art lessons

  • Art is dead. Long live AI

    Art is dead. Surely, artists are redundant now that we can just pop a few prompts into an AI engine and get a stunning piece of art? Artificial Intelligence software can produce new images based on a set of parameters… Continue reading

    Art is dead. Long live AI
  • Memory Art

    Memory Art I learned this exercise from a session i did at the Baltic Quays gallery, Gateshead. It was in a session done by art teacher Elinor Brass so it isn’t mine, but I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing it… Continue reading

    Memory Art
  • Does anyone know of an artist who does . . . ?

    Good art teaching comes from the development of planning that opens minds, it doesn’t direct outcomes. Continue reading

    Does anyone know of an artist who does . . . ?
  • Idea Mining

    Idea Mining – This art lesson involves applying the objective or purpose of the idea to different thinking strands, to facilitate the more complex production of ideas. Continue reading

    Idea Mining
  • Creative Lesson Planning

    One of the ways I see creativity being stifled is when well meaning teachers plan their lessons. Instead of planning for freedom of choice, they plan very controlled experiences. Instead of encouraging risk and exploration they limit the materials to… Continue reading

    Creative Lesson Planning
  • Creating creative lessons and happy, independent students

                          When PLANNING AND PREPARING for creative lessons consider: The creativity you want to tap into Is it a new experience or a new way of seeing, is it relative… Continue reading

    Creating creative lessons and happy, independent students