I Am an Art Teacher

12/20/2021

This video does a great and succinct job at introducing “color.”

(Ignore the video’s title, malaligned choice on their part 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🙄)

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03/20/2021

Happy first day of Spring!

01/15/2021

A new blue pigment has been discovered! This new blue “has unusual hyper-spectral properties, reflecting most infrared radiation, which keeps the pigment cool” making it especially well-suited for energy-saving industrial applications, such as building exteriors.
As a bonus, that all artists can appreciate, it looks like the new blue is going to solve the “murky purple problem” that occurs when you mix most red and blue paints!

YInMn Blue, the pigment discovered in 2009 at Oregon State University, has finally been approved by the EPA for use in artists' materials.

08/28/2020

Yayyyy - Resources!

This video contains a summary of chapter four, "The Visual Elements" from Mark Getlein's "Living with Art."

08/28/2020

Treat YoSelf!

Happy Trees Art Hero PopSockets Grip and Stand for Phones and Tablets

06/13/2020

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/take-virtual-tours-these-seven-historic-homes-american-artists-180975013/

A new book looks at American art through the studios of the masters that made it

03/24/2020

If you can’t stay home, the cool new accessory is a mask!

03/24/2020

If you can’t stay home, the cool new accessory is a mask!
Are you dropping off groceries to someone? In addition to what masks keep out, masks prevent you from touching your nose and mouth and keep a lot of germs in, lowering the risk of asymptomatic folks spreading 🦠 germs.
I am making myself one out of a dishcloth and using pony-tail holders for elastic earloops.

*always remove mask by the earloops, do not touch the front, toss straight in the wash.

As a last resort, DIY masks provide more protection than nothing. Researchers tested household materials. Here's which captured the most particles.

03/22/2020

Masks DO help. While masks aren’t super effective at preventing folks from catching the virus, they are decent at keeping sick people germs closer to the sick person and preventing folks from touching their nose and face, thus slowing spread. Hospital masks aren’t readily available to the public, but I bet we have some sewing skills in each community! People who are asymptomatic (have it, but don’t seem sick) still spread germs. Korea’s broad testing taught us this. The cloth face masks are washable and re-usable, if people are trained to take them off by the earloops, not touch the front and run them through the laundry. I would love to see every grocery store worker and delivery person in a mask.

There is a video in this article on how to make one.
Bonus: It empowers people who are stuck at home to feel and be helpful.

Citing shortages, Deaconess Health System asked the public to sew face masks for staff fighting coronavirus.

03/22/2020