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A collection of Visual Art related Activities to support kaiako with the planning and delivery of teaching and learning

Piki te Maunga: Ta Moko ↗

External link: Be introduced to the world of tā moko (traditional tattooing). Focus on the basics; what the tohu (marks/designs) mean and how to draw them. Then use this new…
Making a Kahoa Kakala↗

External link: This lesson was inspired by the Tongan tradition of making and gifting a kahoa kakala. By using paper flowers instead of fresh flowers, it recognises that kahoa can…
Te Rito Toi: Lesson Plans↗

External link: “All of the lessons here have been written by curriculum experts who understand the potential of the arts to draw students back to learning after crisis. They have…
Ping-Pong Discussion Game

This resource uses ping-pong balls to generate class discussion about the elements principles and contextual ideas of artworks – particularly targeted at the Communicating and Interpreting strand of the Arts…
Aotearoa: Unity in diversity – December – for older students

This resource is about making a celebratory wreath to symbolise our culture, treasured customs and aroha for friends and family during the December holiday.
Mathigon Mathematical Origami↗

External link: Combining art and maths, Mathigon presents a range of origami based on complex 3D shapes with instructions
Jackson Pollock Painting Creator↗

External link: Have some fun and paint like Jackson Pollock using your mouse
Digital Tangram Builder↗

External link: “There are countless different shapes that can be created using the seven simple Tangram tiles. What can you come up with by combining art and maths?”
Representation in Art

Invites readers to decipher visual codes beyond composition: denotation, connotation, mnemonic, polemic. Works from Hiria Anderson, Fiona Pardington, J W Giles, George French Angas, Louis de Breton, John Kinder, and…
Assessment Activity

Invites readers to undertake two tasks. 1) to ‘deconstruct to understand’ through drawing lines between Māori design elements and intent, and to engage with a series of questions, with Reweti…
What is Māori Art?

Authored by Tanu Aumua, this ANZAAE-Toi o Tāmaki resource answers the question “what is Māori art?” through exemplars in exercise form. Readers are asked to consider their emotional responses to…
Māori Art Categories

Contemporary Māori art straddles customary and non-customary practice, with each maintaining adherence to and support from a particular sector of society. For many Māori, there is a preference for work…
Class kit: What art brings↗

External link: A class kit published by Museum of Contemporary Art of Australia that looks at the important role art plays in STEAM and the skills art teaches us for…
AGSA: Start at Home Activities↗

External link: “A range of activities based off the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.”
How to make a Dadaist poem

External link: “Is of a fish! Have fun with words: follow these instructions to create your own dadaist poem, using things you are likely to have at home.”
Cloud Stop Motion: Design Challenge

A stop motion animation design challenge from Raranga Matahiko using Cloud Stop Motion
SculptGL Design Challenge

A series of activities students can work through when using SculputGL.
Composite images in Photoshop

A step-by-step guide of how to experiment with different tools on Photoshop to create composite images.
Introduction to colouring pencils

A drawing activity that explores mark making and tonal shading.
Sculpture Challenge Box

A great warm up before tackling any sculpture project. The strength of this activity is that it makes students think about all the ways you can connect materials together.
Imagined City Relief Task

A relief task designed for Y10 students that asks them to design their own imagined city.
Art New Zealand Relief Task

A written relief task designed for Y10 that asks students to respond to works that they find in Art New Zealand magazines.
Ideas, Signs and Methods: Regeneration Reflection Sheet

A worksheet to help Senior Secondary students with regeneration of ideas.
Tivaevae Activity

An activity for primary school students that uses paper to create Tivaevae patterns.
Doodle Portrait

A one-off portrait task that combines collage and Zentangle. Ideal for junior secondary students.
Earth pigments: 10-minute colour hunt↗

External link: “This is a quick and fun colour hunt that will help to tap into the variety and subtlety of colours in te taiao. It can be carried out…
Block Printing with Earth Pigments↗

External link: A step by step guide on how to create a woodblock print using earth pigments by Jordan Davey-Emms.
Textile Staining With Whenua↗

External link: “What if we started wearing colours of our whenua again, as a way to identify where we are from?”
Found Pigment Painting

An activity that looks at how to create pigments at home inspired by the work of Noŋgirrŋa Marawili.
Sculptor: Fletcher Benton

