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The aim of this scheme is to give pupils in schools all over the country the opportunity to work with a professional artist on unique projects, to be originated and planned between the artist, the teacher and the school, under the coordination of the Education Support Centres Ireland ESCI's network of 21 full-time education centres. This initiative supports children and young people for the future, where skills like the ability to connect and collaborate with others, engage in creative and critical thinking and practice inclusivity at every level, will be paramount to peace, stability, sustainable economic growth and equality.

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The aim of this scheme is to give pupils in schools all over the country the opportunity to work with a professional artist on unique projects, to be originated and planned between the artist, the teacher and the school, under the coordination of the Education Support Centres Ireland ESCI's network of 21 full-time education centres.

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As we wait to safely gather once more, explore social gatherings in art through works by Renoir, Manet, Rousseau, and more from the Getty's collection. See rosy-cheeked children in a joyous procession, Romans crowded around a sumptuous table, or friends gathered in their finest attire as you stroll through the virtual galleries.

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J. Paul Getty Museum - Google Arts & Culture

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As we wait to safely gather once more, explore social gatherings in art through works by Renoir, Manet, Rousseau, and more from the Getty's collection. See rosy-cheeked children in a joyous procession, Romans crowded around a sumptuous table, or friends gathered in their finest attire as you stroll through the virtual galleries.

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Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

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Incorporating Numeracy in Art & Design - The Arty Teacher

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At some point in your art teaching career, it is likely that you will be asked for the strategies that you employ for incorporating numeracy in your curriculum. What is numeracy?

Numeracy is the ability to apply mathematical knowledge and skills in a wide range of situations both in school and in life.

As an art teacher, my objective is to teach exciting, engaging, varied art projects. I'm pleased to say many of them incorporate numeracy as maths and art often go hand in hand. Below are some ideas where you might already be teaching numeracy.

Tessellations

Tessellations feature in many school art curriculums and they are packed with connections to numeracy. Why is a tessellation part of numeracy? It is because they are full of mathematical shapes and terms such as 'regular tessellations' (triangles, squares and Hexagons), 'semi-regular tessellations' and' demi-regular tessellations'. You can learn more here. You may also be using terms such as mirror, rotate and symmetry in your teaching. Of course, you may require your students to use that terribly difficult tool to master- the ruler!

M.C. Escher is a great artist to look at to inspire your students. As well as being a phenomenal draughtsperson, he created many famous tessellations many of which include animals. Tessellations also include symmetry.
Symmetry
Symmetry can be found in geometric shapes and in nature. If you teach art lessons that incorporate snowflakes or insects, you can include learning about symmetry. There are many art lessons that include symmetry on The Arty Teacher website. If you teach other lessons that include symmetry, please comment below.
Mandalas "A mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction." Wikipedia.
Mandalas are rich in mathematics (circle geometry, reflective and rotational symmetry), and provide useful practice with geometry tools including rulers, compasses and protractors.
Geometry in Patterns
I created the resource below for distance learning during the pandemic although it would work well in the classroom too. Click the image to learn more.

There are patterns in maths and maths in patterns! Islamic Design often springs to mind when I think of art, patterns and maths. Islamic designs are hugely appealing and have turned geometry into an art form.
Proportion
Repeat and rotational patterns require careful measuring, mirrored patterns involve symmetry, a radiating pattern is arranged around a central point.

You can find lots of artists who use patterns in their work on my Artists Listed by Theme page under 'pattern'.
Rule of Thirds
Proportion refers to the dimensions of a composition and relationships between height, width and depth. It also describes how the sizes of different parts of a piece of art or design relate to each other.

An artwork can look wrong if things are out of proportion. Conversely, an artist can distort proportion to achieve dramatic or strange effects. We often use fractions and percentages with our students when talking about proportion. e.g. The hand is half the length of the thigh. Or, it needs to be about 10% bigger to fill the space.

The rule of thirds is a method for creating compositions that divides an image into 9 sections with two equally spaced horizontal and vertical lines. The most important aspects of the composition should be placed along these lines and/or at their intersections. See the landscape below where the horizon runs along one line and the tree runs along another with the sun at a focal point. To understand this, students are using fractions and division.
Perspective Nets
Perspective in art usually refers to how artists represent three-dimensional objects or spaces in two-dimensional artworks. Artists use perspective techniques to create depth. How is numeracy involved? When teaching perspective, art teachers often cover one-point and two-point perspective. This often involves mathematical terms such as vanishing point, vanishing lines, parallel lines, converging lines. It also involves talking about shapes and 3D shapes. Art teachers find themselves using terms such as cylinders, cubes cuboids etc which is an excellent opportunity to consolidate knowledge for students.

