The ArtWorkBook is a comprehensive and time saving art resource
filled with information and classroom strategies to empower educators
and home schoolers with material that will facilitate the teaching and
understanding of art between teachers and students. First published in
1990, The ArtWorkBook SOLD OUT in the United States. Now available in
several formats The ArtWorkBook contains even more material and artwork
that can easily be printed or downloaded. The ArtWorkBook is available
as an E-book and will be available in print soon.
Art educator, writer, and speaker Joan Maresh-Hansen provides effective
and creative lesson plans, projects, and strategies that will save
educators hours of preparation time as well as increase their
motivation and creativity. Materials in this series are a collection of
tried and proven strategies from her own 34-year career as an art
educator and through her interactions and relationships with successful
art educators and art students throughout the U.S.
Each individual volume in The ArtWorkBook series contain various lesson
plans and projects that enable art teachers to introduce the subject
matter to students with clarity. When clarity is achieved in the
execution of an art project, the educator can get on with the business
of teaching art and students can go on with the fun of making art.
Purchased alone or as a whole, The ArtWorkBook provides educators with
hundreds of creative and time saving ideas and organized plans for art
projects with clear easy to understand instructions. Individual volumes
covers a specific area of knowledge for building and maintaining a
strong four-year art program in any level of art competency. Art
teachers and home schoolers can use the ideas and lesson plans in the
series "as is" or easily customize them to suit the needs of their
classroom.
Each volume covers all art levels and various media. Lessons range from
basic art foundations to advanced work. Assignments provide material
for the classroom and beyond.
Each volume in The ArtWorkBook series provides:
Objectives
Tools and materials
Timeline
Procedures
Continuations and variations
Terminology
Questioning strategies
Volumes
Introduction to The ArtWorkBook Series
Art Class Notes (ACN)
Teacher's Almanac
The ArtTestPack
Drawing Conclusions
Design Decisions
Notes on Painting
Artist's Idea Books: Altered Books, Sketchbooks, and Journals
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Art Class Notes
Art Class Notes (ACN) will save educators hundreds of hours in
preparing lesson plans. This volume contains one to two page formatted
lesson plans that educators can use in their classrooms for various art
processes. Art teachers can also customize the formatted lesson plans
as a guide for their presentation and a condensed version can be
provided to students. ACN are ideal to use especially with absent or
tardy students to allow them to catch up with the class.
ACN provides various ideas on how lessons can be implemented to a
specific class and art level. ACN contain traditional and new methods
of teaching art so educators can choose which method suits their
classrooms. Teachers who want to expand their knowledge about different
art processes will greatly benefit from ACN.
ACN features over 160 lesson plans and over 400 ideas in the following categories:
Drawing (people, contour, and still life)
Mixed media (collage, turpentine transfer, and resist)
Printmaking (stenciling, linoleum block printing, serigraphs, and entaglio etching on plexiglass).
Sculpture (paper mache, masks, slit-slot sculptures, clay hand building techniques, and more).
Projects are formatted to provide an organized system on the following topics:
Objectives
Tools and materials
Timelines
Procedures
Continuations and variations
Terminology
Motivational resources
Questioning strategies
Below are additional art projects contained in the expanded Art Class Notes, which was updated from the original publication.
Printmaking: Introduction to simple printmaking techniques include: linoleum
block printing, serigraphs, and entaglio etching (on plexiglass).
Additional introduction to the extrapolation of prints allows students
to experiment with this method. Students will be surprised at the
incredible results they achieve.
Sculpture: Introduction to simple sculpture processes include: paper
mache, slit-slot sculptures, and clay hand building techniques. In
addition to the media use and techniques, creative ideas are
incorporated to allow the artist opportunities to personalize their art
to reinforce the expression of their unique ideas. Note from the author:
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The Teacher's Almanac
The Teacher's Almanac is essential to art educators and home
schoolers in the proper management and organization of their art
classes. Artistic students often have a diverse array of personalities
and attitudes, actually that pertains to students in the elementary,
secondary, and high school levels as well. This volume will help
educators assist their artists to stay on course and on schedule. All
of the material developed and compiled in this volume will make an
educator's school year run a little smoother.