A paper folding activity that looks at the work of sculptor Fletcher Benton. Suitable for junior secondary.
Cubist Portraits

An activity for years 7-8 that looks at Cubist portraits.
Crayola Colouring and Activity Pages ↗

External link: Hundreds of colouring and activity pages designed for Early Childhood and Primary students.
Y9 Art Elements: Space

A task designed for remote learning that could be used in the classroom that looks at how to create space within an image.
Zealandia Colouring Sheets

These beautiful colouring sheets created by Margaret Tolland will keep you and your children occupied for hours! Featuring “My Big Backyard”, Wetland, Coastal, Night-time, and Stream.
Your Fonofale wall display↗

External link: “The Fonofale model was created by Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann following talanoa (kōrero) with people from a variety of Pacific nations about concepts of wellbeing.”
Emotions In Colour↗

External link: “This activity uses colours to help tamariki name emotions. Being able to recognise and name emotions is the biggest step towards successfully regulating them.”
Make a Manu Tukutuku (kite)↗

External link: “Tamariki know the significance of manu tututuku and its connections in the world.”
Glitter Timers↗

External link: “Tamariki create a glitter timer and understand how this can be used as a calming anchor during mindful breathing.”w
Compliment Posters↗

External link: “Tamariki understand the value of a kind word and practice giving and receiving compliments.”
Mandala Colouring↗

External link: “Tamariki take part in a mindfulness experience using colouring-in and reflect on how this can help us relax.”
Explore Your Manu and Rākau↗

External link: “Many schools, kura and classrooms have special manu and rākau they associate with. We’ve created these to add to your classroom and learn from.”
Welcoming Matariki and Te Mātahi o te Tau↗

External link: “his activity is all about better understanding Matariki – understanding our unique and special culture and the culture of others, only impacts all our wellbeing positively.”
Your Whare Tapa Whā Wall Display↗

External link: “Tamariki collaborate with others to complete a classroom wall display and have an understanding of te whare tapa whā.”
Mihimihi and Pepeha templates

Mihimihi and Pepeha templates for Māori, Tauiwi and Pākeha from Auckland Libraries.
Creating Street Art: Cube Drawing Mural

A drawing activity inspired by the street artist Thank You X that utilises Zentangle art.
What’s on my fork?

A worksheet for a remote learning drawing task where student’s are asked to think creatively about what they can put on the end of their fork.
Hannah Hoch – Ellipses

A remote learning drawing activity that looks at Hannah Hoch’s still life imagery.
How to sketch a 3D moon

Step-by-step instructions on how to draw a 3D moon.
Art Scavenger Hunt

Students use a set of clues to determine the title and artist of several art pieces.
Pasifika Patterns

An activity using paper to create Pasifika inspired patterns designed for Primary school students.
Telephone Drawing Game

A step-by-step guide of how to play the Telephone Drawing Game. A great activity for art clubs or warm-up exercise for art students.
Abstract Data Selfie

Step-by-step instructions that allow primary students to experiment with geometric and organic shapes to create a data selfie inspired by Giorgia Lupi.
Foldable Fun Surprise

A one-off drawing activity designed for primary school students.
Wayne Thiebaud and the Elements of Art

Lesson ideas for primary and junior secondary students on how to incorporate the elements of art when looking at the work of Wayne Thiebald.
Process and Product: Photography ↗

External link: “his unit features a video with contemporary working photographers, image galleries of photographs from the National Gallery’s collection, an explainer that dives into the basics of photography, and…
Process and Product: Printmaking ↗

External link: “This unit features a video with a contemporary working artist who makes prints, image galleries of prints from the National Gallery’s collection, an explainer that dives into the…
Process and Product: Drawing ↗

External link: “Explore activities, ideas, and artworks to learn more about drawing techniques- and get inspired to create! In this video, artist Michael Booker discusses drawing and his approach to…
DIY Treaty of Waitangi ↗

External link: “This DIY Treaty of Waitangi is an A3 printable activity that invites students to make a treaty with another person or group of people. It is a shared…
Michael Parekowhai: The Promised Land – Student Worksheet↗

A student worksheet for Primary and Secondary ākonga that looks at Michael Parekowhai’s exhibition “The Promised Land”.
Matariki Craft: Woven Star

Maatakiwi from Māori Library Services shows us how to make a woven star for Matariki.
Matariki Craft: Star Art Weaving

