First Year Art Teachers Guide Download

ART TEACHER’S GUIDE
Welcome to the messy, chaotic,

and totally wonderful world of art education!
We are so glad you decided to become an art teacher. It takes a special person to empower
students to think creatively, cultivate an appreciation for art, and make inspiring artwork.
In this guide, you will find the support you need with tons of free lessons and resources
for art teachers by art teachers. Lesson planning, relationships with students, art supplies,
professional boundaries, art shows, and more can be overwhelming! We hope you take a
few moments to breathe, browse through these pages, and pick and choose what tips and
downloads you need to help you navigate your first year in the art room.
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K-12 ART EDUCATOR FRAMEWORK K–12 ART EDUCATOR FRAMEWORK

CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
This detailed framework includes six domains, 15 sub-

1. Curriculum Design 3. Assessment Design 5. Engagement 6. Differentiation
A. Develops curriculum that aligns with A. Designs student assessments aligned to learning A. Develops lessons, units, and/or A. Designs inclusive
national, state, and/or district standards targets/goals centers that connect with student instruction based on
B. Designs sequential lessons, units, and/or B. Develops various assessment strategies for interests and backgrounds individual differences and
centers classroom use B. Designs scaffolded instruction understanding of diverse
to facilitate student learning cultures and communities
C. Develops appropriate learning targets/ C. Analyzes qualitative and quantitative student
goals assessment data to gauge mastery C. Develops questioning techniques B. Designs instruction to
to encourage higher-order thinking address student
D. Demonstrates thorough background D. Analyzes qualitative and quantitative student background knowledge
knowledge and command of the subject assessment data to guide learning and instruction skills
and ability levels
domains, 50 competencies, and it covers every topic

matter/content D. Constructs opportunities
4. Assessment Implementation for student choice and C. Develops appropriate
2. Curriculum Approaches authentic learning adaptations and
A. Monitors student learning and adjusts instruction
enrichments for students
A. Integrates knowledge of a variety of as needed E. Selects technology
approaches when planning content resources to supplement D. Differentiates instruction
B. Supports student reflection on learning through
instructional strategies and activities to align with
B. Selects printed and digital instructional peer feedback and self-assessment
IEP goals
resources for classroom use C. Design and deliver ongoing, timely feedback to F. Designs opportunities for
students collaboration among students
imaginable to an art teacher. It is a handy chart to

STUDIO PRACTICES CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALISM
7. Media and Techniques 9. Connections 10. Expectations 13. Professional Practice
A. Selects best practices A. Develops instruction that A. Creates and communicates clear expectations A. Demonstrates reflective practice
when teaching media and incorporates historical and and consequences B. Contributes to the school culture
techniques to students contemporary artwork B. Creates and communicates clear routines and C. Partners with other professional educators
B. Scaffolds media and B. Develops instruction procedures
technique skills for that incorporates artwork C. Develops and maintains a documentation system 14. Professional Learning
students according to from a variety of cultures, for student behavior A. Values and participates in professional
age and ability level communities, times, and
have nearby when planning your scope and sequence,

development opportunities
C. Designs opportunities for places 11. Relationship Building
B. Develops professional goals and a
students to experiment C. Values how the arts A. Builds rapport and positive relationships with students personalized professional development plan to
with materials and skills connect with other
B. Creates and maintains an environment of respect meet those goals
disciplines and provides
8. Creativity opportunities to experience C. Maintains self-control in challenging situations C. Values sharing learning with others
A. Designs experiences to those connections
12. Physical Space 15. Advocacy
practice critical thinking D. Develops instruction that
and problem-solving skills incorporates current issues A. Designs an art room that is accessible for all students A. Supports art education access for all students
B. Designs instruction to allow and themes in education B. Promotes the safe use of equipment, materials, B. Creates exhibits of student work for
for freedom of expression and supplies community interaction
curriculum, and lessons!

and independent thought C. Maintains the organization of supplies and C. Values the arts and communicates their
within student work student work importance
ASSESSMENT
PLUG N’ PLAY RUBRIC

NAME: ____________________________________________ CLASS: _______________________________
LESSON TITLE
IN THIS
ARTWORK,
I WAS
PLUG N’ PLAY RUBRIC
ABLE TO…
CONCEPT SKILL
DESCRIPTION:
MEETS
DESCRIPTION:
DEVELOPING
DESCRIPTION:
EMERGING
FEEDBACK
Rubric writing can be draining! It can take a lot of

TECHNIQUE
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DESIGN
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CRITICAL THINKING
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10 IDEAS TO STAY HAPPY AND HEALTHY
10 IDEAS TO STAY HAPPY & HEALTHY DURING YOUR

DURING YOUR FIRST YEAR
1. Remember why you became a teacher in the first place.
Even if everything goes wrong on your first day or in your first week, keep your eye on the prize. Remind
yourself why you chose to become an art teacher in the first place.
FIRST YEAR
2. Know that it’s normal to feel nervous.
Anyone who has entered a new teaching position can relate to this feeling. Know if you’re feeling
apprehensive, you’re not alone.
3. Don’t be afraid to ask questions!