Being organized is essential to the management of any successful
corporation and the same holds true for teachers. A book entitled, "If
You Don't Know Where You Are Going You Might End Up Somewhere Else" was
introduced to Joan Maresh-Hansen during a goal setting class. This book
inspired Joan to develop successful systems in her classroom. Her
passion to share her knowledge inspired her to write The Teacher's
Almanac to help other educators manage their classrooms with efficiency
and order.
Included in this volume are effective classroom management and
organization techniques. Educators will learn how to enhance their
interaction and communication to students so that educators can get to
the business of teaching art instead of having to continuously
"discipline" an unruly class. The Teacher's Almanac will eliminate
confusion and chaos to promote order and productivity in the art
classroom. As a result, their classrooms are organized, creative, and
nurturing environments where students learn to develop a positive work
attitude and good work ethics as they pursue their artistic potential.
This volume includes:
Why Study Art? (introductory presentation)
Effective class rules and requirements
Organizational techniques: seating charts, clean-up charts, evaluations and more.
Calendar to outline course of study
Suggested course of study for each level.
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FREE with PURCHASE of Teachers Almanac: The ArtTestPack
The ArtTestPack
The ArtTestPack saves you time!
Creating tests for students can be time consuming. Educators continue
to discuss and focus on concepts and techniques all day long. However,
students need to be tested to ensure that they have retained the
information. The ArtTestPack contains pre-written tests covering
various art techniques and principles. Written tests for students helps
reinforce the fact that the information provided in your class is to be
taken seriously and it enables educators to know if students have
retained the information.
The ArtTestPack includes the following:
Tools and techniques for each of the major processes and medias
History of the concepts presented
Worksheets and exercises with Test Keys
The tests are designed in matching, true and false, and fill-in-the-blank formats.
The ArtTestPack is a time saving tool that can be easily adapted in
your art classes to your students' understanding of the materials
covered. Educators can use the tests as is or modify them.
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This volume emphasizes drawing, which is the most universal form of art
expression. Educators will learn how to instruct students effectively
in realizing the shift that must occur, within the students' minds, in
order to successfully draw what they see. Numerous traditional and
experimental approaches to drawing and seeing processes are introduced.
Included are exemplary artworks to evidence the effectiveness of the
lessons. Sample artworks are from Joan Maresh-Hansen's collection of
student artwork, archived from her 34 years of teaching. Such examples
encourage and inspire students to realize that young individuals can
achieve great art.
Included projects are:
Blind and modified contour drawing
Effective use of sketchbooks
Gesture drawing
Portraying people for a likeness
Working with still life,
Perspective
Pencil, pen, and ink techniques
Frederick Franck who wrote " Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing," states:
". . . my eyes have always been in love with the splendors of the world
that surround us. My response to what I see has been to draw, and the
more I have drawn the greater has become my delight in seeing and my
wonder at the great gift of being able to see. One day I realized
suddenly that the seeing and the drawing had fused into one single
undivided act. I called it seeing/drawing. It was a revelation, and it
changed my life."
This volume will help educators convey the method of rendering what is
seen on paper or canvas. Students will learn how to unify the idea of
seeing and drawing into a cohesive act that will encourage them to
continuously practice drawing to improve their skill.
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digital student portfolios with artist’s statements,
sketchbook and altered book assignments,
webinars and podcasts that teach concepts and many more
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Design Decisions—Coming SOON!
This volume concentrates on the elements and principles of design.
Materials in this volume will help educators and home schoolers
introduce the building blocks of art to students with clarity. As a
result, students gain an increased understanding of effective use of
design that will bring forth order into their artwork.