Step by step instructions to make your own star art weaving for Matariki.
Matariki Activity Book

A collection of Matariki Activities compiled by Christchurch City Council for Primary School students.
Matariki Craft: Star Box Make Sheet

Instructions on how to make an origami star box for Matariki.
Matariki Craft: Star Box

Maatakiwi from Māori Library Services shows us how to make a folded paper star box for Matariki.
Get creative: Make your own art ↗

External link: “Celebrate the children of Tangaroa! Use the downloadable resources as inspiration to make your own creative response.”
Let’s animate: Stop motion animation techniques ↗

External link: “Stop motion is loads of fun and there are plenty of free tools available for any type of device. Use the image resources and video tutorials to create…
Video magic: How to green screen ↗

External link: “Use the animated sequence of the paraoa and the background ocean to experiment with green screen.”
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Virtual Tour ↗

External Link: “Experience the largest and one of the most significant exhibitions presented in the Gallery’s 133-year history.”
DrawWithRob – Gregosaurus

Background: during the coronavirus quarantine period in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for…
DRAW WITH ROB: Video Series ↗

External Link: “When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home”
Online Art Activities ↗

External Link: a series of online art activities from Toy Theatre Games.
Line-Sicles & Lines + Pop Art

In today’s #ArtDateWithMissKate, we will be learning about LINES and then create a Line-sicle artwork. You will need paper, a pencil, black marker, and crayons, as well as the line…
Value Scale Zentangle | Drawing Tutorial

Learn how to use hatching, cross hatching and stippling to create value scales on a Zentangle method inspired artwork. All you need is a pen and a piece of paper…
Exquisite Corpse Drawing Game

This collaborative drawing game ends up with hilarious results that are just as crazy as the name Exquisite Corpse. Exquisite Corpse is a drawing game invented by Surrealist artists to…
Museums – Free Coloring Pages ↗

External Link: “One Hundred Museums Transformed Their Collections Into Free Coloring Pages”
Tate Kids: Games and Quizzes ↗

External Link: a curation of games and quizzes for kids, from Tate Kids.
Learn How to Draw for Beginners

What do you need to start drawing and learn art and illustration? Just paper and pencil. We’re not going to get too fancy in this first class. We will start…
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Matariki Resources↗

A range of Matariki resources developed by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa which includes posters, colouring books and lesson plans.
The Dowse: Things to Make↗

External link: A collection of Art Challenges to do at home from The Dowse.
Sculpture Activity: Make Line Art↗

External link: “Marvel at the complex distorted geometric patterns created by Australian artist Kerrie Poliness and learn how to a geometric line pattern inspired by her work. Then experiment with…
MoMA: Lessons for Early Learners ↗

External Link: “Artful Activities for Early Learners emphasize a range of activities and active learning for Pre-K and early elementary-school students.”
Signs and Symbols Resource ↗

External Link: “In our facilitated programme Signs and Symbols, students look at the diverse ways artists use symbols in their artwork. In the”
Storytelling Resource ↗

External Link: “In our facilitated programme Storytelling, students explore how artists tell stories through artwork. They will make connections”
Len Lye Style Flip Book ↗

External Link: A slideshow created by the Govett-Brewster Gallery where you can make a flip book inspired by Len Lye.
Minimal Supply Art Activities ↗

External Link: “Being asked to shift your teaching practice from the classroom setting to at-home or eLearning is a challenge in itself.”
Gestural Animals Drawing Activity

“Gestural drawing is an artistic exercise – like when athletes warm-up. Quick, simple sketches are typically”
Canterbury Museum: Pātaka Activity

“Māori had many ways of preserving kai including smoking over fire, sun drying on racks and potting in containers with fat.”
He waka eke noa Template ↗

External Link: “Imagine you were about to set off on a waka adventure – who would you take with you?”
CHCH Art Gallery: Waka huia Template ↗

External Link: “Waka huia is a carved wooden container made for holding precious items like heitiki”
Exciting Ways to Teach Typography ↗

External Link: “Have you ever let your students go rogue in the font panel? If so, chances are you’ve been bombarded”
Task: Elements & Principles of Art (Y9)

A series of learning activities that allow students to apply knowledge of the Elements and Principles of Art using a range of materials.
New Zealand Landscape Artists: Task

A task that looks at some New Zealand landscape painting.
Relief: Circle Drawing Task

