About

Art Teacher Tools (artteachertools.com) is a free and premium digital resource platform built specifically for K–12 visual arts educators and their students. Every tool was designed by a full-time high school art teacher — the 2025 Alabama Secondary Art Educator of the Year — to solve real problems in real classrooms.

Built for the Art Room. Free for Every Classroom.

Unlike general education platforms that treat visual arts as an afterthought, Art Teacher Tools was purpose-built for the specific skills of the visual arts classroom. Every tool runs entirely in the browser — no software installation, no student accounts, no downloads required. Teachers can share a link in Google Classroom and students are up and running in seconds on Chromebooks, tablets, iPads, or desktops.
Six Free Tools:
Photo Grid Generator — Turns any reference image into a customizable drawing grid instantly. Used for proportion drawing, observational studies, and the classic grid method used by professional artists for centuries.
SimplDraw — A pressure-sensitive digital drawing app that runs in the browser on Chromebooks and touch devices. No subscription, no download, no special hardware required.
Shading Practice Tool — An interactive 3D light simulator where students move a virtual light source and observe how highlights, midtones, and shadows shift in real time.
Photo Reference Generator — A timed observational drawing tool that cycles through curated reference images at teacher-set intervals. Configure the session once and the tool runs itself.
Color Palette Picker — Generates harmonious color schemes from any uploaded image for color theory instruction.
Scribble Rush! — A browser-based AI drawing game where students draw a prompt and an AI guesses in real time. Works as a warm-up, early finisher activity, or cooldown. Multiplayer classroom version in development.

Privacy-First by Design

Every tool is COPPA and FERPA compliant. Students never create accounts, no personal data is collected, and no third-party tracking is embedded. Art Teacher Tools works within even the strictest district technology policies — no parental consent forms, no data-sharing agreements, no student emails required.

For Teachers, By a Teacher

Art Teacher Tools was built by a practicing K–12 educator with over six years of classroom experience and a track record of building art programs from scratch. The platform reflects real classroom constraints: limited budgets, strict technology policies, and the pressure to deliver engaging instruction with minimal prep time.

A free tier gives full access to all current tools. A premium membership ($9/month) unlocks AI-powered lesson planning, downloadable curriculum resources, unit plan breakdowns, and exclusive professional development content.

Free to use at artteachertools.com. No account required for students.