Art class sketchbook

Thinking about incorporating student sketchbooks in your middle and high school art classroom? Click here to find out the many benefits and ways in which I use them to help improve my students' drawing skills.

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Here are some sketchbook examples by my 8th graders. They receive an assignment every two weeks. They are given the assignment on a mon...

Sketchbooks have many valuable uses in the art room. But, purchasing them can be expensive and hand-making them can be time-consuming. Thankfully, the simple answer you need may be right down the hall in your building’s copy machine. If your copier has a “collate and staple” function, fast and easy sketchbooks are only a few […]

This high school art lesson teaches observational contour drawing using hands as subject matter. Students gain confidence and drawing skills.

Former students attending a charter school with no art....a 2nd grader who is asking for art homework...and others out there looking for ideas to help them create...... HERE YOU GO!!! By no means is this an exhausted list of ideas...but it is a place to start!! I may add more to this over time. I hope that it helps some of you looking for direction!! I would print this list out & place it in your sketch book/note book. That way you can check off the ideas as you create them. Items can be…

I'd like to share with you why I started using sketchbooks in my elementary art classroom, 7 ways I used sketchbooks, and benefits students got from using them. I'll also give you a few tips for getting started, making sketchbooks and keeping sketchbooks organized.

how to fill your sketchbook - six ideas/ways to create, sketch and explore.

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a representative of Prang. She asked if I would be willing to try out and compare some of their art materials and give a review of them in exchange for free materials...heck yes! So, as I began planning my first unit for Studio Art, I decided to give the Prang markers a go, compared to the Rose Art markers they sent me as well. So, here goes (I'm killing two birds with one stone here!). So the first set of materials I decided to try out was the Prang vs…

Mixed media contour portraits lesson plan for a high school art class.

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Here are some new things I have going on in my classroom. I now post the “I can” statements on the board for each grade. I also have a Free Draw Challenge. It’s a list of challeng…