“Research or think about all the things you like or interest you or a theme and can gather ideas”
Activities: 3 Cup Museum Research

This activity looks at the architecture of Santiago Calatrava Valls and Zaha Hadid and asks students to create their own structures using paper cups.
Activities: Elements of Art – Shape

“When you want to create an amazing piece of art (aka aesthetically pleasing – easy on the eye”
Activities: Elements of Art – Value

A drawing activity designed for remote learning that looks at value and tone in art.
Activities: Elements of Art – Line

A drawing activity that looks at the illustration of Geraldine George and Zentangles to create imaginative portraits.
Relief: Caricature Designs Task – Y10

A drawing task that looks at exaggerated caricature portraits designed for junior secondary students.
Drawing Illusions Y9-10

A range of drawing activities designed for junior secondary students.
What’s in your Head: Surrealist Activity

A step-by-step Photoshop activity based on Surrealist portraits.
Virtual Art Gallery Template

External Link: Designed as a remote learning activity, this resource provides a template for students to showcase artworks on.
Visual Art Bingo

External Link: A range of activities designed for remote learning using a ‘Bingo’ format across various categories (i.e. line, tone, colour).
Activity: @Home Shadow Puppets

“How to make your own shadow puppet theatre: You can also just use a gauzy hanging curtain”
Relief: Water Textures Task

“Use your pencil to show as many water textures as you can. Experiment with different types of shading: smooth,”
Activities: Art from Your Own Backyard

“Andy Goldsworthy is an environmental artist from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his outdoor sculptures made of natural”
At Home Tasks: Surrealism #2

“Print out the room below or redraw it on to paper – Use pen, pencil and colouring pencil to create your own surrealist room inspired”
At Home Tasks: Surrealism Y10

“The following tasks are designed for you to complete at home with any materials you have handy.”
Activism in Art

“There are many different social and political issues that art has sought to address throughout the years including racism, gender equality,”
Collage Birds Lesson 1: Texture ↗

“Develop the use of textures with a range of materials suitable to collage onto a final piece. Lesson 1 of the collage bird series focuses on focuses”
How to Draw Kōwhaiwhai Patterns ↗

External Link: “A fun Māori drawing activity for primary school children. Includes easy to use templates with kōwhaiwhai patterns for your students to learn how to draw them.”
DPAG – Art@Home ↗

External Link: “Dunedin Public Art Gallery is one of New Zealand’s four major metropolitan art galleries. Established in 1884, the Gallery was New Zealand’s first Art Gallery”
Resolved Work: Journeys ↗

“What does resolving artwork mean? A resolved artwork will: communicate meaning in relation to the concepts and ideas that are presented”
DIY Art Adventures List ↗

External Link: “DIY Art Adventures is a series of low-fuss FREE art activities that can be downloaded and done from anywhere, anytime.”
That Cat: Quick Sketching Activity

Step-by-step instructions for how to draw a sitting cat.
Activity: Still Life Treasure Hunt

“This still life treasure hunt has been designed to help you gather objects together to create an interesting still life arrangement.”
Activity: Geometric Windows Project

“This art project is inspired by Tauranga artist Kelcy Taratoa‘s large paintings on the walls at Tauranga Art Gallery”
Activity: Art Making Journey

“This project is inspired by the painting pictured above, by artist Te Marunui Hotene.”
Activity: Matatoki Inspired Soap Carving

“The artwork above is a detail from a carving by artist Jason Hina called Rauru-ora.”
Sarjeant Gallery: Lockdown Activities ↗

“Creative fun activities sourced from around the home make a magical mandala from your garden”
Activity: Draw a Portrait

“Be inspired by portraits that Theo Schoon and Rita Angus did of each other in Split Level View Finder,”
Origami Activity: Kusudama Flower

“Take a trip to the land of relaxation using your digits and this simple guide for making a beautiful floral arrangement”
Activity: Uplifting Words

“Make a banner of an uplifting word or message, inspired by Elizabeth Pointon’s”
Activity: I Spy Lines

“Look around, can you find a pattern that is made up of lines? 1. Go on a line hunt around your kāinga”
Activity: I Spy Faces

“Look around, can you find a kanohi / face in an everyday object? Seeing faces in things when they aren’t really there is something”
Activity: I Spy Letters

