I've been having trouble for years with my students pressing too hard with their pencils when they draw. This means they can't erase fully when they make a...
Hello All, I have posted before for lessons and gotten great links (like princtonol). The problem here is that I am teaching the Element of LINE and alot of...
Can you ask your Tech Coordinator to unblock the site for you? We came back to school with a new web washer and my Artsonia site was blocked. I asked our TC &...
I need help. I'd like to incorporate an election style project, dealing with portraiture, and multi-media... Does anyone do any creative stuff with portraits,...
Do colored pencils annoy any of you as much as they annoy me. It's not really the the media-- I personally like it-- but it's those kids who color sooooo...
Hi everyone, I am looking for someone interested in a failry simple and straightfoward art exchange project. The idea is for the teachers to identify a number...
Hello friends! I am inviting you to stop by the Mockingbird Station Starbucks during the month of October to see my 5th, 6th, & 7th grade students Egyptian ...
I usually don't forward, but this is for a good cause - An Iowa School that was devastated by a tornado is up for a big award - To vote, you need to go to...
Hi, I just posted a photo gallery of digital images by my last school year's 7th graders. The images were printed on 6" x 6" ceramic tiles. Each image is ...
About a week ago I created a Flickr group called Artists Who Teach. It is for K-12 art teachers, with a purpose of encouraging teachers to continue producing,...
I found her this morning while surfing for marine life painters. Her name is Jennifer Belote. Many of her paintings have a lot of depth and overlapping, one...
Hi everyone, One of the third grade teachers at my school asked me about the best way to paint on pumpkins. She said that in the past, they have used a tempera...
We've had many visitors and new memberships in the art education discussion group (http://incredibleart.proboards83.com/) since I posted the last notice....
Does anyone else subscribe to Instructor magazine? If so, do you know if they've done away with the art print insert and lesson plan? I emailed them back in...
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows of good places for artists to advertise their work and websites. I've not long started up a website for my artwork...
Hello Linda and Cindy, Classroom management is by far the most challenging task teachers take on in setting up systems in their classrooms for the year. It is...
Hello all, are any of you located in Southern New Jersey or @ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? I am possibly relocating to the Philadelphia region (from further...
What a GREAT idea, Charlot! I teach 6th and 7th graders and would love to do this with my 7th graders. I have approx. 125 7th grade students - how many...
I need a "criteria"; list of what makes a piece of art truly ART please send to me as soon as possible, as I am needing this "list" to teach my students how to...
Soon Davis is publishing a brand new textbook series for middle school!! Glencoe also has some good supplementary things for use with their Introducing Art,...
Hi there, Recently someone posted a Spec Ed/ Art Ed link to a site for Spec Ed/art lesson plans. Could you please post this link again? Thanks, Sandy in...
Hello everyone, I am looking for a recommendation for text books. Ideally I would like to be able to use these for 5th grade through 9th grade (remember I...
Enjoy this file uploaded which is a Notes in Painting in Watercolor Ebook with some of my favorite samples of student work from my art students. It can be...
We have been using Sax Ultra Plus tempera for about 5 or 6 years, at least. We really love it. I was dismayed when I called Sax to reorder it and was told it...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone taught elementary for 30 minutes twice a week. Currently I see my students once in a 6-day cycle for 45 minutes, but all the...
Hi all Been busy planning for new subject to teach along with art. But I see it as a challenge and a way to show all those non art teachers how important art...
hi all, i would love to know what would be a challenging goal to submitt with my administrator this year... i was thinking a doing a link from our school[s...
