Students spend more time online than ever before, developing new skills and ways of interacting with each other that were previously unavailable. This has also bled into the ways that they make art. with digital art practices and sharing art on social media becoming more prevalent in and outside of the art classroom. With the growth of digital practices, it is important for both art teachers and students to understand how these practices intersect and diverge from traditional art forms and materials. Here, Cann uses phenomenology to describe the ways that one might interact with digital material, particularly within online art practice and will discuss how students' exploration of material within their digital art might help guide them in making.