Who is Paul Priestley?

An Artist in School

I started the day with a re-enactment of the great artist’s life, in which children had parts to play, followed by a drawing workshop in which I showed children how to draw in the style of the artist. The afternoon started with a painting demonstration where I showed children how to paint like the famous artist. For the rest of the afternoon children created their own paintings, based on their drawings from the morning. They produced wonderful work. I recreated the lives of 12 artist’s in total with workshops to match and by 2016 I could not cope, because of the demand from schools. I am lucky enough to have my own studio, so the solution to the problem was obvious. Reproduce my recreations of famous artist’s lives as videos that school’s to use via my website.

You can find details of the Famous Artist videos here. I also run a YouTube Channel where you’ll find lots of easy drawing tutorials – which are FREE and aimed at children – which cover all aspects of drawing and painting and could be used to compliment a Famous Artist video to create a wonderfully inspiring art experience.
Paul Priestley