Shapes, 3D shapes and nets are all mathematical concepts. Some 3D shapes can be opened and unfolded to create a flat shape. This flat shape is called a net. Nets are great for construction or can be decorated like the mark making cube below.
Grid Drawings Scale
Unfolding packaging is a great way to find new nets and then it can be simply drawn around on card, drawn upon or decorated and refolded. The card Chinese takeaway cartons are great for this especially when you decorate them with food drawings.
Colour Mixing
Grid drawings can be used to copy an image. Students draw a grid over the image they wish to copy and transfer the image, square by square, to create an accurate copy. It can really help with getting things in place. Grids and grid points are a mathematical concept and it's great for students to see how they can be applied in art. There are many grid drawings on The Arty Teacher website.

Grid drawings can also be used for scaling up, scaling down or distorting images. This may include talking about percentages and ratios. For example, 'Draw a grid where each square is 50% larger' or 'Draw a Grid with a 1:2 ratio'.
Fibonacci Sequence
You may not have thought about the percentages involved with colour mixing. When you are talking about secondary and tertiary colours, you probably ask your students to mix 50% of two colours. When I talk to students about colour mixing generally, I might say '90% white and just 5% [insert colour]' and so on. It happens all the time in the art room.

There is a huge range of colour theory art resources on this website.

When you talk about art and maths, someone always mentions the Fibonacci Sequence. But what is it, and how do you teach it? Do you just tell students about it or can you use it to stimulate a creative response?

The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...

The next number is found by adding the two numbers before it. The next number in the sequence above is: 21 + 34 = 55.

When we draw squares with those widths and place them like the image below, we get a spiral because the squares fit neatly together. This spiral is called The Golden Ratio. It is pleasing to the eye and can be found in nature.

Sarah Crowther is The Arty Teacher. She is a high school art teacher in the North West of England. She strives to share her enthusiasm for art by providing art teachers around the globe with high-quality resources and by sharing her expertise through this blog.

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Incorporating Numeracy in Art & Design - The Arty Teacher

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At some point in your art teaching career, it is likely that you will be asked for the strategies that you employ for incorporating numeracy in your curriculum. What is numeracy? Numeracy is the ability to apply mathematical knowledge and skills in a wide range of situations both in school and in life.

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how to draw MANDALA ART for beginners | Vijayta Sharma

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Pattern #14 details - How to draw an Islamic geometric pattern | زخارف اسلامية هندسية

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What is the Rule of Thirds?

Composition is one of the most important factors in the success or failure of your art. You may create a work that is executed at the highest level of technical skill but if your composition is weak, then your art is too. In this lesson, we'll explore a compositional theory that will help you make better decisions regarding your composition. This compositional theory is called "The Rule of Thirds".

See also: Composition in Art

The Rule of Thirds is a derivative of the "Golden Ratio", a mathematical relationship of proportion that can found in our natural world. This unique ratio has been studied by mathematicians for centuries and utilized by artists and architects such as Salvador Dali, Le Corbusier, and Leonardo da Vinci.

The Golden Ratio, visualized above, is a ratio in which a + b is to a as a is to b. This ratio can be simplified into a rectangle, which is referred to as "The Golden Rectangle".

You'll notice that when this ratio is applied to a rectangle, the line that divides section a and b is very close to 1/3 of the rectangular space.

The Rule of Thirds is a simplified version of the Golden Ratio. A ratio of 1/3 is very close to the same proportion that we would use with the Golden Ratio. So, instead of entangling ourselves in a complex mathematical formula, we can simply use The Rule of Thirds in its place and derive a similar aesthetic benefit.

Using The Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is best understood by analyzing a blank surface. This could be a sheet of drawing paper or your canvas. Basically, we're considering the picture plane.

We can divide the picture plane into segments using vertical and horizontal lines. Each imaginary line falls on the edge of one of the thirds.

Placing important elements on any of these lines often leads to a more successful composition. For example, you may choose to place the horizon line in a landscape on either the upper horizontal line or the lower horizontal line.

But we can take this even further.

You'll notice that the horizontal and vertical lines intersect. These locations of intersection are excellent places to position important elements within your composition. For example, you may place the focal point(s) on one of these intersecting points in order to create a more successful composition.

