--- title: Art skills for teachers resource on the LGfL description: The Art Skills for Teachers resource has been created to support the teaching of art and design in the classroom. Find out how to be creative with your pupils with developing drawing, painting, 3D skills, collage and printing. image: https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hubfs/art%20skills%20(1).png --- Broadband and so much more: [ Get Connected with LGfL > ](https://lgfl.net/smartbuy/broadband) ## Curriculum Blog [Safeguarding Blog](https://safeblog.lgfl.net) [Curriculum Blog](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net) # Art skills for teachers resource on the LGfL [ Belinda Evans ](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/author/belinda-evans) Jun 5, 2025 11:34:01 AM | LGfL's "Art Skills for Teachers" site supports primary teachers in delivering art & design. You can find it directly at this web address: **[https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/)** The site offers a range of ideas and techniques that teachers can use in the classroom to help students create artwork. It is specifically designed to complement other LGfL art resources, such as the Ben Uri Teaching Resources ("A Sense of Place," "Relationships," and "Movement"), providing practical ways to bring those themes to life through art.    On the "Art Skills for Teachers" website, you will find resources and guidance on various art techniques and processes that are suitable for primary-aged children. | ![art skills](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/art%20skills.png?width=867&height=849&name=art%20skills.png) | | --- | --- | *So if you would like to:* - - *Find out how to use chalk pastels.* - *How to draw without taking your hand off the paper.* - *Explain the colour wheel to your pupils.* - *Make a 3D newspaper sculpture* - *Use collage in the classroom* - *Print positive and negative shapes with a potato * and many more creative ideas, then Art Skills for Teachers is a resource not to be missed.  https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/   --- What creative aspects does Art Skills for Teachers cover? There are 6 main parts of the creative resource: | [**Drawing**](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/drawing.html) Develop drawing skills with fun activities: unusual surfaces, various media, mark making, observation, figure drawing (movement), and imaginative ideas. | [![](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/Images/Drawing/image1.jpg)](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/drawing.html)   | | --- | --- | | [**Drawing Games**](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/games.html) Fun activities to improve drawing skills: blind drawing, continuous line drawing, and timed quick sketches. | [![game](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/game.jpg?width=183&height=250&name=game.jpg)](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/games.html)   | | [**Painting**](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/painting.html) Investigate colour wheel/mixing, colour opposites, pattern, texture, completing paintings, and glue painting. | [![colour](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/colour.jpg?width=308&height=250&name=colour.jpg)](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/painting.html)   | | [**3D skills**](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/skills.html) Ideas for classroom 3D art: sculptures (straws, cardboard, mixed media, newspaper, clay) and relief work. | [![3d](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/3d.jpg?width=210&height=250&name=3d.jpg)](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/skills.html)   | | [**Collage**](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/collage.html) Create striking classroom collages using paper, mixed media, pastel, wax rubbing, or painted paper. | [![image4](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/image4.jpg?width=337&height=250&name=image4.jpg)](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/collage.html)   | | [**Printing**](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/printing7.html) Explore fun, effective printing: fingertips/hands, potato block, cardboard monoprint, and styrofoam. | [![image26](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/image26.jpg?width=170&height=250&name=image26.jpg)](https://artskills.lgfl.org.uk/printing7.html) | 3This engaging resource helps non-art specialist teachers enhance art lessons and improve technique. --- As well as the Art Skills element, this resource also links to the Ben Uri museum. | The [**Ben Uri Gallery & Museum**](https://benuri.org/) is a registered museum and charity based in St. John's Wood, London. Founded in 1915, it initially focused on supporting and showcasing Jewish immigrant artists who faced obstacles in accessing mainstream art societies.    Over time, its remit has expanded significantly. Today, Ben Uri's core mission is to **celebrate, research, and record the richly diverse Jewish, refugee, and wider immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900**.   |   [![ben_uri_gallery_logo](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/ben_uri_gallery_logo.jpg?width=216&height=216&name=ben_uri_gallery_logo.jpg)](https://benuri.org/) | | --- | --- | The museum's work revolves around the themes of art, migration, and identity, exploring the artistic transition of artists who have moved to Britain.    **LGfL has two more Ben Uri resources.