Monitor Progress: How to Draw

 

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How to Draw: Step by Step Drawing Lessons and Coloring Pages is an app for iOS and Andriod that allows users to practice and improve drawing skills. The app shows step by step instructions for drawing a variety of subjects including, cartoon characters, faces, and everyday objects. In addition to teaching drawing it allows users to color drawings and provides video instructions. The app is free on both platforms, but can be hard to use on a smartphone or without a stylus.

This app would be good for any students that are looking to improve on their drawing skills. Drawing skills are the foundation to most art media and even the most seasoned of artist practices drawing. It is important for students to learn and practice drawing if they are interested in furthering their art skills. This app allows users to keep track of their skills and improve on previous drawings, so it will show students how much they are improving, even if they do not see it at first.

 

History of Technology in Art Education

 The Overhead Projector's Impact on Art Education

The above link will redirect you to a short video presentation on how the overhead projector has changed the way art education was taught.

Adapt Content: MoMA Art Lab

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MoMA Art Lab is an app for iPads which allows users to create different kinds of art, including shape poems and sound compositions along with the more traditional drawing and painting. The app gives users the opportunity to experiment with different styles and colors without the need to get dirty or buy potentially costly materials. Another great feature is the integration of master artists within the content creation process. The app is free for iPads, but unfortunately is not combatable with other iOS devices or Androids, which hinders the ability for use in the classroom.

The app would be great to teach students off all levels, especially those in younger grades. Ideally I would use this app to help teach students about the different forms of modern art that they can create and about the master artists that pioneered the styles. In my experience I have found that many early level art teachers focus mostly on master painters and show little focus on the contemporary arts and artists. This app would also allow students to continue to work on projects outside of the classroom, which in other disciplines of art can be much more difficult.