“Look around, can you find an everyday object that looks like a letter from the alphabet?”
NorthArt: Education Resources↗

External Link: “Our free activity sheets are designed to encourage an appreciation and understanding of art in children.”
Te wheke Student Workbook

A workbook created by Christchurch Art Galley that looks at a range of artworks from the gallery collection.
Art with No Supplies

A document containing a few images and ideas for visual art activities using everyday objects found at home.
Pictorial Space Exercise

A series of slides that look at how space and depth is created in art.
Art Lockdown Learning Tasks

A series of art tasks designed as remote learning activities.
Activity: Learning from Home Portraits

A remote learning activity that looks at the work of Gregg Segal, asking students to analyse key conventions and create their own artwork.
Hannoch Piven Worksheet

“When you complete this work sheet the focus should be on the artwork not just why you like the person.”
Forced Perspective Photography

“The forced perspective technique manipulates our human perception with the use of optical illusions to make objects”
At Home Activities: Junior Art

A series of visual arts tasks for junior secondary students for remote learning
Colour Wheel Photography Task

“Create a colour wheel using things you can find around the house. Here is what you need to do…”
Junior Photography Project

This resource provides 15 tasks for a junior audience. It is designed to introduce the reader to photographic conventions.
Activities: Stuck at Home

Students explore the work of two contemporary illustrators who find interesting ways to respond to the world
Letter Photography Task

“You need to find letters in objects around the school. (You cannot photograph actual letters).”
Street Art: Burgerman Tasks

A street-art based activity that looks at the illustration and work of John Burgerman designed for remote learning.
Activity: Street Art

A street-art based activity that looks at the work of Farid Rueda designed for remote learning.
Activity: Sculpture Bingo

A range of sculpture-based activities using easily accessible materials.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery: At School ↗

External Link: “Dunedin Public Art Gallery is one of New Zealand’s four major metropolitan art galleries. Established in 1884, the Gallery was New Zealand’s first Art Gallery and is”
Tate: Teaching Resources ↗

External Link: “Our mission is to increase the public’s enjoyment and understanding of British art from the 16th century to the present day and of international modern and contemporary art”
The National Gallery of Canada: Resources for Teachers ↗

External Link: “Looking for resources to use with your students in class? We offer a range of materials to enhance your lessons.”
Activity: Cubomania ↗

External Link: “Cubomania was a technique used by Romanian Surrealist artist Gherasim Luca after World War Two. Many Surrealist ideas were inspired by the Dada”
How to Draw Your Own Selfie ↗

External Link: “Designer Giorgia Lupi wants to change the way we think about data — far from being cold facts and numbers”
Remote Printmaking: Two Tasks

A couple of senior printmaking tasks that can be completed remotely.
Activity: The Explorer Within

A range of drawing activities with links to video tutorials designed for remote learning.
Activity: Forks & Creative Thinking

A drawing activity designed as a remote learning task that gets students to think creatively.
Activity: Mixed Media Drawing

A resource that looks a a range of mixed media drawing examples along with instructions for students to make their own.
Activity: Pop Art Still Life Drawing

A drawing activity designed as a remote learning task where students gather objects from popular culture to draw.
Activity: Being an Art Detective

Introduces junior students to the visual art research process. Provides key questions and links to relevant sites.
Observational Drawing Booklet

A range of observational drawing activities for students to complete in class or as homework.
Grid Typologies & Line Drawings

“Grid Typology: Learning Objective – Create a List of 9 Objects that represent you. Remember these need to be appropriate objects to be used in school mahi”
MoMA: Weekly Lessons ↗

External Link: “Mondays with MoMA are activities for primary and secondary students. Each lesson is inspired by an object in MoMA’s collection,”
Experiments with Light

Experiments with light teaching resource. From drawing with sparklers to building a camera obscura, take inspiration from artist Bill Culbert and get experimental with light.
Te Papa: Visual Language Resource ↗

External Link: “Choose from 16 creative activities designed to help students engage with art and develop their visual language skills.”
Martin’s Guide: Drawing Exercises #6 ↗

External Link: “Reading about these concepts is not enough. You must teach your hand what your mind knows.”
Martin’s Guide: Drawing Exercises #5 ↗

External Link: “Return to the shapes you cut from the gray paper in the previous exercises.”
Martin’s Guide: Drawing Exercises #4 ↗