**   | [![art in open learning](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/art%20in%20open%20learning.png?width=437&height=305&name=art%20in%20open%20learning.png)](https://benuri.lgfl.org.uk/intro.html) |   | [![portraits](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/portraits.png?width=397&height=291&name=portraits.png)](https://identity.lgfl.org.uk/index.html) | | --- | --- | --- | | [Art in the open learning program.](https://benuri.lgfl.org.uk/intro.html) Teaching resource on collection works (Relationships, Movement, Sense of Place), featuring examples of creative school applications. |   | [Portraits and Identity](https://identity.lgfl.org.uk/index.html) Resource explores portraiture & identity in art. Includes Ben Uri collection notes, 2D/3D activity ideas & lesson plans for KS2-4. | So if you feel the need for some creative inspiration and stimulus, don't forget to access the LGfL learning resources [https://lgfl.net/learning-resources](https://lgfl.net/learning-resources/grid?field_resource_creator=151) | ![Screenshot 2025-05-15 151210](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-05-15%20151210.png?width=423&height=519&name=Screenshot%202025-05-15%20151210.png) |  Using 'art' in the search function in the Learning resource area will give you access to more specific art content  If this has given you some inspiration and you are feeling creative, don't forget the creative elements you can access when you log in to Busy Things and J2e on the LGfL learning platform. | | --- | --- |   **Busy Things         ** | **![EYFS-1](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/EYFS-1.png?width=102&height=114&name=EYFS-1.png)** | Busy Things has a wealth of creative activities within the Expressive Arts and Design section for the Early Years area, and resources to support the Key Stages 1 and 2 curriculum aims and objectives within the curriculum browser. | | --- | --- | To locate the  National curriculum art resources, simply use the curriculum browser tools and navigate to the Key Stage, curriculum subject area, and specific year group. Art and design activities that match the identified curriculum aim will be displayed. Simply click on the activity to view and assign the activity to your class. | ![KS2](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/KS2.png?width=391&height=161&name=KS2.png) | ![example](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/example.png?width=191&height=181&name=example.png) | ![abo](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/abo.png?width=208&height=143&name=abo.png) | | --- | --- | --- | **Just2Easy        ** | **![JIT](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/JIT.png?width=137&height=111&name=JIT.png)** |                                          The Just2Easy toolsuite has many creative tools. | | --- | --- | |   |   |   | **![paint](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/paint.png?width=388&height=186&name=paint.png)** | Within the JIT resource area there is 'Paint' where pupils can paint using diferent colours and tools on templates or a blank background. Pupils can also add in images, either from the image library, browse the internet for an image, upload from their My Pictures area, or even take an image directly from a webcam. All images inserted can then be creatively added to using the paint tools  | | --- | --- | | ![animate](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/animate.png?width=381&height=197&name=animate.png) | Within JIT also there is 'Animate' where pupils can create simple stop frame animations again using a template background or a blank where they can paint their own background.  | | ![camera](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/camera.png?width=320&height=271&name=camera.png) | One of the tools within 'Camera' (access the 'old camera' tool) gives you the ability to manipulate images, experimenting with styles and different effects. You are able to manipulate your own images from a webcam, from the My Pictures area, the internet, or an uploaded image.   | Don't forget there are also example activities and shared resources to support art and design within the 'community resources area', where there are public activities to access and share with your class   Art skills for teachers resource on the LGfL 5:57 [Curriculum Blog](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/curriculum-blog), [support](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/support), [curriculum](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/curriculum), [key stage 2](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/key-stage-2), [teaching and learning](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/teaching-and-learning), [creativity](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/creativity), [digital](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/digital), [teaching](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/teaching), [create](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/create), [key stage 1](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/key-stage-1), [Inclusion](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/tag/inclusion) ### Subscribe to our blog Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts. ## Read On ### [EU Code Week 2022 with LGfL Computing resources 🤖](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/eu-code-week-2022-with-lgfl-computing-resources) ### [Computing Challenges Solved: Explore LGfL Support.](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/computingsupport) ### [Beyond the ‘Wow’ Moment: Redefining Immersive Learning “Immersive learning” is a term we hear often in EdTech circles, usually followed by a demonstration...](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/beyond-the-wow-moment-redefining-immersive-learning)