Drawing
What is drawing?
Learn about the different tools and materials used in mark making. You can also find out who made the first drawings.
Who was Keith Haring?
Learn key facts about Keith Haring and find out more about his life and art style.
What is hatching and cross-hatching?
Learn the different techniques to make drawings more interesting to look at and more realistic.
Drawing and painting textures
Explore the different types of texture in art and discover the techniques for drawing and painting texture.
Charcoal and its uses
Charcoal is one of the oldest art materials and it can be used in many different ways.
Painting
Neil Shawcross and portrait painting
Neil Shawcross is an English portrait painter who lives and works in Northern Ireland.
Colin Middleton and Surrealism
Colin Middleton painted for a short period of his life in the Surrealist style.
Mixing primary colours
Secondary colours can be made by mixing two primary colours together.
What is expressionist painting?
Explore painting techniques and different tools through examples of expressionist paintings. You can also find out how to use colours and brush marks to express your feelings.
Who was Wassily Kandinsky?
Learn key facts about Wassily Kandinsky and find out more about his life and art style.
Who was Georges Seurat?
Learn key facts about Georges Seurat and find out more about his life and art style.
Printmaking
What is printmaking?
Find out about the printmaking process and the tools, surfaces and materials used to make art prints.
Andy Warhol and pop art prints
Learn key facts about Andy Warhol and find out more about his life and the pop art style.
Collage
What is collage?
Find out which materials can be used to make a collage. Discover examples of collages and collage artists to get some ideas and make your own.
Brianna McCarthy and collage
Learn key facts about collage artist Brianna McCarthy and find out more about her life and art style.
3D art
What is a mask?
Discover how to make your own 3D mask and find out about the different reasons why people wear them.
Who was Barbara Hepworth?
Learn key facts about sculptor Barbara Hepworth and find out more about her life and art style.
Deborah Brown and sculpture
Deborah Brown was a Belfast-born sculpture whose works can be seen all across Northern Ireland.
Working with clay
Clay is an easy and fun material to work with and it allows for many creative possibilities.
Mixed media
Olive Henry and stained glass
Belfast-born artist Olive Henry was a stained glass designer, painter and photographer.
Generating ideas
Where do ideas come from?
Art often comes from an idea and inspiration can be found everywhere!
Imagination
The power of imagination
There are many ways to be creative and anything is possible when it comes to imagination.