Posts by category
- Category: 5-6
- Category: 7-8
- Haunted House
- Form Action Figures
- Pinch Vase and Bottle
- Charles McGee Inspired Sculpture
- Ink Monsters
- Nature Themed Collagraph
- Masks
- Let Them Eat Cake! Pop Art Ceramics
- Abstract Soap Sculpture
- Zentangle Inspired Designs
- Neurographic Art
- Positive Negative Symmetrical Animal Designs
- Edward Weston Inspired Photographs
- Typography & Texture Study
- Art History Valentines Day Cards
- Clay Relief
- Coil Pot
- Linear Shells with Suminagashi
- Paper Marbling
- Category: 9-10
- Gratitude Bingo Card
- Wire Portraits
- Fall Leaves Template
- Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Inspired Self Portrait
- Drawing on a photo
- Big Head Project
- Summer Reading: Books about Artists
- More Art Teacher Hacks
- Patterned Animals
- Biomorphic Polychromatic Paintings
- Digital Notans
- Day of the Dead (dia de los Muertos) Illustration (using vector art)
- In Your Face! Clay Pot Lesson
- Text Figures and Portraits
- Surrealism
- Hockney Inspired Photomontages
- Color theory with Fruit Forms
- Trashion
- Earthwork Sculptures
- Grid Drawings from Magazine Collages
- Interactive Drawing/Sub Plan
- Jen Stark Inspired Drip
- Scannography Self Portraits
- Paper Bag Perspective
- Negative life still life
- Natural Abstractions
- Explorations in Line:Plant Studies
- Symbolic Self Portrait
- Type Animal Illustrations with Haiku
- Self Portrait Value Books
- Still Life Composition
- Abstract line design
- Tunnel Book
- Positive Negative Still life
- Printmaking and Paper Quilts
- Repeat Pattern Designs for Textile & Fashion Designs
- Claes Oldenburg Cardboard Sculptures
- Still Life on Gray Paper
- Postage Stamps Illustration Design
- Marbled Drape Pots
- Value Self Portraits
- Plaster Collages
- Cut Paper designs inspired by Molas
- Category: 11-12
- Category: Resources
- Gratitude fillers for Thanksgiving week
- Art Teaching On the Cheap
- Tips to prepare your students for a portfolio review
- Interview with Artist James DeRosso
- My advice for taking over an art class successfully
- Parent’s night: A survival guide for new art teachers (and anyone who ever gets nervous)
- Art Teacher’s professional goals: More than just busywork
- Should you consider a National Art Honor Society Chapter?
- Five Ideas for Substitute Days
- Ten tricks to remember student names
- What to wear? The art teacher’s dilemma
- Classroom Expectations
- Everything you ever wanted to know about sketchbooks
- Ice breakers you won’t hate
- Hacks to make life easier come school start
- Summer Reading: The Professional Books
- Transition to summer mode
- Movies, documentaries, and shows with art and art history themes
- Things to consider before you accept the job!
- Real life Art Teacher interview questions
- Interview with Artist James DeRosso
- Reverse Image Search 101 PLUS some pro tricks and tips
- How to be a good administrator to the arts
- Who appreciates Teachers ? (Where the deals are for teachers)
- Parent misconceptions of art (and how to respond professionally)
- 36 Days of Type
- Five artists working on environmental issues
- So You Want to Be An Art Teacher?
- One Teacher’s Drawing-a-Day Challenge During School Shutdown
- Diagnostik
- One year with Covid: Artistic responses in art lessons and student artwork
- Practical Matters: Paint Distribution
- Black Artists to Get to Know
- 50 fabulous Art Club ideas
- Everything you want to know to launch and run a successful Art Club
- Creating a community in your online art classes
- Animated Shorts for the Holidays
- Food as a Muse, Wayne Thiebaud turns 100 years old
- Ted Talks that are a must for the art room
- Art Teacher Hacks during Covid Times
- Portfolio Advice for Students
- How to add a “National Arts in Education Week” Facebook frame
- Shall We Play A Game?
- Creativity Killers
- How to Manage School in Stressful Times
- Ten FUN Ideas for First Day of Art Activities (for Virtual Learning or In Person)
- How to add a “Keep Schools Safe” Facebook frame
- Resume Advice for Art Teachers | Part II: Design
- Resume Advice for Art Teachers | Part I: Content
- How to add a “Art belongs in schools” Facebook frame
- The Art Teacher’s Guide to Surviving a Layoff
- Interview Questions for the Art Teacher
- Art History Inspired Face Masks
- Confessions of an Art Teacher in Wake of George Floyd Protests
- One Teacher’s Drawing-a-Day Challenge During School Shutdown
- Is Remote Learning Taking A Physical Toll?
- Moral Development and Art Plagiarism: An Art Teacher’s Viewpoint
- The Remote Interview for Art Educators
- Pondering an Online Digital Art Show? A Review of Options
- Free Resources for Art Teachers
- If you’re facing a school shut down
- The Art Teacher’s Guide to Letters of Recommendation
- The Interview Outfit
- Art Teacher Memes
- Black History Month Inspiration
- Art Room Hacks!
- Lessons and the Art Education Portfolio
- Perspectives on Perspective
- Halloween Meets Art History
- Lessons that Fail: What You Have to Learn, Part I
- From Projects to Portfolios
- Using Arts Education to Help Other Lessons Stick
- Category: Videos
- Category: Downloads
- About Landscape Painting Handout
- Mixed Media Nature Drawing slide show by Ursina Amsler
- Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month posters
- About alebrijes
- My Sample NAHS Application
- Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) slideshow
- Paintbrush care and cleaning posters
- NAHS Handbook, Ceremony Template, Steps to Starting a NAHS, etc
- Substitute Lesson on Abstract Art
- Covid safety PSA (art history style)
- Class Evaluation Form
- Certificate of Recognition
- Woman’s History Month Posters
- Woman’s History Month Think Series
- Paint Palette
- Think Series for Black History Month
- Think: That Little Girl was Me by Bria Goeller
- Flextangle
- Wellness check, art education style!
- Origami Bag
- Gelatin Plate Instructions
- Cake Shape Template
- Think Series: Wayne Thiebaud
- Improvise a ruler
- Bell Ringers and Think Series for the Holidays
- Student Portfolio Guide
- Bell Ringer: Art Materials and Techniques
- Bell Ringers: Elements of Art
- Bell Ringers: Art History and Issues in Art
- Bell Ringers: Problem Solving Skills
- Type Face Challenge
- We all need a laugh! Memes for Art Teachers
- Ceramic Tools
- Drawing Idioms
- Photography Challenge: Found Alphabet Words
- Homemade Clay Tools
- Student Guide to Photographing Artwork
- Think Series: Artists as Activists Series
- How to Make a Simple Sketchbook
- Ergonomics for Teachers
- Art Plagiarism Digital Handout
- Color theory Spinners
- Think: Gee’s Bend Artist Mary Lee Bendolph
- Mola Handout
- Perspective and Life Drawing
- Origami Nesting Box
- Gift Bag
- Ceramic Vessel Anatomy
- Firing a Kiln Handout and Crossword Puzzle
- Fold Out Book Instructions