Decisions, decisions....How many times have those of us who are seasoned art teachers presented lessons on still life? Teaching a subject or media the same way year after year can certainly take its toll on a creative person. And what about the students? Instruction is lost unless we consider our changing population. Approaches that were solutions in the past are not necessarily appropriate for today's students. My intention for the last decade of my teaching is to introduce fundamental concepts in innovative ways. I believe decisions are a significant part of the creative process. Allowing young people the opportunity to take responsibility in the decision-making decision-making, n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment. decision-making, evidence-based, n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from process is important. Students become involved in the decisions of our still life assignment from the very beginning by bringing objects from home for a mammoth-sized "memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a pl.n. 1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia. 2. " set up. The criteria criteria (krītēr´ē  ),n. for selecting the objects are simple. The items must be interesting and unique; they must cost nothing; students must have permission to bring them in; and they become the property of the school. Setting Up the Still Life Arrangement Students have great ideas for setting up the still life. Grouping things together in interesting ways engages the students in their decisions about what they will eventually want to draw. By providing many choices of objects in a complex, floor-to-ceiling arrangement, students can find one or more areas of subject matter that interest them. From the outset, I emphasize the idea of being selective. Students are encouraged to select the most interesting composition by using viewfinders cut from lightweight cardboard Cardboard is a generic non-specific term for a heavy duty paper based product. Paperboard
Paperboard is a paper based material. It is often used for folding cartons, set-up boxes, carded packaging, etc. . After making three preliminary thumbnail sketches thumbnail sketch n → esbozo thumbnail sketch n → croquis m thumbnail sketch thumb n → , they determine which part of the still life they want to interpret and draw a larger, 18 x 24" (46 x 61 cm) version. Up to this point, specific procedures are followed, and specific criteria are considered: 1) using a modified contour contour or contour line, line on a topographic map connecting points of equal elevation above or below mean sea level. It is thus a kind of isopleth, or line of equal quantity. approach with continuous lines drawn by looking at the still life 90 percent of the time, 2) showing variation in line with thick and thin lines, 31 filling the entire page and allowing the drawing to go off the page in all directions. The selection of media is an individual decision. Each student has a choice among thirteen options. They can do what they love to do by doing it better or they can experiment with new media and do something totally different from anything they have done before. Each student becomes responsible for maintaining her or his own work space and supplies. The students respond positively to this responsibility. They seem to enjoy the part they have in making decisions about making art. Joan Joan of Arc, St. (1412–1431) heroically followed call to save France. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 187] See : Patriotism Maresh is an art teacher at John Foster Dulles Noun 1. John Foster Dulles - United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. |
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