Teaching & Learning English
This article introduces an interesting project that combined two of my professional interests: design and education. Specifically, I describe the educational rationale and creative process involved in the design of the Yinhai Academy (later Milton School) House logos. Background I moved to Yinhai Academy late in 2017 to work primarily as a high school English … Read more
This is additional reading material for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be This week the readings are on different websites which you can find by following the links … Read more
This is an additional Reading Text for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be The reading material and exercises on this page will help you prepare for your Writing … Read more
This is essentially a follow-up lesson to my zombie painting tutorial. Both zombies and elves are based on the human figure but in both cases it doesn’t matter if the proportions aren’t precise because they are, after all, fictional entities. This relieves students of the pressure to be precise and (hopefully) free up their creativity. … Read more
This is the second painting lesson as part of a Halloween themed project that I taught at Yinhai Academy, Qingdao. The first lesson in the series was Pumpkin Painting. The artistic aim of this lesson is to paint a zombie and the educational aims are: to think about the human form, to learn about mixing … Read more
This is the first of three painting lessons that formed a Halloween themed project in Qingdao, China. The artistic aim was to paint a Jack O’Lantern and the educational aims are: to think about shape/form, to learn about mixing colours and to think about highlights and shadows. This lesson is a video walk through of … Read more
I first heard somebody say that the use of the word seagull was wrong in the early 90s but had largely forgotten about it until this week when somebody corrected me for use of the word and the next day I happened across a letter to the Metro complaining about usage of the word (see image … Read more