Seek out one or two helpful people you can trust and ask away.
4. Be an artist.
Get lost in your artwork. Pick up a pen, pencil, paintbrush, camera or whatever tool you need to indulge in
As you get started, it can be easy to forget the basics

the creative process.
5. Develop a support system for yourself.

During your first year, find a few extras to attend where you can mingle with other staff members. Try
chaperoning a school dance, attending a school board meeting, or helping to design the homecoming float.
You might find using social media to reach out to other educators is an option if you cannot find the support
you need in your area.
and get swamped in all your daily responsibilities. Keep

6. Take frequent and meaningful breaks.
You do not need to take three hours of work home every night. Find some time to reconnect to yourself. A
weekend adventure? A coffee shop with a good book? Don’t believe the lie there isn’t money or time to do
so. Carve some time out to enjoy a break from the stress of your career. You won’t regret it.
7. Have a growth mindset.

Find encouragement to believe you can improve by embracing challenges, persisting through obstacles, and
trying new things.
this list of friendly reminders on your desk so that you

8. Do not take yourself too seriously.
You will make mistakes and screw up in front of your students. Laugh it off and try to enjoy each day.
Teaching is a special profession.
9. You will not get everything done.

Be content with the fact that you will not have time to teach every project you’ve been dreaming of since
the first day of college. Save some for next year.
don’t forget how to take care of yourself this year!

10. Get enough sleep.
Period. Do not sell yourself short in this area. You need your sleep just as much as your students do!
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Find the support you need in this seven-episode YouTube mini-series

coming to you from the perspective of a first-year art teacher. Being
a first-year art teacher is tough, but this year provides a whole host of
additional challenges. Virtual student teaching, stepping into a physical
classroom for the first time, distancing regulations and policies due to
the pandemic, and more have left many new art teachers feeling isolated
and alone. Join Brittney Witt from The Art of Education University for View the
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practical tips to help you navigate your first year in the art room!
FIRST-YEAR
ART TEACHER’S GUIDE

Hear the Essentials You Need to Know as a
First-Year Art Teacher
Gain even more support in these special episodes, designed for new
art teachers. Veteran art teachers, Tim Bogatz and Janet Taylor, share
valuable insight and helpful tips. They cover topics including curriculum,
classroom management, professionalism, and more.
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Don’t Miss These 20 Resources
for the First-Year Art Teacher
From quick reads to listens, we have great resources packed with practical tips, tricks, and advice. We
curated a list of our top twenty articles and podcasts to give you a strong foundation as you forge
ahead in your first year!
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First Year CREATE RESPOND
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Exploring the Exploring the How to Say No

Continuing to
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Stay Creative
CONNECT PRESENT Stupid Requests
(Ep. 253)
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Do Art Teachers Calming the
Comfortable With Welcoming
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Content Environment
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Having a Hard Day? Check Out These
8 Resources to Lift Your Spirits!
Being an art teacher can be challenging. But being a new art teacher? Totally overwhelming! If you
are having a hard day and are feeling discouraged, grab a few minutes and sit down. Take a deep
breath and check out these resources that will lift your spirits and remind you that you are right
where you belong.
What Kind of Art 9 Annoying Things

The Unexpected How to Battle
Teacher Are You? People Say When
“Perks” of Being Art Teacher
Redefining Your Art They Find Out You’re
an Art Teacher Comparison
Teacher Identity an Art Teacher
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The Not-So- 10 Strange, 8 Things That 6 Reasons Why Being

Perfect Truths Amazing Skills You Amazing Art an Art Teacher Post-
of Being an Art Will Develop as an Teachers Do Pandemic Is Still the
Teacher Art Teacher (Ep. 031) Best Job Ever
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Hello, Student Teachers!
Are you a student teacher? Kudos to you for getting ready to join the field of art education—the most
fun and rewarding job ever! To make your transition into the workforce and classroom as smooth as
possible, we collected a list of resources just for you!
What Do Student 5 Things Cooperating

How to The Art Teacher’s
Teachers Really Teachers (and Student
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Getting Hired as
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During a Pandemic
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Hello, Elementary Art Teachers!

