Category: Inspiration
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Can I borrow a pencil?
This blog post is about ‘Art Room Management of Pencils’! It made me laugh that a recent post on facebook which opening line was ‘Can I borrow a pencil?’ has attracted over 150 comments from art teachers. The art teacher who posted the post was looking for ideas on how to manage her ever-dwindling supply.…
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Free Online Art Games for the Art Classroom
I’ve been asked the question ‘Where can I find free online art games that I can use in the classroom?’ I’ve been scouring the internet and below is a selection of free online art games that are great fun and might well link to the projects you teach. They can be a useful extension task…
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5 Art Books Every Art Teacher Must Have
I have a collection of art books that I’ve enjoyed building up throughout my career. If you are at the start of your art teaching career, the following 5 books would be a good start to your art library. I’ve turned to these books again and again. I remember the first time I saw the…
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Art Teacher Work-Life Balance
Is it really possible to create an art teacher work-life balance? Regularly on social media, I see teachers writing that they can’t take it anymore, that they’re at the end of their tether: burnt out. If you are feeling that you are heading in that direction, you need to stop and take the advice below…
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What Can I Draw? – 100 Objects to Draw
‘What can I draw?’ The answer may be below. This list should inspire you as it has 100 drawing prompts. Like most activities, drawing improves if you keep doing it. The ideas below require you to put the object in front of you, or a picture of the object, and to carefully draw it. Feel…
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Another Arty Week
Beautiful student artwork. Paper Costume Unit of Work Miniature Book Project