External Link: “Draw an even tone to depict a plane parallel to the picture plane. Then draw a blend”
Martin’s Guide Drawing Exercises #3 ↗

External Link: “Draw several of the basic forms with their cast shadows falling on a variety of textured surfaces.”
Martin’s Guide: Glass Exercise ↗

External Link: “Observe, then draw an empty transparent water glass and its cast shadow. As you look at the glass,”
Martin’s Guide: Drawing Exercises ↗

External Link: “Because it is important to teach the hand what the mind now knows, included here is an illustration of”
Chuck Close Portrait Drawing Activity ↗

External Link: “Using artist Chuck Close as inspiration, children will learn how to draw portraits using the grid system.”
Easy Art Lessons ↗

External Link: “The prospect of preparing sub lessons for middle and high school Art classes (also known as relief lessons) can fill a teacher with dread and be perceived as…
Draw a Pattern, Relax Your Mind ↗

External Link: “If you’ve never considered drawing as a meditative practice, give it a try. You can quiet your mind when you draw a pattern and create something beautiful in…
The Humble Rubbing

“You need a pencil or crayon, paper (old unused schoolbooks are a good source of paper), scissors, cardboard (food packaging is perfect)”
Exquisite Creatures

“We’ve been running a really interesting drawing class through our schools programme this term and I thought, ”
Monoprinting and Drawing Activity ↗

External Link: “Watch the video on the 3 different ways i have experimented to create the background [negative space].”
Texture Activities ↗

External Link: “There are four types of texture in art. These types are best understood as a set of pairs.”
Value and Shading Activities ↗

External Link: “We see dark to light and all the gradations in between, and the gradations or shades are what we call values. ”
Eyes to Hands Activities ↗

External Link: “Through drawing we learn to look. Through drawing we learn to explore. Through drawing we build our”
3 Point Perspective Activity ↗

External Link: “Three Point Perspective is the most complex form of perspective drawing. Three point perspective uses three sets”
Two-Point Perspective Activity ↗

External Link: “In one-point perspective, all lines converge to a single point on the horizon. Two-point perspective addresses the drawing issues we face rendering”
Colour Pencil – Food Activity ↗

External Link: “A popular subject of the Pop Art movement was food! So we are going to be using food as our subject matter to complete a colour pencil study.”
Doodle Drawings ↗

External Link: “This is a free-form drawing project that deals with the elements of design – colour, line, shape, form and texture.”
Drawing After Joanna Margaret Paul ↗

External Link: “This week’s artist is Joanna Margaret Paul, a New Zealand artist and poet, whose work in watercolour paint, pencil and moving image, often focussed”
Drawing for Graphic Design: Exercises ↗

External Link: “When talking about drawing for graphic design projects, we’re very often talking about a digital process.”
Expressive Painting Activity ↗

External Link: “This focus study is more about a range of influences as apposed to one particular artist model.”
Cubist Portrait Activity ↗

External Link: “1. you need to prepare your painting surface with two coats of gessouse”
Whakawhanaunga – Getting Together

“This adventure shows you how to create a puzzle with words and colours, and then how to join”
Coffee Squiggles + Collage Wriggles

“This is a simple and creative exercise with no limits or rules. You can complete a small composition or keep it growing”
The Cereal Box Series

“With this project we are learning a new way to document or record our experiences. The materials we are using to”
Collection of Thoughts

“I had an idea with my daughter Marley (11) to document the time we spent at home in our bubble through daily drawings, writing, journaling, decorating”
Magical Doorways Art Adventure

“The materials you will need are dry fallen sticks (see instructions for size), string – this could be twine, wool”
Colours From My Bubble

“In my small garden in West Auckland, I went foraging and collected various coloured fallen plant materials”
The Simple Art of Pressing Flowers

“Something else we see a lot at this time and over the following months is beautiful flowers of all colours.”
Impossible Shape Painting ↗

External Link: “Keep your brush water clean! Dirty water makes for dirty colors. It’s a good habit to get into that when you can’t see through the water anymore (it…
Origami Painting Activity ↗

External Link: “Keep your brush water clean! Dirty water makes for dirty colours. It’s a good habit to get into that when you can’t see through the water anymore (it…
Build Tall Sculpture with No Art Supplies

This video shows what happened when 9-to-13-year-old students did my Tower Sculpture Challenge. The #stayathome art lesson asked students to build a tower sculpture as tall as themselves without the…
Learn One Min Sculptures