Welcome to elementary art—where you have the most students, the most fun, and a celebrity status
to boot! Students get so excited for art, but things can quickly get out of hand when you have thirty
six-year-olds whose hands are covered in clay. As you discover what works best for you and your
students, we hope you try out some of our carefully selected tips and downloads.
Creating an
10 Things You Need 20 Reasons
Elementary
Art Show Easel to Know Your First Teaching
Curriculum That
Lesson Plan Year Teaching Elementary Art Is
Works for You
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Teaching Art on a Teaching Art on a Art Show

Elementary Scope
Cart in 2021: Part 1 Cart in 2021: Part 2 Preparation
and Sequence
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Elementary Methods and Techniques

ART SHOW PREPARATION CHECKLIST Scope and Sequence
AND ARTIST STATEMENT Contour drawing
Drawing Tempera Painting
Brush control and stroke practice Hand-building:

Ceramics
Kindergarten through 2nd grade
Student name: _________________________________________ Class: ___________________

Basic Elementary Techniques
• Various types of lines • Pinch pot

Perspective • Loading the brush • Coil rolling
• Atmospheric • Slab rolling
Brush care • Soft slab construction
Value techniques • Washing and storing • Imprinting with textures/stamps
MOUNTED • Blending • Adding attachments (slip and score)
Is your artwork completed? Observational drawing
Paint applications
• Wash
• Creating with press molds
• Sculpting
• Portrait • Scraped or scratched texture
• Still life • Layering Surface treatments:
• Brushing on glaze
Is it labeled? Color theory • Resist
• Mixing secondary colors
• Mixing tints and shades
Did you write an artist statement? Contour drawing Brush control and stroke practice Hand-building:
• Blind contour drawing • Cutting an edge • Coil construction (variation in coil types
ARTIST • Modified contour drawing • Feathery points/flicking and diameter)
STATEMENT • Leaving white space • Hard slab construction (with lids)
Intermediate Elementary Techniques
Is the work matted, mounted, or framed? Gesture drawing

Brush care
• Creating with slump/hump molds
• Adding feet
Perspective • Washing and storing • Bas-relief carving
• Atmospheric
3rd through 6th grade
• One-point Paint applications Surface treatments:

• Two-point • Wash • Adding texture with slip
• Cast shadows • Scraped or scratched texture • Incising
• Layering • Sprigging
LABELED Value techniques • Dry brush (Scumbling) • Sgraffito
• Hatching/Cross hatching • Stippling • Pouring on glaze
Tips and Tricks for

• Stippling • Double-loading brush • Dipping in glaze
• Blending • Applying underglaze
• Rendering Color theory • Staining
ARTIST STATEMENT • Mixing intermediate/tertiary colors
Observational drawing • Mixing tints and shades
• Portrait • Mixing tones
Describe your artwork. • Still life
• Figure
• Color schemes
• Warm/Cool
• Grid • Monochromatic
• Complementary
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How did you create your artwork? Copyright © The Art of Education University, LLC
What’s the big idea behind your artwork?
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What were your goals for the artwork?
ARTWORK LABEL
What are your overall thoughts about your artwork? Title:
Artist:
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Hello, Middle School Art Teachers!
Middle schoolers are a blend of elementary-level enthusiasm with hormones and growing pains.
And you have accepted the challenge of teaching these pre-adolescents art. As you develop bonds
with your students and determine what would work best for them, we hope these resources and
downloads will save you time and energy.
10 Things You Need

Middle School
to Know Your First How to Write an Batik Mantra Flags
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Lesson Plan Middle School Methods and Techniques
AN EXHIBITION LABEL Description
Scope and Sequence
Name: ________________________________________________ Class: ___________________ Students will collaborate to develop artist affirmations that contribute to a
community mantra flag. Students will create a batik flag illustrating a Drawing Painting Ceramics
Instructions: specific mantra using a glue and paint-resist process.
Contour drawing Brush control and stroke practice Hand-building
Respond to the following questions. Use the responses to create a unifying exhibition label. LEVEL • Blind contour drawing • Cutting an edge • Coil construction (variation in coil types
• Modified contour drawing • Feathery points/flicking and diameter)
Intermediate • Leaving white space • Hard slab construction (with lids)
Gesture drawing • Creating with slump/hump molds
Brush care • Adding feet
AREAS OF STUDY Perspective • Washing and storing • Bas-relief carving
• Atmospheric • Pulling and adding handles
Acrylic Color Line Unity Value
Intermediate through Advanced Techniques