Sections of the volume include the following elements and principles of design:
Line
Shape
Color
Texture
Value
Form
Space
Balance
Contrast
Emphasis
Rhythm
Movement
Harmony
Repetition
The materials include innovative ideas in presenting the above concepts
to students in an organized structure. This volume will convey to
students that the elements and principles of design work together much
like a symphony orchestra-where individual musicians practice their
instrument individually before joining the group. As a whole, the
orchestra can then create beautiful music together. The same is true in
design. Each technique must be understood and practiced separately then
used together.
This volume will provide educators with the tools to present these
concepts in an organized and clearly structured fashion. The materials
communicate the significance of these principles together and
separately in the process of creating various art projects.
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Notes on Painting
Notes on Painting covers the exciting possibilities of working in wet
media. The use of watercolor, acrylic, and oils is addressed with clear
step-by-step approaches. Educators will learn how to introduce the
novice painter on how to manipulate paint as well as enhance the more
experienced student artist on new ways of expressing their work in this
vibrant wet media.
Many students, in any level, often experience various challenges in
using wet media. As exciting as it may be, students often feel
overwhelmed with paint. Provided are fun and innovative ideas for
educators to employ in the introduction of wet media to students'
repertoire of art skills.
This volume contains two sections.
Section I introduces watercolor as an exciting and fun media.
Section II reveals the techniques of the great
masters of art in acrylic & oils.
Exercises such as "A Dozen Watercolor Techniques" and "Painting like
Picasso" will stimulate students' creativity and courage in
experimenting with a new medium.
Included are examples from past student works using featured techniques.
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Artist's Idea Books: Altered Books, Sketchbooks, and Journals
Artists keep sketchbooks and journals in the same way writers keep
diaries. Young artists need a medium to record their sketches, sources
of inspiration, thoughts, and ideas. This volume provides instruction
on how to create handmade books, sketchbooks, and journals. A
personalized book, sketchbook, or journal made by the artist truly
creates the feeling of ownership. A section on altering books is also
provided to allow artists to put their own artistic touch on an already
made book in order to personalize it and really make it their own.
Included in this volume are clear step-by-step instructions on binding
books using inexpensive materials that can be found around the house.
Ideas are introduced for hundreds of projects that reinforce concepts
taught at each art level. This volume will also inspire educators to
spark ideas of their own.
The section on altering books focuses on the newest trend sweeping the
country. Altered book techniques and assignments for lots of projects
on altering pre-made books in order to personalize the generic book to
the artists' aesthetic style.
Sources are also provided in this volume for further investigation of this new popular art form.
This volume is a collaborative effort with one of my teaching buddies
who created and presented the concept of sketchbooks as an artist's
IDEA Book which can be used as a reference for years.
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Digital Design Book & Diaries
Digital Design Book & Diaries provides educators and home
schoolers with clear instructions in teaching various design software
programs to students. The methods presented in this volume are based on
the successful implementation of a communication graphics design
program spearheaded by Joan Maresh-Hansen in a Texas art magnet school.
Educators will learn effective step-by-step instructions and
presentations on how to teach art using digital technologies. Digital
Design Book & Diaries sheds the mystery of using the computer to
create art. Digital media software covered in this volume are the
following: Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Painter, and others. The
method of "tra-digital" is introduced in this volume, which involves
combining traditional art work with digital media to create artwork.
Over twenty projects in this the Digital Design Book & Diaries volume include the following:
Computer Contours
Posterization to Prints
Digital Woodcuts
Name That Company: Logo Design
If Leonardo Had a Laptop
Opposite Effects
Symbolic Still Life
Sketchbook to Scanners
Digital Collage
Animation Station: Animated flip books
Filtered Feelings
Creation Statements
Stop the Press: Desktop Publishing
Advertising Art Show Posters
Paper Picture Show: Leave Behinds
Comical Combinations
People with Patterns
Zip Case Cover Up
Once Upon a Page: Stationary Design
Multimedia presentations
Digital self-portraits
Photo and image manipulations
Digital portfolios
and more…
Included in this volume are "before and after" examples of past student
artworks to inspire students. Clear step-by-step procedures on how to
manipulate digital media technologies, how to solve problems using
digital media, and the most efficient way of using software to create
original works are covered. Digital Design Book & Diaries is an
important tool for all educators who want to keep abreast of the latest
trend in digital art.