I devised the “One-minute Sculpture Learning Project” following the example of Austrian artist Erwin Wurm. It was first realised by 11 to 13-year-old students at the American Elementary School of…
Andy Goldsworthy Activity ↗

External Link: “Now that spring has finally sprung, consider taking your students outside to create new and exciting works of art. ”
Sound Sculpture: Pots ‘N’ Pans ↗

External Link: “Len Lye’s sculptures are often made from shiny metal that stands or hangs, balances or tips, and makes sounds that tinkle or crash.”
Raku Inoue Activity ↗

External Link: “Raku Inoue, an artist based out of Montreal, recently gained a following over his Natura Insects series. The concept was to recreate beetles, dragonflies”
Cereal Box = Treasure Box

“Firstly we need to create our very own box. Open up one of your cereal boxes and cut out a square that is roughly 9cm”
Bird and Bee Banquet

“On one of our walks my son Dan (7) and I noticed all the colours of the different leaves, foliage, flowers and the birds”
Magical Doorways Art Adventure

“The materials you will need are dry fallen sticks (see instructions for size), string – this could be twine, wool”
Scrunchy Paper Bag Sculpture

“It’s nice to be back and going on another art adventure with you all. This time we are making scrunchy paper bag sculptures.”
InDesign: Create a Business Card ↗

External Link: “Customize our design to create a modern business card you’ll be proud to hand out.”
InDesign: Create a Postcard ↗

External Link: “Use basic tools and techniques in Adobe InDesign to create a professional-looking postcard you can email, print, and share online.”
InDesign: Create a Layout ↗

External Link: “Learn how to create and manipulate frames in InDesign.”
Paper Weaving Adventure

This resource looks at different ways of weaving paper to create new artworks.
Creating Hand-Drawn Typography ↗

External Link: “Hand drawn typography has grown into a field of its own. Illustrators, designers and letter artists are working with multimedia”
Collage Experiments ↗

External Link: “Collage is a great way to get started when exploring a concept or idea! Old newspapers or magazines are an excellent source of imagery”
Monoprinting with Plastic Bags & Eggshells

I’m often asked what type of plastic works best for this method of making monoprints, as you can see in this demo, recycled bags are ideal and can be used…
Printing Monotypes: Textures

In the final layers of colour, I add in impressions from textured materials and mark making with a stick, card and cotton buds. These go over previous layers to give…
Monoprinting Technique: Oil Stick

I first made this demo using Winsor & Newton oil bars about 2 years ago, I always thought it could be improved and wanted to return to this method as…
A New Method to Monoprint

This might not be a new method for you. but it was new to me. I really enjoyed it. I learned it from this great teacher, Heather Sulzen, over at…
Monoprinting Portrait Techniques

This is really just me trying out new things and experimenting. I hope it is helpful to others. I hope it is inspiring…
Monoprinting using Ink and Mark Making

Take masking tape and pull out strips which mark out a border at the bottom and left side of an A4 piece of paper. Pull the paper down so that…
Monoprinting Techniques

Quick description of two printing techniques.
How To: Drypoint Etching Print

This is a beginner to intermediate demonstration of printing a drypoint etching from recycled plastic food containers without a press.
Waitangi Rosary Plaster Casts

This 34-slide presentation details several artist models, before inviting the reader to chose a theme for their artwork, research the theme, and engage in the technique for the making of…
Y10 Photography and Moving Image

This programme of learning is aimed at developing photographic and digital art making techniques using contemporary Māori
Junior Secondary Contemporary Painting

“This programme of learning is aimed at developing drawing and painting art-making techniques using contemporary Māori
Whakapapa Portraits and Unit

This 20-slide presentation details aspects of Te Ao Māori, including whakapapa, Tāne Mahuta, society and structures, iwi, hapū, whānau and te whenua.
Colour Lesson Card

“The colour combinations artists use can have a dramatic effect on the way we feel. Discover how artists have used colour by looking at a range of works and answering…
Composition & Space Lesson Card

“For centuries, artists have developed ingenious techniques to create the illusion of depth, or 3-D space. To find out how artists are tricking your eyes, look at a range of…
Light & Tone Lesson Card

“Light is a crucial element for artists to consider in their work. Some manipulate it for dramatic effect.
Personal Response Lesson Card

