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6 Sketchbook Strategies to Help Students Overcome the Blank Page
There’s something intimidating about a brand-new sketchbook page: it’s clean, open, and full of possibility! However, for some students, that...
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Make Visual Note Taking Fun in the Art Room: Sketchnoting Strategies (Ep. 5)
What if drawing could help your students remember more? Research suggests that drawing can support memory and recall, even when...
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Think Like an Artist: 18 Brainstorming Strategies for Every Art Medium
Brainstorming is more than a worksheet—it’s a process of developing ideas. Every artistic medium asks artists to think in different...
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The Best Ways to Brainstorm in Student Sketchbooks to Be More Creative Thinkers (Ep. 4)
Do your students’ sketchbooks fill up with the same cliche drawings over and over again? Brainstorming can help students move...
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Simple Sketchbook Routines for Busy Art Rooms: Fun Activities & Sub Work (Ep. 3)
Are you struggling with students who don’t know what to draw? A consistent sketchbook routine can transform your art room....
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Stop Losing Sketchbooks! Storage & Supply Ideas for the K-12 Art Room (Ep. 2)
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of sketchbooks in your art room? You are not alone. In this...
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How to Choose The BEST Sketchbooks for Art Teachers: Buy or DIY? (Ep. 1)
Sketchbooks can be intimidating. Hardcover, spiral-bound, softcover, handmade, digital, travel-size, graph paper, drawing paper, or a simple binder with copy...
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Sketchbooks 101: A Guide to Build Better Sketchbooks, 1 Page At a Time
What if one page could change everything? Welcome to The Art of Education’s Sketchbooks 101, a new YouTube series designed...
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5 Ideas to Walk the Line Between Creative Freedom and Art Room Structure
If you have ever been in an art room, you know that many students freeze when you hand them a...
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3 Ways To a Picture-Perfect Process AND Product with the Studio Habits of Mind
Social media is a fun place to find inspiration for art teacher life, especially beautiful art project ideas. The polished...
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Unlock Your Art Education Legacy This Year: Keys to Build Creative Leaders
You stepped into your “new to you” art room for the first time. The previous art teacher’s name is in...
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Open Small Doorways to Big Imaginations: How to Engage Students in Art Class
Imagination, storytelling, and creative play can turn an art lesson into an unforgettable experience for students. Students enjoy constructing their...
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