Introduction for those Teaching Art
This page details some of my own observations as an art teacher of long standing. It deals with the way you should teach, and what you can expect children to get out of your lessons.

Objects for your Classroom
On this page, I deal with the kinds of objects you can place in the classroom. These objects should not only enhance the visual appeal of the room, but also help as drawing aids for your students.

All About Pencils
This is a short lesson that explains the different kinds of pencil on the market today. It also shows you two different ways to hold your pencil for drawing purposes.

Golden Rules
Learn my three golden rules of drawing to help you in the classrom, especially with students new to the world of drawing.

Process of Drawing
Here I outline four simple steps to follow when you are starting out on the artistic process.

Observational Drawing
This tutorial is designed to improve your drawing skills by getting you to observe the basic shapes that make up everyday objects.

Geometeric Shapes
This tutorial is designed to improve a student's observational skills. It's a fun lesson involving flowers and shapes.

Shading a Ball
Try this exercise to improve you shading skills. This is a tried and tested shading exercise where you start out with a circle and end up with a shaded ball!

More Shading Execises
Following along from the last tutorial, I have some more shading exercises for you. There's a PDF to download and print out, to help you get started.

Shading an Alien
This is a fun shading exercise. Download an image of an alien, and use your new shading skills to improve the drawings.

My Views on Perspective in Art Lessons
I outline what I tend to teach when it comes to perspective. There's also plenty of good exercises you can use, here.

How to Draw Faces
This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to draw faces. It's quite a long page, with many images, and make take some time to load. Apologies for this!