Article provided guidance for the preparation of photographs to accompany written material. (Author/RK)

Describes how teaching secondary art students to perceive negative shape improved their drawings of a bicycle, a visually complex mechanical structure. Concentrating on negative shape forces students to work with the relationships between shapes and their relative sizes. (AM)

Author described a technique, called mandrel rolling, by which hollow clay forms are produced in the process of making a ceramic. (RK)

Emphasizes the development of student perception through the lens and suggest the need for pictorial composition and design from viewfinder to darkroom. Provides specific analysis of each photograph with details listed in the captions. (Editor/RK)

Synectic thinking is creative thinking that prods the imagination to transform familiar things into new structures and images by deliberately forcing opposites or disparities to work together. Art teachers can stimulate creativity through synectics, by using the "what if" method with students--e.g., what if cows lived in apartment…

Creating and using rubber stamps motivates even students who feel frustrated by more traditional art lessons. Examples of ways teachers can have students make and use stamps in the classroom are provided. (RM)

Cats in Literature" was the theme of an Art and Literature workshop conducted for fourth and fifth graders. (MF)

A patchwork wall hanging is an excellent introduction to felting for elementary students. Directions and a time allowance for designing and basting a patch, felting, and sewing the hanging are included. (AM)

Describes six art activities for elementary and secondary art classes. Activities include designing a noise-making machine, the painting of pointillist pictures, drawing street scenes and still life photographs, making visual transparency projections to supplement student art history reports, and doing sketches of popcorn. (AM)

Article provided a subtle means for science and art teachers to make tree identification fun for students, as well as to tune them into the esthetics of nature. (Author/RK)

Article explained a simple printmaking procedure that can be effectively employed at the elementary, junior and senior high levels, when classes are generally large. (Author/RK)

Describes a printmaking project that has potential, not only as a design activity and for student experience with printing techniques, but also as an image-builder for the program of art education in any school. In this instance students at Woodstown High School, New Jersey, printed a calendar, but other themes may be selected depending on the…

Fibers and fabrics provide the raw materials for a great variety of art activities that are adaptable to practically all grade levels. Here are some stitchery projects for the art teacher with a limited budget for supplies. (Author/RK)