From the creator of app.artedguru.com — the free lesson generator trusted by K-12 art and STEAM teachers — these resources are built on the same 40 years of classroom experience behind the popular app.
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NEW 2026!
Visual Literacy Through Art History (Full Color) teaches students to think visually rather than memorize facts. Instead of treating art movements as lists of dates and names, this workbook presents them as visual languages that can be analyzed, compared, and decoded. Students develop essential skills—observation, pattern recognition, categorization, and visual reasoning—that extend beyond the art room into other disciplines and everyday visual culture. Organized into clear, classroom-ready sections from Byzantine art through contemporary conceptual art, the book includes over 130 lesson prompts, assessments, reproducible resources, and access to a free color-image PDF for instruction. Amazon link purchase link --> HERE. You can see a preview of the book there. If you would like to purchase your book at a discount ($31), use the PayPal link below. Shipping is about 3 weeks. |
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This edition still includes a free, full color, PDF of images (minus text) from the book. You can get it on Amazon for $29.95 with fast shipping, or with the link below for $24.95 (Shipping will take about 3 weeks)
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Art Elements & Principles Curriculum Companion
A Differentiated Yearlong Guide For Art Educators This book was created in response to teachers seeking a year-long planning guide, organized by elements and principles, to meet curriculum needs. It is a compilation of more than 50 2D and 3D lessons from my other books and resources including, 50 K-12 Art Lessons, 51 K-12 Art Lessons, and lessons from my blog www.artedguru.com. If you already own those, this volume may not be helpful. I have also included many short links to video resources and rubrics you may use with your students to make lesson planning more fun! This is enough for more than a year’s worth of elementary lessons, and likely 2 to 3 years of high school lessons. The target demographic here is your “average” student who is required to take art. This is NOT suitable for an advanced AP class. Each lesson is differentiated for lower elementary through high school. If you teach middle school for example, you could give a more advanced student the motivation to try the high school version of the same lesson, and conversely, a special needs student, the elementary or lower elementary version of the same project to meet their specific needs and abilities. Having “special needs” students use different media and do a different lesson can be harmful and alienate them from their peers. It should be only done for safety reasons, ei the rest of the class is using razor blades or something the students cannot use based on their 504/IEP plan. Your purchase allows you the rights to make copies for YOUR STUDENTS. If copies are needed for other teachers, they need to purchase their own copy. Your purchase does not give you the rights to post any of these pages, electronically or otherwise on publicly accessible venues. When you buy direct, you get 30% off the Amazon Retail price of $48.38 for a LIMITED time.
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This second companion volume includes:
These 52 lessons are not as strictly organized by art elements and principles as in the first volume, which is why they were initially excluded. These explorations feature significant crossover, addressing multiple elements and even principles, making them rich additions to your curriculum. Each is labeled so you can easily pair them with your lesson plans. This collection is ideal for your “average” art student and is not intended for AP-level classes. Like the first volume, lessons are differentiated for lower elementary through high school. If you teach middle school, for example, you might offer a more advanced student the high school version of a lesson, while providing an elementary adaptation for a student with special needs—without singling them out or isolating them from peers. Media or method changes for safety reasons (e.g., tools not permitted under a 504/IEP) are the only recommended exceptions. As before, your purchase allows you to make copies for your own students. If other teachers wish to use this resource, they must purchase their own copy. When you buy direct, you get 30% off the Amazon Retail price of $48.38 for a LIMITED time. For TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers) Digital Download, Follow THIS LINK
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Art Ed Guru: A Comprehensive Guide to Art Education & Choice-Infused Teaching
Filled with 30+ years of pedagogical teaching advice for a choice-infused art education program. Over 200 full color images and explorations to challenge the prospective art teacher or seasoned educator looking to offer more student choice in the classroom practice. Click the cover of the book to see the book on Amazon and see the table of contents with their "look inside" feature. It sells for $41.00. If you would like a copy directly from us, the publisher, it's $30 with the paypal link. Consider pairing it with one of our teacher edition workbooks for 3 years of lesson plans as well! Kindle Edition Available HERE |
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TOP SELLERS ...often on Amazon's top 100 Art Instruction Books!
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Art Ed Guru: A Comprehensive Guide to Art Education & Choice-Infused Teaching
Filled with 30+ years of pedagogical teaching advice for a choice-infused art education program. Over 200 full color images and explorations to challenge the prospective art teacher or seasoned educator looking to offer more student choice in the classroom practice. Click the cover and see more! |
Visual Literacy Through Art History; teaches students to think visually rather than memorize facts.
Organized into clear, classroom-ready sections from Byzantine art through contemporary conceptual art, the book includes over 130 lesson prompts, assessments, reproducible resources, and access to a free color-image PDF for instruction. Click the cover and see more! |
The "If Picasso" Series
K-12 These books combine art, history, geography, cultures, poetry, and international languages. They are a great introduction to the world of art history and major periods of art from the Renaissance through Op art. Each book offers a link for a FREE PDF of 15 lessons that can be used in a classroom for extended learning, sub plans, or art education lessons. "This lively, illustrated book aims to teach youngsters about art and art history from the Renaissance to the present day... A rich, wide-ranging, and imaginative classroom resource." — Kirkus Reviews Click the cover and see more! |
The Workbook For Art Students
(Grades 6 through 12) This workbook includes nearly three years worth of lesson ideas, project samples, vocabulary, worksheets, sample tests, research paper samples, grading rubrics, sketch and note taking pages, and short creative five minute writing assignments and so much more! This updated workbook also includes short links to many video resources to make your teaching practice even more powerful. Click the cover and see more! |
Review: "The Art books created by Eric Gibbons have proven to be invaluable to me. I have purchased several including: Artistry (Dynamic Activities to Develop Artistic Thinking and Appreciation); Sub Plans for Art Teachers; The Art Student's Workbook (both Teacher and Student editions); and Art Assessments. I'd be lost without them. I have also used lessons posted on his website (www.artedguru.com) that were created for distance learning.
Thanks Eric for the great resources." ~ Karen Nelsen: Art Teacher - Ash Fork Joint Unified School District"
Thanks Eric for the great resources." ~ Karen Nelsen: Art Teacher - Ash Fork Joint Unified School District"
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