Oct 30, 2017

Here's the Highlights:

-Separate your media & only put out one per week

-Have a home for the supplies on the off days / off season

-Make a chart of 6 weeks of art projects by week and a 2nd chart that’s a shopping list

-Quality vs price

• “student grade”
• quality makes you more likely to keep it later
• printer paper:...

Oct 28, 2017

You can find the written version of this blog post at: 

http://ridgelightranch.com/organizing-art-once-and-for-all/

Here's the Highlights:

• Planning in Advance
• Periodically Meeting with Other Teachers
• Carrying Supplies to Class
• The Night Before...

Oct 23, 2017

In this podcast episode, Deanna and Julie discuss the Ridge Light Ranch blog post, "How to Overcome the Fear of Teaching Drawing." (You can read the blog post OR listen to it!)

Here's the Highlights:

• How common is this fear of teaching art? (Very!)
• The fear of teaching art is a combination of:
• • The fear of having to...

Oct 19, 2017

Is the idea of teaching drawing making you nervous? I want to help you with some tips and encouragement. You can teach art!!

You can find the written version of this blog post at: 

http://ridgelightranch.com/overcome-fear-teaching-drawing/

Things we mention is this episode:

• Ridge Light Ranch blog post...

Oct 16, 2017

Deanna and Julie discuss some of the ideas in the Ridge Light Ranch blog post “Everyone’s Creative” and answer the questions:

• Why is it important to see yourself as creative?
• What does it mean that we’re “created to create?” 
• What are the repercussions of not having a creative outlet?

You can find the...