Instructional Strategies

Too often, art teachers rely on the canons of art history when introducing the subject to their students. This episode...

Motivation and engagement are two things we are continually striving for in our art rooms. If students don’t like being...

As teachers, we are continually improving our practice, and we all have different strengths. However, I know many art teachers struggle...

If your teaching philosophy is anything like mine, then you strive to expose students to as many materials, techniques, and...

In this episode Andrew will share our deep dark secrets… that there are plenty of things in the art room...

As art teachers, we are very busy individuals. We are always on the go. Planning this, prepping that, and organizing...

Are you sick of repeating yourself over and over about the most basic tasks? Are you dreaming of the day...

This episode is a great discussion on color theory, as well as the “hows” and “whys” of teaching it. Andrea...

At some point in our art teaching careers we’ve encountered lessons that have been total disasters and others that are...

Every teacher has a pet peeve or two when it comes to student behavior. For me, it’s students talking while...

Sometimes, it’s difficult to get inspired to teach drawing. Just saying the words “still-life” or “perspective” is enough to make...

Sometimes the best ideas come out of challenging circumstances. The high school where I teach is about 5,000 years old....