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The Importance of Relevant Art PD Art Workshops that provide relevant training for educators are an absolute must. Especially in the post-pandemic era. More than ever before, people are being placed in teaching positions that they are not equipped for – and not just Art Teachers. It’s happening across the board. These teachers need support […]
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Teaching Colored Pencils on a scaffold builds confidence that leads to engaged and driven students. That may sound simple or it may sound impossible, but it definitely works. And not for just middle and high school artists. I use this approach when I teach adults. Small steps. Big victories. Investment. Success. I’m starting to see […]
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Pencil Sketching – The Value of Using a Grid & The “Shoe Frenzy” I love to teach Drawing. Especially pencil drawing. All those gorgeous values, transitions and edges moving around in the composition at the same time. It’s pure art magic. It’s also the quickest way to grab your art students’ attention and keep it […]
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A simple soft serve ice cream drawing as a catalyst for student behavior- it sounds so simple. I’m here to tell you that it’s not only simple, it’s possible. Skills build confidence, which leads to investment and buy-in, and this leads to positive behaviors all throughout your middle or high school art classroom. Today we’re […]
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I see a lot of teachers on the shared platforms discussing the drastically reduced work ethic among students. And I hear people asking what to do about this? I hear people pleading for answers to the question, “Why don’t the kids care?” “How do I increase student engagement?” I’m here to tell you that they do […]
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Acrylic Painting strategies for success can mean a lot of different things when teaching young artists how to paint. The setup and clean up alone can frustrate even the most seasoned educator. So how do we plan projects, buy supplies, formulate classroom procedures and set expectations so that students have optimal painting success? I’m about […]
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Three Free and Easy Strategies for keeping your art students on track It can be really intimidating learning how to keep your art students focused on success day in and day out. There are so many things fighting for their attention, and as art educators in these high-tech post pandemic times, we are required to […]
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Festive Fabulousness guaranteed in your Art Classroom Teaching is about reflecting. Constant, incessant reflecting. Tis the season with a holiday drawing. The questions are endless…and it goes something like this… Before the unit begins… Next step, actually teach the unit… (Unit unfolds perfectly, just as I imagined it, with no issues whatsoever and glowing, engaged children, […]
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The two drawing skills every art student should know to build confidence and grow engagement are simple. In my humble opinion, they are knowing how to sight relationships in a composition and knowing how to scale things up or down. Once kids understand these two basic concepts, they can draw just about anything, from just […]
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Why kids don’t finish the art project…well, why don’t they? Today I’m going to focus on two reasons kids don’t finish the art project. Size and timeframe. How big is the task and how long does the student have to complete it. For some reason we think everything has to be 18×24 with a 3-week […]
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