Visual Arts Teaching Resources
An extensive collection of teaching resources to use when learning about visual arts in your primary classroom. Use the customisable banner widget to make an arts related display banner for your classroom. Also provided are posters that highlight the elements of visual arts, drawing on demand activities, vocabulary word wall cards and colour theory materials. Use the colour posters as displays in your classroom to assist students in learning the different colours and their associated names.
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Working with Colour – Mix It Up
A 90-minute lesson in which students will create an artwork using complementary, harmonious and monochromatic colour schemes.
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Working with Colour – Marvellous Monochrome
A 90-minute lesson in which students will create a rainforest scene using tints and shades of green.
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Working with Shape – Organically Abstract Mobile
A 90-minute lesson in which students will create a mobile artwork using organic shapes.
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Assessment – My Garden Grows
An assessment task in which students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the use of organic shapes in visual arts.
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Assessment – Patterns, Lines and Feelings
An assessment task in which students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the use of line in visual arts.
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How to Make an Origami Cat Ring Video
Make cute origami cat rings with your students using this easy-to-follow instructional origami video.
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How to Draw a Mummy – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw an easy mummy with a step-by-step video, perfect for directed drawing practice in the primary classroom.
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How to Draw a Frankenstein – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw an easy Frankenstein with a step-by-step video, perfect for directed drawing practice in the primary classroom.
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How to Draw a Pumpkin – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Use a fun and easy pumpkin drawing video as a lesson hook in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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How to Draw a Snowman — Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw a snowman with a step-by-step video, perfect for directed drawing practice in the primary classroom.
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How to Draw a Reindeer — Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw a reindeer with a step-by-step video, perfect for directed drawing practice in the primary classroom.
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How to Draw an Elf — Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw an elf with this directed drawing activity for the classroom.
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How to Draw Santa — Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach your students how to draw Santa with a step-by-step video, perfect for directed drawing practice in the primary classroom.
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How to Draw a Witch – Directed Drawing Video for Kids
Teach kids how to draw a witch with a simple directed drawing video perfect for your Halloween lesson planning!
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An Introduction to Aboriginal Art Unit Plan
This Visual Arts unit addresses the history of Aboriginal art in Australia and the variety of techniques used in different artworks.
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Aboriginal Cross-Hatching
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the history and traditional techniques of Aboriginal cross-hatching.
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Aboriginal X-Ray Art
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the history and traditional techniques of Aboriginal x-ray art.
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Aboriginal Wandjina Artworks
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the history and traditional techniques of Aboriginal Wandjina artworks.
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The Element of Space
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate how space can be used to create the illusion of depth.
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The Element of Colour
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate how colour is used to express feeling and evoke a response in visual arts.
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Working with Form – Plumping It Up
A 60-minute lesson in which students will create the illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional drawing.
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The Element of Form
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate how form can be achieved in visual arts.
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Applying Shape – Masked in Mystery
A 90-minute lesson in which students will create an African-inspired face mask by experimenting with shape.
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The Element of Shape
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate how geometric and organic shapes are used in visual arts.
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Applying Line – Moving Lines
A 60-minute lesson in which students will create an artwork by experimenting with various types of lines.
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The Element of Line
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate how lines are used to define objects, add detail and express emotion in visual arts.
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Exploring Colour
A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate how colour is used to express feeling and evoke a response in visual arts.
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Working with Line – Pattern to Picture
A 60-minute lesson in which students will create a class artwork by experimenting with line and pattern.
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Assessment – Cylinder Sculpture
An assessment task in which students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the use of colour in visual arts.
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Using Colour
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate colour and how it can be used effectively to convey meaning in visual arts.
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What Is Colour?
A 60-minute lesson in which students are introduced to the use of colour in visual arts.
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Geometric and Organic Shapes
A 60-minute lesson in which students investigate geometric and organic shapes and how they can be used effectively to convey meaning in visual arts.