Artworks can be used to enhance your teaching environment or workplace,
for general appreciation or it can be used in more structured ways.
See Held
in the Hand for details of one of our objects and how it can be used.
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To
support literacy
hour and creative writing in the classroom Paintings and prints can be used as the basis for class
discussion, as inspiration for stories, creative writing and poetry...
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 "Palm Door" by Patrick Hughes - Hand painted multiple lithograph |
 "Figure Study" by Stephen Conroy - Etching |
For encouraging the use of descriptive and emotional language... |
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Stimulate the imagination; use an artwork to create characters and story lines from portraits and pictures. Imagine what it might be like to be a child in a war zone using Peter Howson’s images made in Bosnia. Imagine you are a soldier in the 1st World War…
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 "Bon Bon Alley" by Peter Howson - Screenprint |
 "Bedtime Story" by Anita Klein - Acrylic on board |
Adult groups can also use Artworks to inspire discussion, debate and creative activities. |
| To support Art, Design and Technology – Artworks can be used as an inspiration for children and adults to produce their own work, and studied for technique and the effects of line, pattern, colour, surface texture, composition, mood, medium…….looking at the real thing inspires people in a way that pictures in books cannot. |
 "Near Les Baux, Provence" by Frederick Gore - Oil on canvas |
 "Stanley Spencer" by William MacQuitty - B&W photograph |
To support history and current issues - some works can be used to highlight aspects of war, families, cities and the environment. |
| To support science and maths. The chemistry of colour and physics of light are some of the building blocks and requirements for us to be able to produce and view art. The use of some works of art can be used to highlight mathematical principles, and colour contrasts and effects. |
 "My Son Tristian" by John Bellany - Oil on canvas |
Page Last Updated: 21 September 2011
