Creating Digital Art for the Future

Funded Nov 15, 2018

I want to tell you about what this iPad has done for my students. I have been using it primarily with students working on building their fine motor skills and students who are planning on careers in the arts. Using the program Procreate students have been doing digital drawings starting from a blank project and also from photographing traditional pencil drawings they have done and digitally modifying the work.

My students have loved getting to explore a new cutting edge medium. My students planning to apply to arts high schools and who are working towards eventually careers in the arts have been exploring digital artists and their work and using it as inspiration for their own works. My students who need more fine motor support have been excited to use the iPad to work on these skills with a tool and program professional artists use.

I have had several students who have really fallen in love with working on the iPad and started asking to give up their lunch periods to work. They have been so excited I had to make a schedule to keep the outside of class use fair.

I can't thank you all enough for what you have given to my students. They are getting to work towards their futures in art and work on their skills that will help them succeed and I am eternally grateful.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Gold