Applying This Concept to Potential Photo References

Before we look several examples of how artists have used The Rule of Thirds in their art, let's examine a few practical examples. We can imagine that these examples are potential references we may use for a drawing or a painting. Let's see if we can improve the composition using The Rule of Thirds.

Example 1 - Landscape

In our first example, we'll take a look at a landscape. The composition of the unedited photo (below) is quite strong without any adjustments.

The lighthouse, which is clearly the focal point, is positioned close to the center of the picture plane. The pathway leads our eyes to this location. Let's try to improve it.

Using The Rule of Thirds, we'll crop the image and place a grid over the top.

As you can see, we've now placed the lighthouse along the right vertical line. The base of the lighthouse is now positioned on one of the intersection points and the horizon line is in alignment with the lower horizontal line.

But, there is a clear problem with this composition. It feels very heavy at the bottom. By moving the line where the land meets the water down, the sky is emphasized. In this image, the sky is rather bland and lacking visual interest. This is why this composition feels visually heavy at the bottom of the picture plane.

This composition would work if there was more visual interest in the sky, but this image is lacking this. Let's try again.

Again we'll crop the image using The Rule of Thirds. But this time, we'll consider the visual weight of both the sky (light) and the ground (heavy). To balance the visual weight of these elements, we'll include more of the ground and less of the sky.

When we lay a grid over this composition, we can see that the lighthouse is in alignment with the right vertical line and meets the ground at one of the intersection points. We also see that the horizon line is alignment with the top horizontal line.

The mound of rocks in the foreground also plays an important role in the composition. We can see that the rocks are now in alignment with another intersection point. As an added bonus, we've included the path, which acts as a guiding line, leading us to the focal point (the lighthouse).

As a result, our second attempt at using The Rule of Thirds to improve our composition has succeeded.

We can learn two things from this first example. First, The Rule of Thirds can improve your compositions. Secondly, we must consider other compositional aspects in order for it to work.

Example 2 - Portrait

The Rule of Thirds works for any subject. In fact, the subject is mostly irrelevant to this compositional theory. Let's look at applying The Rule of Thirds to a portrait. Again, we'll consider this photo as a potential subject for a drawing or painting.

Here's the original photo...

As you can see, the subject is placed directly in the center of the picture plane. The elements in the background are asymmetrical, but balanced. But since there is so much happening in the background, the subject (the young lady) is somewhat lost.

Let's see if we can improve this composition using The Rule of Thirds. Again, we'll crop the photo and lay a grid over the top.

We've cropped the image down and by doing so, moved the subject so that she is in alignment with the vertical line on the right. On top of this, we've positioned her so that her eye (a natural focal point) lies on one of the intersection points.

In this case, we've improved the composition using The Rule of Thirds.

But, there are cases where The Rule of Thirds may not be the best option for your compositions.

Exceptions to the Rule

Just like everything else in art, there are exceptions to every rule. While this compositional theory works most of the time, there are circumstances where it may weaken a composition.

Example 3 - Another Portrait

Let's take a look at another portrait and attempt to improve the composition based on The Rule of Thirds. Again, we'll consider this photo as a potential subject for a drawing or painting.

Here's a look at the original photo...

Here we can again see that the subject is positioned in the center of the picture plane. But pay special attention to the background and its effect on the subject.

Let's try to improve this composition based on The Rule of Thirds. Again, we'll crop the image down and lay a grid over the top.

We've now cropped the image so that the bulk of the head is in alignment with the right vertical line and the eyes are in alignment with the top horizontal line. As a result, the subject is now positioned on the right side of the picture plane and the background is less important.

This new composition is strong, but is it better than the original?

If we revisit the original image, you'll notice the background plays a role in creating focus on the subject. The background features a circular pattern of contrasting colors that acts to frame the face of the girl. This pattern emphasizes the face and works to move your eyes to the focal point.

Our edited photo is still a strong composition, but our original is better.

Examples of Artworks That Use The Rule of Thirds

Artists throughout history have clearly recognized the importance of aesthetically successful compositions. There are countless examples of works that have implored the use of The Rule of Thirds. Let's take a look at few of them...

In this work by Albert Bredow, we see that he has positioned the main focal point using the intersection point in the lower left corner. The horizon line is also in alignment with the lower horizontal line.

In this painting by John Singer Sargent, we can see that he has utilized The Rule of Thirds to position both of the main focal points within the scene. The crashed air plane has been placed on the intersection point in the upper right portion of the picture plane. The figures in the foreground are positioned on the intersection point in the lower left portion of the picture plane.

