As much as I would like to claim that this was such a wonderful lesson, I must confess.. Although many successful drawings were created by the students, we had an "incident" as my 8 year son old would call it. On the day of art class for grades 4-8 about 11 students, I had gathered white legos for the subject matter. I began class by explaining the lesson, covering the paper with charcoal. I then demonstrated erasing the form on the page. I explained the point was not add to the page but erase. I then handed out the lego(s), paper, charcoal, and an eraser. First instruction cover the paper with charcoal. I didn't see it coming. I had no Idea! In a matter of seconds from one child thinking it was funny to put charcoal under his eyes, the chain reaction cause about 6 of the 11 to cover their faces entirely in charcoal. It never occurred to me (why would it?) that the students would interpret the use of the materials as a free for all on covering parts of their body. As I said every student attempted the lesson and many were successful. The last half of class was directing the ones with war paint to the sink, and cleansing before dismissal. We also had a discussion over the proper use of art room materials. "If materials are not used properly on paper, canvas, etc and instead put on our bodies, we will have to be limited to pencils and paper." Materials
Paper White Legos Charcoal Eraser
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AuthorI have a passion for the visual arts and love sharing it with others. I have enjoyed teaching all ages and love to incorporate art history and traditional disciplines as well as innovative ideas. Art is vital to who I am as a creator and educator. Archives
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