Tag: art educator advice

The Top 8 Drawing Books for Beginners: Learn to Draw in 2026
The Best Drawing Books for Beginners There’s something different about learning to draw from a book. You can fold down the corner of a page that clicked for you. You can prop it open on your desk and glance over while you practice. You can scribble notes in the margins when you finally understand why…

A Complete Guide to Teaching Art on a Cart
Teaching art on a cart presents several challenges: Limited space, limited supplies and unknown variables such as what technology will be available in each classroom. In this comprehensive guide, I will explore practical strategies and in-depth tips for delivering engaging art lessons on the go. From setting up your mobile art studio to effectively managing…

4 Things Every New Art Teacher Should Do Before the First Day of Class
Taking a look back in time, I remember being incredibly nervous about what my first day of class would look like. Up until that point, there had always been some type of safety net: my supervising teacher during internship, my professors during field experience, etc. I became woefully aware that suddenly I would be all…