And in this painting by Delacroix, we see that the boat is in alignment with the lower horizontal line with Christ positioned very close to one of the intersection points.

In this self portrait by Cézanne, we see that he has positioned the eyes in alignment with the top horizontal line and the bulk of the figure is in alignment with the left vertical line.

In this still life by Van Gogh, we see that the blue ginger container is in alignment with the right vertical line, while the bulk of the apples line up with the lower horizontal line.

In this Non-Objective work by Kandinsky, we see that the visually heavy shapes are in alignment with the vertical line on the left side of the picture. The dominant circle at the bottom is also very close to an intersection point.

Conclusion

The Rule of Thirds is an excellent way to improve your art compositions. But keep in mind, we still need to consider other compositional strategies in order to create a successful composition. We should be careful that we don't become too reliant on just one or two strategies when it comes to designing our artworks. Thumbnail or preliminary sketches will always be your best friend.

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Learn how to use The Rule of Thirds in your artworks to create stronger compositions. In this lesson, we explore several examples and discuss when to use this theory in your drawings and paintings.

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Measure over the image 1"x 1" Draw on drawing paper the same amount of boxes 2" x 2" Use grid to transfer cell by cell A1. B1.....

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Other Color Schemes Split-Complementary Relationship One hue plus two others equally spaced from its complement. Double-Complementary Relationship Two complementary color sets; the distance between selected complementary pairs will effect the overall contrast of the final composition. Triad Relationship Three hues equally positioned on a color wheel.

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Color Theory Sketchbook Practice - Part 1

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Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme to enable the creative potential of every child. Creative Schools is led by the Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Education and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

The initiative is also informed by the Arts Council's ten-year strategy (2016-25) Making Great Art Work: Leading the Development of the Arts in Ireland.

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A fun, processed based Fibonacci art project for kids. Great for S.T.E.A.M. learning at home or at school.

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Us presento una altra activitat que he realitzat amb els nanos per a treballar Kandinsky i els cercles. En aquesta ocasió ens vam fixar…

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Clare Breen is the learning curator at VISUAL, Carlow. She features in Episode Three of This is Art Club! in Series Two. In the episode, she demonstrates how to make a cyanotype image.

Clare works with community groups, schools and artists to develop learning programmes that build strong ties with communities inside of and beyond the walls of institutions.

She has a degree in Fine Art from NCAD and a Master in Education in the Arts from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands. Clare is particularly interested in collaborating with artists and researchers who are curious about the dialogues that can arise when their work enters the public sphere.
What was your own journey to becoming an artist?
I loved art growing up - art and English were my favourite subjects in school. I always made lots of art outside of school including painting, sculptures, murals, cooking, gardening etc.

I decided to go to art school and I studied printmaking in NCAD in Dublin. When I graduated, I put on lots of exhibitions with my friends, plus other artists from college. I joined a studio called Basic Space and worked on an outdoor community garden and gallery.

I also worked in some galleries as an intern. Then I moved to the Netherlands to study a Master's in Education in Art as I wanted to work in galleries. Over there, I began to make ceramics and now I work in what is called sociallyengaged art.
Tell us about the work you make / your practice / describe what you do?
Socially engaged art means I usually make artworks in collaboration with other people, including children and adults. I work with other people to develop ideas and projects - we make these artworks together.

Sometimes this happens in the gallery I work in, called VISUAL in Carlow, or this happens outside the gallery in lots of different kinds of places. I think I like working in this way, as I used to get lonely working all on my own.
What exactly is a cyanotype?
A cyanotype is a blue image made with the sun.

It is one of the oldest photographic processes. To put it simply, a material, such as paper or fabric is coated with a mixture of chemicals, made from iron compounds, objects are then placed on the material and it is exposed to the sun.

The places where the light of the sun hits the material turn blue and the places that are covered by an object stay white!

How was the cyanotype invented?
The cyanotype was invented by Sir John Herschel accidentally in 1942 while trying to figure out how to make a photograph.

Many people didn't really like it as they thought the monochromatic blue colour wasn't very beautiful, but Anna Atkins, a friend of Herschel, explored the process with great enthusiasm. She produced the first ever book of photographs using the process!
Can you make a cyanotype easily at home?
It is easy to produce a cyanotype at home if you buy a set of pre-coated fabrics or paper. All you will need is water and some objects and images to make prints!

