General stuff
Random stuff I’m thinking of – writing into the void.
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Facts about electrons
Taken from the article What is an Electron? by Peter Ripota Continue reading
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Four types of play that help us be more creative
Play is a profound way to learn and is inherent to our species. We can formulate play activities, engineer them in ways that facilitate particular experiences. In other words, we can teach it. #creativitycanbetaught 1. Conceptual Blending Combine or juxtapose… Continue reading
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AI – the artists friend, not foe
A while ago now, I wrote a post called Art is dead, long live AI. In it, I spelled out how AI works creatively, and gave some practical ways in which we can teach AI skills in art rooms in… Continue reading
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The Arthrobot Scriptures
My new novel is finally in the Amazon bookstore. It’s only taken me over 15 years to get it to this point! I wrote and re-wrote it several times during this period, pushed it one side, abandoned it, then picked… Continue reading
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Vision and its impact on learning
Outside-In model of seeing I’ve thought long and hard in the past about vision; how do we see and how is vision processed in the brain? Now, I’m an artist, not a biologist or scientist, but it seems natural to… Continue reading
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Drawdeck
I came across this website the other day which i think is a great way to upload your students’ artwork where they can comment on each other’s work and it’s FREE!! http://drawdeck.com Continue reading
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Teaching Drawing
Whenever I get a class of art students (of any age) to draw something from observation I always get a wide set of results, ranging from excellent to struggling. That must mean that most students are not working on a… Continue reading
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My Pinterest Boards
Here are some boards I put together on Pinterest, please feel free to link to them Contemporary Art Fluxus Art Drawing Pop Art Sculpture Surrealism Traditional Pop Art Continue reading
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Tate – Youtube site
All teachers of art should have the Tate Youtube page in their browser favourites. http://www.youtube.com/user/tate?app=desktop It’s a free link to contemporary art heaven! Continue reading
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