BEYOND TECHNOLOGY: What I Learned About Students with a Disability from Remote Teaching

Looking BACK I teach Art in a Special School, which caters for students with an intellectual disability in Years 7-12. When Remote and Flexible Learning started, we moved online. Every day, I met with my students through video conferencing, and for 6 weeks, we created Art together in a virtual space. During Remote Learning, I […]

I Can’t Draw: Abstract Portraiture

Julie Oldenburger Using continuous line drawing techniques with colour knowledge to introduce abstraction and ensure a sense of success “I can’t draw” – the comment all art teachers have heard in their classrooms. This activity is my response to this statement. I first read about ‘blind contour drawing’ while I was studying to be a […]

Sunflowers (Level 2)

Julie Oldenburger Using Vincent van Gogh’s sunflowers to inspire the exploration of different qualities of two and three-dimensional materials for our new Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden. Lesson One: Drawing The children were introduced to a variety of van Gogh’s sunflower paintings via the interactive whiteboard. I encouraged discussion through questioning; “What colours did the artist […]

Helping a Child Negotiate Difficult Experiences: An Intersection of Education and Therapy through Drawing

ELVIRA KALENJUK Many teachers can relate to the experience of having a student in their care who struggles with an on-going conflict, tension or personal issue that has arisen from what they see as a major disruption in their world. I began to understand this process through an encounter with a six-year-old girl in my […]