there were acouple of things that i learned are very difficult to do with students, 1. getting kids to clean up after themselves 2. getting students to listen to your idea for a project if you've already handed out the materials (make it clear that students are not to start making stuff until you say go!) 2. if you think a lesson is going to be tough to squeeze into a period... it will be!!! hahaha
there were acouple of lesson plans that i did with the students. my first week i did a pretty generic landscape assignment because there was a request for remembrance day decorations. my teacher suggested an assignment that she has done in the past, i went with her idea but added and introduction to colour theory in with it.
this was interesting because as i found out not all students can create an image with a cross in it. my teacher had mentioned this, so we made the option of using gravestones instead of crosses. all in all i thought that the students did a good job of not making exactly what the example looked like and the range of colours used was really exciting for me!
the other major art project i got into was a print making assignment, very much in the same vein that we made in art class. we used styrofoam to create printing plates, and then because we didnt have ink in the classroom we managed to do the assignment with acrylic paint. this doesnt work with the liquid tempera paint... just a heads up!
i also tryed to couple this assignment with a social studies lesson on potlach having the students make multiple prints and redistributing their wealth pf prints to the other students in the class... i dont really think it worked for everyone because at the end of the class a couple of students asked, "what am i supposed to do with these? do i have to keep them?" hahahah
there were a couple of other lessons but i forgot to take pictures of the results. these lessons included:
-how to draw a portrait
-how to draw using one point perspective
-a lesson on group drawing
stay tuned for a post about camping!
-mike
Hi Mike, I love teaching Art even though I am not an Art teacher. Having said that I really enjoyed your post. The theory stuff is beyond my knowledge, but I need to remember to work it in like you did. I know the landscape idea wasn't yours, but taking it out of the context of remembrance day, I saw a really interesting twist on the traditional landscape lesson in my practicum where the students created a traditional Canadian landscape and then added a Banky-esque idea to it. For example, a traditional forest landscape where all the trees have outlets.
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