Remember...

 

(image via Onesidezero)

Even as we are showing our students work by other artists, and basing projects around them, it's always good to remember to keep to our own unique styles. It's up to the art teacher to teach the difference between "borrowing" and straight-up copying. There are numerous motifs that have been repeated in the art world for centuries. The motifs are safe to use and reuse, but we want to make them our own not simple knock-offs of someone else's work.

Remember: your artwork doesn't have to look or be "perfect". Copying someone else's work or style isn't going to help you to become a better artist, practicing drawing from life (a lot) will.

Now Twitter Enabled

You can find me on twitter @plateaches. I'm not sure yet how I am going to utilize the twitter service, but I felt that this was a good time to get signed up and comfortable with the technology.

Common Misconceptions

This was a really interesting read.

My favorite: George Washington never had wooden teeth!

The Teacher

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

-Goethe

New Year, New Plan

Well, the holidays are over, and it's a brand new year. I registered this blog quite a long time ago, with plans to use it when I was good and ready. After following a few amazing Education blogs, and through my own Education and Internship experiences I finally have a clear view of where this blog is going, and what I want to do with it. 

I want to integrate personal experience, lesson plans/ planning, technology, tutorials, and lots of other things to help and inspire students, educators-in-training, educators, and anyone else interested in an amazing art experience.

I look forward to bringing you useful and insightful content this year.

Happy 2011!

-Mrs. Pla