Mark Riley

Community Artist, Fine Artist and Educator. DM with commissions, project briefs etc. For fine art stuff look at 😊

[Becky Thompson @BeckArtsConnect]

Thank you for the invitation to your end of year exhibition @HollyLodge_B67 Incredible artwork and great to see the work your students created with @creativestates on display! 👏
@ArtsConnectWM

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Using hand cut stencils and spray paints to explore portraits with Yr10 group.

@artsconnectwm

#engagingboysinart #artineducation #artinschools #communityarts #portraits

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

More from the Yr8 group, using their favourite celebs to explore Gelli printing.

@artsconnect

#printmaking #gelliprints #artsinschools #artsineducation #communityarts #engagingboysinart

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Jon Burgerman inspired work with disengaged Yr8 students. Spray paints & Poscas

@artsconnectwm

#communityarts #artineducation #engagingboysinart #artsinschools

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Pics from last nights final session with @oursideyouthcentre making t-shirts and tote bags. Mixing pre-cut & hand made stencils, spray paints, fabric paints, heat transfer paper and block printing.

@severnarts

#youtharts #communityarts #fabric #stencil #totebag #fabricpaint

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Latest pieces made by the young people from @oursideyouthcentre tonight. Hand cut and pre-cut stencils on tote bags, plus a drawing heat transferred onto a t-shirt.

@SevernArts

#communityarts #textileart #youthart

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Stencil designs on t-shirts and tote bags tonight with @oursideyouthcentre
@severnarts

#communityarts #youtharts #textileart

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Some of the large scale collaborative mixed media pieces from yesterday's Yr2 sessions exploring rainforest habitats.

#artineducation #artsinschools #communityarts #creativethinking #thinkingthroughmaking

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

A wander over Clent Hills on a grey day. Pastel sketch looking out across Worcestershire.

#pleinair #pastel #pastellandscape #landscapedrawing #clenthills #sketch #Worcestershire

[Becky Thompson @BeckArtsConnect]

Great art teacher twilight session led by artist educator Mark Riley. We explored barriers to boys engaging with art, strategies to inspire students and enjoyed some time to make.
The session is part of @ArtsConnectWM
CPD programme for art teachers ⬇️ https://t.co/iJm6xe4yfQ

[St Anthony's Primary @StAnthonysSch]

Jack's place on a beautiful morning here at St Anthony's. The willow is blooming. This is such a tranquil space for us to spend time in and reflect.
Great work from @creativestates
@BhamDES @RCBirmingham

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Waiting for kick-off at Carabao Cup, Wembley. Watching all the pre match punditry.

#sketchbook #drawingfromlife #drawing #carabaocup

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Work done with primary pupils arrived from Ukraine, Hong Kong, Iran and others for @solihullcep_ project exploring our cultural heritage. They chose to focus on food, and assembled the final work to show how cultures interact, overlap & mingle.

#communityarts

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

More on the rocks in this work in progress.

#charcoaldrawing #charcoal #Solva #pembrokeshire #nitramcharcoal #seascape #seaside #landscapedrawing

[Arts Connect @ArtsConnectWM]

📢📢Calling Visual Art Teachers & Lecturers in the #BlackCountry and #Telford! 🎨🎨

Join us on our fully funded Secondary School Art Teacher CPD Programme!

Shaped around developing high quality art education that inspires boys & young people representing the global majority.

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Some more of today's Yr6 monoprints on the theme of Fragile Freedoms

#artsineducation #artsinschools #communityarts #monoprint #printmaking

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Some monoprints on the theme of Fragile Freedoms with Yr 6 pupils today! Small scale 12×10cm & printed on tissue like Awagami Washi paper to add to the feeling of fragility

#artsineducation #artsinschools #communityarts #monoprint #printmaking

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

Work in progress, Solva, charcoal.

#Solva #pembrokeshire #marineart #seascape #seaside #charcoaldrawing #nitramcharcoal #landscapedrawing

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

After a very cold start the day turned into lovely sunshine as the willow was put in. Jack's Place feels alot more like the quiet reflective space we were after. @StAnthonysSch

#memorialgarden #willow #livingwillow

[Mark Riley @creativestates]

A bit chilly at the office today. Putting in living willow to enclose Jack's Place memorial garden that we started last July at @StAnthonysSch
#livingwillow #willow