Art Posters from DSS

I’ve been admiring the most amazing art room photos on the Art Teacher’s Facebook Group I belong to. I love seeing how art teachers utilize the space they have for art instruction. My space is dismal by comparison. It’s not an art room but a classroom converted for art two days a week. That’s a bit of an excuse because even if I was given an amazing art space, I’m afraid my decorating style would be the same: pure minimalist!

BUT, I have been thinking a lot about the efficiency in which I teach. I have over 75 heavy (and beautiful) art prints in my art room which are currently stacked against a side wall. Each time I do a lesson on an artist, I pull 3-4 of the artist’s prints and place on the white board ledge. Certainly a fine approach but they take up so much space.

What I have always longed for was a poster that contained all my favorite art prints for one artist. Of course, something that personalized you just have to make yourself.

So I did.

The first one I made was my Van Gogh poster. Most every child is familiar with Van Gogh’s Sunflower Series and Starry Night, yet I wanted these two important pieces in the poster to help identify Van Gogh when I was reading a story or talking about his brush strokes.

Jotting down a few facts about the artist on the white board is easy enough but having a few facts written in the poster would be much, much better.

I’m super excited to use my first batch of posters in the art room. I plan on making more when I know which artists I’ll be studying. Until then, if these posters look useful to you, you can purchase the Poster PDF’s and print off your own size.

I included printing and scaling instructions in the PDF and although the process is super easy, it does require trimming and gluing. It also helps to have a really good cutter which are most likely to find at school.

Converting a PDF into a poster allows you the flexibility to size your poster. The default is 17″ x 22″ (100%) but you can scale up or down. My favorite size is 22″ x 34″ which is scaled at 150%. This size is not too big and can be placed on my white board when i talk about an artist.

I like to laminate my posters and I would encourage you to do the same. I use a bristol board or poster board backing too but I DOUBLE UP, placing one poster on one side and another poster on another. This reduces the expense and means I only have to laminate once for two posters. Cool, huh?

Your Turn

Let me know if you made your own posters or have found a cool way to show off your favorite artists.