So what makes the iPad such a valuable device in the hands of students? Here are just a few diverse images to show you the power of the iPad to transform learning and enhance creativity in the art room.
The great thing about the Ukiyoe Printmaking app is the ability for teachers to use it to virtually trial the processes involved in lino cutting or wood block printing. These processes can be hit and miss for some students – once marks are make with cutting tools they are...
There are numerous apps for painting and sketching ready to download from the Apps Store, so where do you start? While there is a significant amount of personal taste involved, this article will give you a good outline of the key features of some popular apps and the clips...
Using the iPad camera and apps makes the process of abstraction explicit. These photographs come from one student’s folio of investigations while on an excursion to the art gallery. Students walked around exhibits and snapped shots of the sculptures using apps such as MegaPhoto...
The PlayArt app allows students to mix and match elements of famous works by well know artists to create new and interesting compositions. Surrealism is an obvious link, as Monet’s garden blooms with Miro’s mobiles and Van Gogh’s sunflowers are picked by Rousseau’s monkeys. When...