You can get this online from art materials suppliers. If you want to buy the chemicals to use at home it is a lot more complicated - I would recommend the pre-coated fabrics as it's safer and more straightforward.
What materials do you like to work with?
I love ceramics the most of all materials I work with, but I also make lots of cyanotypes at the moment, collages and drawing. I also really like to make paintings and sculptures.
Tell us about a typical week at Visual Carlow?
VISUAL is a really exciting place to work. All weeks are different - it depends if we have an exhibition on display, or if we are installing a new show.

When an exhibition is on, my week is divided into researching and planning different workshops.

This is really fun as I get to think about an exhibition in a lot of detail and come up with ideas that help groups learn more about an artist's work.

I work with other artists to plan learning events. For example, we might plan a cyanotype workshop for people to collaborate on, or a sculpture project.

During a regular week, I might give around 4 tours and workshops to different groups of adults and children.

I do lots of planning and emailing and meetings of course! But I get to meet loads of really interesting artists who are visiting or working in the building.

We also have a theatre at VISUAL so we show plays, cinema, comedy, music and lots more in there. I learn so much every day in my job and I meet so many interesting people who are totally committed to making art.
What kind of art do you love to make?
I love making big, messy things with big groups of people. I also make collaborative ceramics using a practice called Breadfellows' Chats.

This is a way for two people to make a ceramic object together. I believe that the conversations that happen between two people making one piece of work can really bring people closer together.
What's the art scene like in Carlow?
Carlow is very busy and exciting, depending on the time of the year. In the Summer we have the Carlow Arts Festival and the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas.

These are really busy times and there are so many artists and art events everywhere! Other times of the year it is a bit quieter, but our theatre is so busy that there's always events on and things to see and do.

I love during term time, when we have loads of students coming through the galleries in big groups for visits and workshops.
How do you challenge yourself creatively?
I think the most important thing for me is to regularly go see other artist's work, whether this is visiting exhibitions, reading books, watching films or online talks with other artists.

If I have spent a week where I didn't find out about a new artist or artwork I miss it, I feel like I haven't eaten good food. I also have to meet other artists and talk about their work with them, what they're making and why.

This is extremely important and these conversations challenge me a lot.
The theme of This Is Art! 2023 is "Inspiration" - have you any tips or tricks for young artists who might struggle with "inspiration" or who say, " I just can't get inspired."
I think inspiration is not always glamorous, like a eureka moment, or like a lightning bolt of something awesome all at once.

I think you have to just show up every day in the studio and make something. Inspiration doesn't just hit us. We have to make space for it to come into something. For example, if you're working on a piece of sculpture, you usually don't see the finished sculpture perfectly in your mind's eye before you start, usually people begin with a kind of idea and then figure it out as they go along.

Each little decision we make as we go along, changes the thing, there can be mistakes and accidents that we decide to leave in, I think of this as inspiration.

The inspiration is the courage to say "hmmm, I didn't expect it to look like that... ok let's keep going". I am more of a believer of making space for all of these little inspirations to happen in the process of making something.

For that to be possible though, you have to be there doing it!
What advice would you give anyone who wants to be professional artist, or pursue a career in the arts?
You need to keep working every day, this is hard if you don't have a 9 - 5 job. You also should pursue the things that you love and that bring you joy. Nothing is better than getting into a flow state and realising a while later that you forgot about time passing you were enjoying yourself so much!

I think you need to think with people, to share, to be open, to learn from your friends. I think great art doesn't come out of competition, it comes from doing things together and from collaboration.

It's also really important to make the things you want to see in the world, put on the events you want to go to and be involved in. Each new generation of artists makes the word anew or reflects the world from their own perspective.

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Please see information below and links in relation to the launch of a new round of Creative Clusters (2023 intake).

Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of €3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project in the 2023-2025 school years

(e.g. a cluster of 3 schools would receive €9,000 over two years while a cluster of 5 schools would receive €15,000 over two years).

Clusters will receive 50% of the total grant funding in Year 1, with the second 50% being provided in Year 2.

In addition, but separate to the grant funding, all successful clusters are further supported with: A fully paid Creative Cluster Facilitator; paid Teacher Substitution to attend training and meetings; room hire, travel & subsistence.

Schools can apply as part of a cluster which may be an existing network of schools.

A school nearing the end of year 2 of an existing Creative Cluster can reapply to be in a new cluster where the other schools in the new cluster have not participated before.

Schools nearing the end of 2 years with Creative Schools are eligible to apply.

The local Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area.

Please see the following link for Guidelines and to download the Application Form:
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