Blow Painting

Blow Painting

Pupils of all ages enjoy this visual arts activity, but most especially pupils in junior classes. It is an easy lesson to do and each picture will turn out differently. It is also a great activity to do with a pupil with oral motor difficulties as it will give a fun...
Patterned Paper Plate Art

Patterned Paper Plate Art

This is a very easy painting lesson to do with older pupils. The lesson has to be done in stages as it requires a few coats of paint to be applied and each coat must be dry before the next is applied. However, the end result is always interesting and unexpected. For...
Hessian Pictures

Hessian Pictures

Hessian is a sackcloth-like fabric that is generally used a backing for floor carpets. It is also great for using in the “Fabric and Fibre” strand of the Visual Arts curriculum. This series of five progressive lessons using hessian fabric can be done over a three/four...
Watercolour Prints

Watercolour Prints

This Visual Arts resource combines using watercolours and poster paint as the media for the lesson. In a two-step process, pupils firstly create the background watercolour design in contrasting/complimentary colours and then use poster paints to create the repeated...
Glitter Art

Glitter Art

It’s funny how sometimes the easiest Visual Arts lesson turns out to be the most effective! Each time I did this lesson with whatever age group I was teaching, it was invariably one of the most popular lessons. It’s also interesting to get the pupils to give their...
Scrafitti Art

Scrafitti Art

This Visual Arts lesson combines a “taking a line for a walk” lesson with wax crayons and paint. In a three-step lesson, pupils firstly create a wax crayon design. This is then completely covered in thick black paint. A pattern is then scratched out of the black paint...