This Saturday, in my local art store, I'm teaching color theory and the basics of watercolor painting. I'll be teaching how to mix vibrant colors, muted colors, jewel tones, neutrals, and pastels. We'll make color wheels that the students can take home, and I'll teach about various types of color schemes (monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary, triad, tetrad, etc), and how to choose colors. These are some of the examples I've made to show people what I'm talking about! I looooove teaching color theory classes.

Do you have an instructional coach at your school? We have one, and they are acting like they're our boss, when that's not the case at all. How do you deal with coworkers that are overstepping? It's not even about my lesson plans. Even though I don't think I should have to submit 18 weekly plans every week, I'm going to do it. It's random other thing like being rude to me about declining a meeting invitation sent in the middle of class during a time where I have dismissal obligations. She argued with me about the time I was supposed to be on duty. I told her I listen to my boss for my schedule, and I'll see her another time. Why can't we all be professional, respectful grown ups?

I am going to do an AI scavenger hunt for my digital art students. The level of my students’ disdain for AI is pretty high. They can clock an AI picture or video better than I can. I’ve noticed that when AI
Text or media is presented to them, the message that is being presented is automatically and disdainfully dismissed by them. It will continue to get more difficult as AI continues to advance.
Anyway, the day before fall break I’d like to send them out on a hunt around the school for AI images. They can snap a pic and bring it back to the classroom and run an AI identification app to verify. Any suggestions on how to NOT offend other staff members and how to make this run smoothly?

first year as an elementary art teacher and I don’t think I’m doing very well. the 5th graders are tough to deal with, most of class has made it clear they don’t like art, they are constantly late to class and they come in arguing, cussing, fighting or just not caring about anything.

also the staff is pretty clicky-clicky and I don’t really have much to say, most times if its not small talk or about it work, I’m really just a listener type.

had a rough day today and I’m getting tired of trying to entertain these kids or make art enjoyable enough for them. I did hand out candy once and I won’t do that again, the good behavior didn’t last very long and when I ran out they were resentful.

I have admin support and other teachers help too. however I was told when hired that the principal is big on classroom management, that is her concern. I wasn’t asked anything about art, just basically when can you start. now I understand why. I try not to ask as much bc it seems like word is getting around that I am having classroom management issues. I really do enjoy it but today was tough, it’s the first time I’ve thought that maybe this is not a good fit. I worry if I go to another school I may encounter the same things. I’ve also thought that maybe teaching was just a phase idk y’all these students wore me down today 😭😔 and 5th graders have been wearing me down since day one.

This is my 4th year teaching, but my second yr teaching art, which I really enjoy. First year was HS. Before that it was 2yrs in special education and the IEP meetings it required planning skills that I was losing sleep over.

I enjoy teaching art, the students, the hours, the holidays and summer breaks. most times it doesn’t feel like I’m at work at all. Today was the first time I ever thought, maybe teaching ain’t for me. and that scared me alittle. even all the previous issues I had in other teaching positions I never thought about leaving the profession before.

im gonna continue to do my best and roll with it, but I wonder if it’s the school or just this particular set of students that I need to wait until they go to MS? or should I really be re-evaluating my career choice?

i never thought about leaving the profession before, that’s a new one for me.

hi all. i'm a college student, not a teacher, so i'm mostly here to ask for your take.

my little sister saw a youtube tutorial on animating in procreate dreams and wanted to try it. dreams is ipad only and she has a regular tablet. everything else i found was paid, full of ads, or hard for a beginner, so i built her a frame-by-frame animation app that runs in the browser.

a few things that might matter for a classroom:

• it's free, with no account and no sign-up
• no ads in the editor
• nothing gets uploaded. projects save in the browser on that device, and you can save or open a project as a file
• works offline once it's loaded

on the drawing side it has onion skin (seeing the frames before and after faintly), layers, holds, looping, line boil for that wiggly hand-drawn look, and rotoscoping over an image, gif, or video. on ipad it supports apple pencil pressure and palm rejection.

students can export a png sequence, sprite sheet, video, or a small html player that opens in any browser.

limits, honestly: 2d only, no audio, no paint bucket, no gif export yet. it's not trying to replace real animation software. it's meant as a free place for beginners to learn.

link: https://mocean-frames.pages.dev

if you teach animation or have tried tools like this with students, i'd really like to know what would make it usable (or what makes it not usable) in a class.

Hi, I've created this Art Annotation Assistant to help students write about and analyse art. Here's a quick video of how it works, and no, it doesn't use AI! The annotation assistant is now part of this page on How to Analyse Art. Hopefully it'll support your students.

hey guys! I’m in a full year leave placement currently, so I’m being handled like typical full-time non-tenured staff. this year basically is like a long term interview because some tenured-track positions are opening up soon in the district. I’m getting observed during my first block studio art (9/10th grade) and am still undecided on the lesson I want to teach. for experienced teachers, have you found it better to do a 1 day lesson to show the full process? My classes are 90 minutes and the principal will be there for around an hour of it, in the middle. I’m trying to think of a lesson that has group collaboration and a good artist motivator + the kids keep asking me for a halloween/fall themed lesson. anything that worked well for anyone here in the past? tips/tricks?

I'm looking for any online courses from credible institutions to use as a reference. I've been self taught and have used many youtube tutorials that had gotten me very far but unfortunately the jobs in looking at applying to are very adamant about having some degree of formal training (which I think is a bit classist but that's a conversation for another day. You shouldn't need money to be good at art)

Do you guys know of any online classes I could take to help fill out an art resume? Unfortunately a portfolio is no longer enough...

