Drawing Skills for Teachers

Boost your own confidence in drawing in this practical hands on art session. Learn a range of drawing skills linked to the 7 elements of art including line, shape, form, tone, texture, colour and space.

This workshop includes drawing skills progression sheets that break down each element into skills that build on each other. You will be sent a list of resources you need for this workshop which will be resources you should have in school.

"Thank you so much for the drawing/sketch book inset. It was a packed one with loads of information and practical ideas - thank you. You must have been exhausted afterwards! The staff loved it and even wanted to show me their own sketching of your tasks that we did. A few teachers have already done the robot drawings with their class and the kids came back asking for more :) "

Rebecca Beatty London

"Thank you SO much for an amazing staff meeting – you are incredibly fab at what you do and I feel very lucky that myself and the rest of the staff team at Sea Mills got to learn from you this evening. I think it will really help boost staff confidence in drawing skills."

Amy Bathgate Sea Mills Primary School

Emma Shannon is a specialist art teacher who also creates art in her own right. She qualified as a primary teacher in 2006 and, after seeing a need for more drawing and painting support in primary schools, was inspired to set up her own art company ‘Go Sketch’ in 2011. Emma believes that we should teach art and design in a confidence-building way, using sketchbooks to encourage pupils to develop their art skills while exploring their own creative ideas without fear of judgement. Pupils are encouraged to realise that there is no such thing as ‘good art’ and ‘bad art’, there is just art that we like or don’t like and everybody likes different types of art! At the heart of her teaching is the acknowledgment that, just like artists, drawing or creating something you don’t like is an essential part of the creative process. Emma has enjoyed travelling around the UK delivering inspiring workshops to both primary and secondary pupils for over 12 years. She would love to help your pupils increase their confidence, develop their art skills and enjoy the wellbeing that comes hand in hand with creating art.