Art Bites

22/10/2023

We are currently expanding our website with a series of help pages for GCSE Art & Design

What would you like help with?

02/01/2023

Coming Up this year! A New Series on the Principles of Design. First, up will be 'Balance'.
https://www.artbites.co.uk/learning/principles-of-design/balance

04/10/2022

20/08/2022

As part of our series on the Visual Elements, we explore Colour. Learn all about Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours, along with Colour Temperature, Hue, Value and Saturation.

06/06/2022

Did you know you can make a cheap sketchbook using just 1 sheet of paper!😀📖✨

21/04/2022

For that class that just doesn't know how to clean up! 😅
https://youtu.be/pmmUr4PdLi0

08/04/2022

I made this video guide to Oil Pastel Skin Tones during lockdown - I've found it really useful in class for demos
https://youtu.be/t_GBGfE_5gE

In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to blend Oil Pastels to create accurate skin tones. I show you how to mix a limited range of colours to create a full ran...

07/04/2022

The reason we teach 🥰

19/02/2022

Working on a new Landscape Unit inspired by David Hockney's Garrowby Hill 😊

11/08/2021

We're in the process of building a new art education website to support our student's learning. Check it out to get a preview of the website, along with videos and free worksheets.
https://artbites.co.uk/visualelements/line/

LineWhat is Line?Line is one of the first visual elements that artists experimented with and has remained an important element in art and design throughout history from the first cave paintings to modern day comic books and manga.A line is defined as the path of a moving point through space, though....

28/07/2021

Check out these cool colour charts https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/importance-of-color-funny-charts-stephen-wildish/

06/07/2021

https://fb.watch/5pbchh7_Lx/

02/07/2021

Learn all about the visual element of texture with our mini video lesson.

https://youtu.be/ZC_jEVNQ6PU

This video is the sixth in a series about the Visual Elements of Art and Design. Every work of Art & Design contains at least one of these seven Visual Eleme...

15/06/2021

https://fb.watch/5paWrTHlvt/

10/06/2021

Blow your mind with this crazy drawing exercise. Guaranteed to make you think!

https://youtu.be/YqelgSF16A8

As part of our series on learning how to draw for beginners, we explore how drawing with the left of our brain is different from drawing with the right side ...

05/06/2021

Looking for a simple way to improve your pencil precision? Try these easy drawing warm up exercises that you can do anywhere.

https://youtu.be/VrbtxbX9OwE

3 simple drawing exercises for beginners to develop their precision and control whether that be with a pen, pencil or paintbrush. These mindful drawing exerc...

02/06/2021

https://fb.watch/5paYLzX5kd/

31/05/2021

Want an excuse to brush up on your photography skills or not sure what to photograph? Try our latest photography scavenger hunt!

https://youtu.be/q4PK_o7kx-w

Try our Photography Scavenger Hunt.Tag us in your photos on:Instagram If you are completing this challenge as par...