Editing to clarify, the job has absolutely no requirements for an education degree. I am not applying for an educator role, I dont know where that confusion came from. I'm applying for a water color painter position, not applying to be a teacher in any capacity.

If there is a better sub for this question id be happy to move my post, this was just the one recommended to me.

So I have a sped/medically fragile third grader who I’m looking for more ways to engage. So far she participates but isnt super into anything. She is very social and loves doing the exact same project as the rest of the class (and will let me know if the material modifications i make are too different for her tastes lol) but finishes and gets bored quickly. Usually I’ll then give her another activity to try out that she can do with more independence, and I’m looking for more ideas to add to the rotation!

She has low muscle tone and hand eye coordination but can hold writing utensils and scribble. She can cut with modified scissors if her aide holds and turns the paper for her. Ripping paper is difficult for her. Doesn’t seem very interested in activities that include sticking things down (like sticking stuff on to contact paper or gluing things. She doesn’t like the sticky feeling). She can use a paintbrush with help, and doesn’t like getting paint on her hands. I’m waiting on my supply order to come in (still, two months into school somehow 🤨) but ive heard she loves play dough and i ordered a bunch. Her aides are bringing some from their class next time and im gonna give her a variety of things/tools to experiment with pressing into it

The thing she’s enjoyed the most so far has been color matching activities. She likes to sort things and name colors. And loves anything where she can interact with other students. In PE she partners up with a classmate to do the activities and it sounds like she loves that. She’s been very engaged when we’ve done anything collaborative in art, like taking turns drawing on one paper. But of course that gets tricky if everybody else is still working on their projects.

Hello I wanted to know, for the time you’ve been teaching art, what percentage of the time is dedicated to actually teaching art vs mainly focusing on managing student behaviors? I’m just a substitute currently in the education world, so I’m not aware of how much actual teaching goes on in the art classroom, though I’m starting in actual teaching art soon, (mostly private lessons and art enrichment program).

I got my bachelors in a completely unrelated field (kinesiology) but I have been doing art since I was young. Last year I was an assistant teacher and did some art projects with students and was in charge of arts and crafts. I was going to a program to get my art teaching cert but wondering if I should do more before I go through with that. I was thinking of taking some art classes and build a portfolio before going into the program.

Hi there so I really want to move to Washington, the state, maybe Oregon too. I am just curious the options of routes to becoming an art teacher.

I just graduated with my BFA in studio art with a concentration in ceramics and a minor in art history. I have 3 summers of experience as a camp counselor working with kids, and this past summer I was the Arts and Crafts Coordinator at a summercamp which really confirmed my interest in being an art educator.

Open to almost any suggestions for next steps to take and am in no rush. I am about to work for a couple months at a infant-preK daycare/school but am looking to leave asap to get to washington (I am in ohio living with family for the time being)

Howdy! I'm a new teach for an after school program. I got a strong art background but I'm new to teaching, especially with young kiddos. I'm trying to develop lesson plans to develop core art skills, not just one-day craft projects (no shade to those, I just already got those handled!).

Basically, what core art skills should 2nd graders be learning? Thanks in advance! 😎🤙

Edit for clarification: I want to focus on general drawing and illustration skills, but I'm open to what y'all got to say!

Hey guys, I need some ideas.

I have an interview for a drawing teacher part time job, and it's for teaching 10-12 year olds drawing 101. Now, I know the kinds of things I did in drawing 101 in college, but not with kids. The class seems mostly to be pen/pencil drawing, and the owner said because the kids have short attention spans they do one shots, instead of multiple day projects.

Does anyone have any ideas? I'm looking stuff up and trying to think of things myself, but any suggestions would be great! I really want this job, so I want to go into the interview with ideas in mind in case they ask (and also if I get the job I need projects lol). Any ideas for how to add the principles of drawing to projects in a quick, kid-friendly way?

TY in advance for any/all ideas!!!

I’m having my 3rd graders use chalk pastels, and I wonder if there’s any way to combat the dusty mess they create. I know I will have to spray their finished artwork, but are there any other tips that can help in a better clean up process for them?

I’ve recently gone TAB in my classroom. I teach K12–sort of a unicorn there, but it’s TAB for K-5. I start with a review of previous work, a short talk about a famous artist (or not famous), and usually some
Sort of media demo. Then kids go to work on their work. I have a large low cabinet with organized materials and I rotate out other new and novel things. Most of the work though is crappy drawings that end up in the trash (not by me). I don’t know how to get kids to expand and persevere with their projects. I’m really trying to drive home what quality, and craft mean and what a finished work looks like. It’s only Q1 of my first year here. I’ve been teaching art for about 16 years. I don’t want to go back to project bases but I want some stronger work.

I do plan of cramming and studying like crazy but I really want to get into a single subject Art credential program and Masters program. I have a degree in Film and Media and they denied my degree as a requirement so I have to take the CSET to apply to the program. I was hoping to get into next fall.

I'm looking to change up some of the stuff I do with 6th grade, still at the elementary level. Has anyone does perler bead art with this age? I keep seeing some cool stuff from creators on Instagram but not sure if it will translate to the specials setting. We have a 40 minute class once a week.

I currently work in education, have an art degree, and am trying to gauge what I could earn if I got my teaching credential.

Edit: Oops, don't mind the typo!

I’m going to be out a couple weeks and was wondering if anyone here had a tech free (I can’t leave my teacher laptop with sub) lessons that take a week or more? The less messy the better so the sub doesn’t have any more stress on them.

Thanks for any advice!