Drawing Materials
A beginners guide to drawing media.
3. Encouraging Risks
How to encourage risk taking to make better drawings.
2. Paper
How changing the paper you draw on can improve drawing outcomes.
4. Using Warm Up Exercises
How warm up exercises can transform outcomes.
