How Wall Decals Can Enhance Your Art Classroom

Ask a child what is their favorite subject in school, and they will most likely answer art. Art is one of the few classes where kids are allowed to be creative, and not have to worry about stressful things like tests or writing assignments.  

Aside from being an outlet for creativity, one thing that makes an art room so inviting is the decorations on the wall. Kids love looking up and seeing art from the great masters. Seeing expressed creativity can inspire children to pursue art as a career when they're older, and encourage them to improve and build on their current skills. A great way to go about decorating your classroom with such inspiring pieces, is with peel and stick wall murals from Wall Monkeys. There are plenty of decals available that can enhance your classroom, as well as your students' skills.

Using Wall Decals As A Visual Aid To Students

One of the best ways to use wall decals in the classroom is as a teaching aid. Kids are often very visual learners, so being able to look at the wall and see an illustrated example of what is being discussed during a lecture will be immensely helpful. A wall mural featuring the color wheel is probably the most important decoration an art teacher should have in their classroom. Color theory is one of the first topics covered when studying art.

Wall Monkeys has plenty of educational art wall decals, some of which are simple, ideal for younger students, and some more complex if you are teaching middle or high school level art.

Wall decals can also be used to teach students about anatomy and proportions in figure drawing. For example, a wall mural of Leonardo Da Vinci's “The Vitruvian Man” can help students understand basic proportions when learning to draw people. Wall decals can be immensely helpful in getting ideas and concepts across to kids.

Using Wall Decals To Inspire Students

Wall decals can also be used as inspirational tools for students. Decorate your classroom with wall murals of fine art such as a rendition of  “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh, or “Dream" by Pablo Picasso. The paintings you choose to display on your walls can also be used as the basis for your current lesson- wouldn't it be fun to have your students paint something in the same style as Van Gogh or Seurat? There’s no doubt that your students will love these wall murals of famous paintings.

Wall decals can enhance your art classroom by not just making the room beautiful, but also informing and inspiring your students. There are plenty of wall decals and murals to choose from that cover different aspects of art, from the simple color wheel to reproductions of paintings from the masters. Any of these options would look great hanging front and center in your art classroom. If you want to go the extra mile with your classroom decorations, create custom decals of teaching tools or student art pieces!

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