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Art Careers: Living the Life you Love
Art Careers: Living the Life you Love is a classroom-based on
the job training exercise that prepares art students how to think and
work as professional artists. With 58 career simulation exercises, this
volume presents numerous possibilities for the creative person to make
a living in the field of art. Students are asked to solve a particular
problem or task that would be found in a work environment such as
creating a book illustration, business logo, or package design just to
name a few. Each assignment is done to increase students' awareness as
to what kind of skills are needed to be successful in that arena.
The exercises transform students' weaknesses into strengths to increase
their competitive advantage in pursuing a creative career. Art Careers:
Living the Life you Love also develops students' work ethic in any
field of endeavor, and this volume truly prepares the budding artist
into a professional creative mind that can excel in the creative field.
Armed with an education, and the skills needed to succeed in a
particular field can eliminate the idea of a starving artist.
Artists are passionate about their work. Art Careers: Living the Live
you Love is an important volume in awakening amateur artists with
desires to be creative professionals who love what they do while making
money doing it. Students will truly love the projects and they will
appreciate the fact that their art teacher had the wisdom and foresight
to prepare them in this career simulation project.
Author Marsha Sinetar states in her book "Do What You Love Most and the Money Will Follow:"
"Work is a natural vehicle for self expression because we spend most of
our time in its thrall. It simply makes no sense to turn off our
personality, squelch our real abilities, forget our need for
stimulation and personal growth forty hours out of every week."
Art Careers: Living the Live you Love is a resource every passionate
and dedicated educator must have to incorporate in their curriculum to
positively impact the lives of their art students beyond the classroom. Note from the author:
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Building Strong Portfolios
Building Strong Portfolios introduces students on how to build an
effective and varied collection of their artwork. This collection
features strategies in creating themed portfolios for a variety of
media and subject matters. The guidelines presented in this volume are
based from Joan Maresh-Hansen's own experience in guiding and coaching
her students to create strong portfolios. As a result her students were
able to compile their artwork in a cohesive and organized collection
that they were able to proudly present in all of their artistic
endeavors.
Whether students are creating a portfolio for jurying with the national
college board, interviewing for a job, or just compiling their own body
of work, this volume is an important reference for educators to guide
students in developing strong portfolios that effectively showcases and
communicates students' individual talent.
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Creative Crafts
Creative Crafts continues to be one of the most popular and fun
volumes in this series for educators and students. Simple craft
processes are introduced for students to investigate new possibilities
for creative expression as well as incorporate the various art
techniques introduced in other volumes of The ArtWorkBook.
Artists can learn to create beautiful functional art such as the following:
Ceramic vessels
Coiled basketry
Knitted scarves
Macramé' bracelets
Watercolor Jewelry
Batik scarves or sarongs
Bookbinding
Altered and deconstructed books and more …
The projects contained in this volume are perfect as a classroom or
home project. This volume is a great accompaniment to practice art
elements and principles in functional art and other creative projects.
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Flash Cards Deck
This deck of Flash Cards are a great tool for educators and home
schoolers to clarify a project or assignment to students. Flash Cards
help students understand and deepen their knowledge about a particular
art method or process. Stated in each card is a project or a problem to
be done along with the image of a previous solution. The visual
reinforcement in the Flash Cards helps to clarify the execution of the
art project and it SPARKS students' creativity.
Flash Cards can be used in the following ways:
Supplement to an art project
Extra activity for students who finish classroom projects early
Homework
Fun activity for a group or individual student
Game in the classroom
Visual reinforcement for new assignments
As a student of art and an educator, Joan Maresh-Hansen sees the value
and importance of providing visual representations to provide clarity
on how a particular project or art process can be executed. Students
can use the Flash Cards in the classroom or take home copies of the
flash cards. This volume is a must have for educators who want to
provide students with EXTRA material to expand students' experiences in
the various art forms and techniques.
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