2 • One-point
• Two-point
Paint application
• Wash
• Making a lid
• Slab building with a template
1 What artists are part COLLECTIONS • Multiple vanishing points • Scraped or scratched texture • Slip casting
5th grade through 8nd grade

• Cast shadows • Layering
Inspired by Mindfulness
What is the theme of of the exhibit? Value Techniques
• Dry brush (Scumbling)
• Stippling
Surface treatments
• Adding texture with slip
• Hatching/Cross hatching • Double-loading brush • Incising
the exhibit? List them and describe Time Requirements
• Stippling
• Scumbling
• Impasto
• “Antiquing” with glaze medium
• Sprigging
• Sgraffito
Lesson Objectives • Blending • Pouring on glaze
their art. TEACHER PREP TIME • Rendering Color Theory • Dipping in glaze
Students will create affirmations focusing on positive artistic 45 minutes • Mixing intermediate/tertiary colors • Applying underglaze
Observational drawing • Mixing tints and shades • Staining
behaviors in a specific community. DEMONSTRATION TIME • Portrait • Mixing tones
• Still life • Color schemes Wheel throwing
Students will discuss and visually document where and when 10 minutes • Figure • Warm/Cool • Centering clay
• Grid • Monochromatic • Cups and vases
people gather to make and experience art in a community. STUDENT STUDIO TIME
• Complementary
5 hours • Analogous
3 Students will collaboratively reflect on how the visual
4 documentations show the intended meaning.
How does the artist’s
What do you hope viewers Students will create batik flags using a glue and paint-resist
work show the theme? process. Supplies and Materials
will gain or learn from Students will collaboratively prepare and display the artwork. • Paper, pencil, and eraser
Be specific here; it may take more
viewing the exhibit? Students will collaboratively plan an exhibition narrative for the • White fabric (cotton or linen)
than one sentence to explain.
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• Paints: fabric or acrylic mixed with
Teaching Strategies textile medium
Combine the responses into a one-paragraph exhibition label. • Explain affirmations and mantras. • Brushes, water cup, and paper
towel
• Facilitate collaborative brainstorming, reflection, and revision
groups. • Sink or tub for soaking
• Assign affirmations that document positive artistic behaviors in a • String or ribbon and sewing
specific community to the students. machine or needle and thread
• Demonstrate how to make a batik flag using the paint and glue- • Optional: camera
resist process.
• Assist the students in preparing and displaying the collaborative
mantra flags.
• Guide the students as they collaboratively formulate an exhibition
narrative for the viewers.
Hello, Secondary Art Teachers!

