Studio Practices

We all know how difficult it can be to get secondary students interested in art history. Sometimes, it’s like grasping...

Let’s take a rhythm and take a song and teach our kids through “Rhythm-ongs!” Now that I have your attention,...

Watercolor painting isn’t always the easiest thing to pull off with elementary kiddos, but they love the experience so much...

From the beginning, artists have also been scientists. Alchemists who mix their own paint, study the effects of color and...

One of the things I’ve love about teaching the Studio: Drawing course is the wide variety of work I get...

Far too often, art gets pushed to the side when it comes to school culture. But if you build your...

Art matters! As art educators, we all know this to be true. But, when you think deeply about why art...

Do you struggle with how to teach charcoal drawing to your students? Are you looking for tips to take their...

As art teachers, we have all experienced extra unplanned class time. Maybe a demo goes more quickly than expected, technology fails, and you...

Students in all kinds of classrooms love found-object sculpture. In choice-based and traditional classrooms alike, sculpture projects often take the...

There are so many mediums students need to explore. This is true in both choice-based and traditional classrooms. While some...