“What does an art work mean? No two people will have the same answer. Your perspectives, opinions, and feelings all play a part in your interpretation. To find out what…
Meaning & Message Lesson Card

“Artists use a range of ingenious methods to communicate meaning in their work.
Painting Lesson Card

“The way an artist uses paint can have a dramatic impact on the way we perceive their work.
Photography Lesson Card

“Photography began around 1830, but most people weren’t able to instantly capture the world around them until after 1900.
Sculpture Lesson Card

“Sculptures vary enormously in their materials, techniques, scale, and effects
Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist) – Activity

Use this workbook to guide your students through Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist). Follow the map below to find the artworks.
TAG: Dog Portrait Tutorial

Re-create this fabulous dog picture inspired by Mr G! You’ll need: Paper Pencil Crayons Dye or food colouring; Brush Black feltpen; Cardboard Scissors; Cellophane or glad wrap; Felt tip pens…
TAG: Cardboard Building

Construct a cardboard building, Angie, Tauranga Art Gallery educator is inspired by a previous exhibition “Future Islands’ and shows us how.
Make Shadow Art Drawings for Kids ↗

External Link: These simple drawing ideas for kids is shadow art created with basic art supplies and the sun!
Learn How to Draw for Beginners

What do you need to start drawing and learn art and illustration? Just paper and pencil. We’re not going to get too fancy in this first class. We will start…
Watercolour Blobs Plankton

“Get ready to make some art! Step 1 Using watercolours and plenty of water,
Tauranga Art Gallery: Layered Abstract Art

“Create an amazing layered abstract artwork by tracing around hands and/or other household objects! Experiment with using wet and dry media.”
Tauranga Art Gallery: Mixed Media Landscape

Create a mixed media landscape at home inspired by the work of Heather Perring.
Tauranga Art Gallery: Collected Object Art

“Create an artwork inspired by artist Lianne Edwards who uses rescued and collected materials from the ocean.”
te uru: Larger than Life Critters

“Paint and collage a beautiful leaf and place a larger than life insect within it. Suitable for pre-schoolers
te uru: Nocturnal Forest Activity

“Paint your own mixed media nocturnal forest scene full of weird and wonderful invented plants and bugs Suitable
te uru: 3D Flying Creature

“Dream up an exciting mythological creature with wings to create in 3D paper mache.
te uru: Portrait Activity

Be inspired by portraits that Theo Schoon and Rita Angus did of each other in Split Level View Finder..
Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist) Workbook

“Use this workbook to guide your students through Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist).”
How to Analyse an Artwork

This resource uses ‘Renee Magritte The Lovers II 1928’ to provide an exemplar of analysis for an artwork.
2.2 and 3.2 Painting check off

This resource provides an extended “bingo” check off for Painting Standards 2.2. and 3.2.
Junior Zombie Food Inquiry Project

First we will Make some zombie Food illustrations Then we will make Zombie burgers followed by zombie treats…. Yum!
Junior Photography Project

Provides 15 tasks for a junior audience. It is designed to introduce the reader to photographic conventions.
Gregory Crewdson: Night Photography

First details the works of Gregory Crewdson. Influences are detailed. The resource then moves to discuss night photography; artist models are provided, and a task is presented for the reader.
Playing with Light

Makes a number of suggestions for how to play with light in photographs. Optimal camera settings are also provided.
Photography ideas you can try at home

Features 10 suggestions for facilitating photographic ideas happen at home.
Doing a Photoshoot using Windows

Invites the reader to undertake a photoshoot using windows. Several artists models who do so are provided.
How to Analyse a Photograph

details a process of analysis for Jerry Uelsmann’s ‘Untitled (Hands with boat and clouds)’ photograph. The tools of analysis (i.e. techniques, colours, composition, content, meaning)
What is Still Life?

Provides a brief definition of a still life and assoicated key terms, before inviting the reader to create their own still life photograph, step-by-step.
Bela Borsodi Planning

This resource shows how a dream brainstorm may come to fruition in Bela Borsodi-like photographs. Student examples are presented.
Bela Borsodi Brainstorm

This resource invites the reader to think about dreams arising out of the context of a Bela Borsodi photograph.
Bela Borsodi Pixlr Tutorial

This resource walks the reader through how to create a ‘dream drawing’ and photograph together using Pixlr.