Many assume that teaching high school art is synonymous with having
students who love art and are technically proficient. While this is
sometimes true, you probably also get whole classes of students who are Creating a Secondary
required to be there, whether they want to be there or not. What is deeply Curriculum That
rewarding about teenage students is the deep connections you can form Works for You
(Ep. 050)
with them through artmaking. Let’s dive into some advice and downloads
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SCAFFOLDED HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Lesson Plan
Contour drawing
• Blind contour drawing
Value techniques
• Hatching/Cross hatching
INSTALLATION ART FOR TEENAGERS Description
• Modified contour drawing • Stippling
Advanced • Cross contour • Scumbling Students will discover how contemporary artists use art to disrupt the norm
Drawing Gesture drawing
• Blending
• Rendering
and comment on the world around them. Students will collaborate to create
an installation, street art, or performance that brings an issue to light and
Techniques Perspective Observational drawing Get permission from the owner of the building or space reflect and consider the viewer and exhibition.
• Atmospheric • Portrait
• Two-point
• Three-point
• Still life
• Figure
• It is helpful to bring a sketch to show what you are installing LEVEL
• Multiple vanishing points • Grid Advanced
• Cast shadows • Make sure you get clearance on anything controversial
AREAS OF STUDY
Paint applications Color theory (cont’d) Community Emotion Sculpture Space Form Contemporary Art
• Dry brush (Scumbling) • Color schemes
• Stippling - Monochromatic
COLLECTIONS
Advanced • Double-loading brush
• Impasto (with palette knife)
- Complementary
- Triadic Contemporary Art
Painting • Building a surface texture - Analogous
Do not block fire exits or areas that people need to get to
• “Antiquing” with glazing medium - Split-complementary Time Requirements
Techniques Color theory Advanced techniques
• Think about our friends who need wheelchairs or other Lesson Objectives TEACHER PREP TIME
Are Connections
• Mixing tints and shades • Underpainting
30 minutes
• Mixing tones • Sgraffito
• Using cyan, magenta and yellow • Glazing assistance to move around Students will examine artists’ works to see how they disrupt the DEMONSTRATION TIME
• Using a ground norm and comment on the world around them. 30 minutes
• Gel medium transfer
Students will work together to create an installation or artwork STUDENT STUDIO TIME
Relief printing Collagraphs that comments on a social issue. 7 hours
• Linoprints • Found object prints
Advanced • Woodblock prints • Tagboard prints Students will install their work in a public space and observe the
• Reduction prints • Photo templates viewer’s reactions.
Printmaking
More Important
Monoprinting Other advanced techniques Make sure your installation is hung well and won’t fall apart
Techniques • Gelli plate prints • Plexi-glass Intaglio
Students will discuss the role and purpose of this type of public Supplies and Materials
• Tabletop monoprints • Packing tape transfers art within a community.
• Clay monoprints • Acetone transfers • Range of supplies for student
• Plaster prints choice
• Chine Colle
• Fabric
Hand-building Surface treatments (cont’d) Teaching Strategies • Paint
• Pulling and adding handles • Fluting
Advanced • Making a lid • Piercing
Than Content?
• Introduce the artists to the students, emphasizing the purpose and • Found objects
Ceramic • Slab building with a template
• Adding darts
• Slip inlay
• Screen printing clay surface message of the art.
• Display materials (tacks, tape,
Techniques • Double-wall construction
Wheel throwing
Add an artist statement so viewers know what the piece is about • Assist students in creating groups, establishing collaboration
• Slip casting string, etc.)
• Bowls and plates protocols, and brainstorming ideas.
Surface treatments • Trimming a foot
• Surface expansion • Adding pouring spouts • Guide students in the creation and installation of their work.
• Faceting
• Assist students in final reflections and evaluations.
Weaving Sewing and Embroidery
(Ep. 182)
Advanced • Introduct complex techniques
(Soumak, Interlocking, etc)
• Quilting
• Machine sewing
Fiber Art • Pouch weaving
• Clay loom and weaving Felting Take the installation down when you promised you would and clean up the area
Techniques • Newspaper basket weaving • Soap felting
• Wet bag felting
• Loom weaving
• Bead weaving • Needle felting
• Reed basket weaving • Outlining with yarn felting
• Tablet weaving • 3-D sculpture felting
• Felting to fabric
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ART TEACHER’S GUIDE

Welcome to the messy, chaotic,

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K-12 ART EDUCATOR FRAMEWORK K–12 ART EDUCATOR FRAMEWORK

This detailed framework includes six domains, 15 sub-

domains, 50 competencies, and it covers every topic

imaginable to an art teacher. It is a handy chart to

have nearby when planning your scope and sequence,

curriculum, and lessons!

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PLUG N’ PLAY RUBRIC

Rubric writing can be draining! It can take a lot of

mental energy and time. Streamline the process with

this customizable summative rubric that can be used

for any art project. Your students will appreciate the

consistency, and you will appreciate the time savings!

10 IDEAS TO STAY HAPPY AND HEALTHY

10 IDEAS TO STAY HAPPY & HEALTHY DURING YOUR

3. Don’t be afraid to ask questions!

As you get started, it can be easy to forget the basics

5. Develop a support system for yourself.

and get swamped in all your daily responsibilities. Keep

7. Have a growth mindset.

this list of friendly reminders on your desk so that you

9. You will not get everything done.

don’t forget how to take care of yourself this year!

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Find the support you need in this seven-episode YouTube mini-series

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15 Things Nobody 6 Pieces of Advice

10 Things I Wish Exploring the Exploring the

Exploring the Exploring the How to Say No

When You Aren’t Creating a

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What Kind of Art 9 Annoying Things

The Not-So- 10 Strange, 8 Things That 6 Reasons Why Being

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What Do Student 5 Things Cooperating

Hello, Elementary Art Teachers!

Teaching Art on a Teaching Art on a Art Show

Elementary Methods and Techniques

Brush control and stroke practice Hand-building:

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• Various types of lines • Pinch pot

Is the work matted, mounted, or framed? Gesture drawing

• One-point Paint applications Surface treatments:

Tips and Tricks for

What’s the big idea behind your artwork?

What are your overall thoughts about your artwork? Title:

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10 Things You Need

Student name: _______________________ Class: _