Brian/Sean: Art I- Oct 20
Today, Mr Roberto sat in on our PLC meeting.
We began with a discussion about Mr. Caponi's Art I classes- abstract paintings. We discussed the success and direction of the work as well as the rubric that will be used by both of us.... and explored different methods (electronic vs hand written approaches ) to score the project for this 9 weeks grade.
We next discussed a change in the Art I curriculum concerning still life drawings. Should we, or should we not, do this assignment. After a lengthy discussion, we both felt that more discussion is still needed before making this decision. More to come next week.
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What are some of the thoughts about Art 1 instead of still life? I know nothing has been decided I just wondered what was in the mix?
I know students really hate still life, but it is like learning algebra before calculus; a basic in my opinion. That being said, are there other ways to promote keen observational skills? Is this something we could discuss as a group? Also, how did Mr. Roberto like your PLC discussion? Most people who are non-artists are often surprised at the intellectual rigor of making & dissecting art, at least, that's what I've found.
Regarding Mike Roberto… I caught up to him today ( a week later), and he said he like it. He felt we were on topic and very thorough in our discussion. He also felt very confident (after listening to our discussions) knowing that he will someday have his children in our classes. His first son had myself and John and was a little concerned that the quality would no longer be there… but that reservation is now gone. And your right, I think he was very delighted to be a part of some of the intense and in-depth discussion we had.
Concerning the still life’s...
Not sure yet, we are still discussing it. We both agree that there are many ways to achieve the same thing.
For example, Sean finished his students with mechanical perspective studies and box a still life. He also just finished teaching them how to shade. Now he is having his students create a still life using the boxes (a box still life)… a full rendering of the boxes. I did the mechanical perspective at the beginning of the year followed by the box still life to reinforce the concept. Recently, I just taught them how to shade and am now finishing a bottle rendering study.
If we do continue to the still life, we are planning to introduce it using black and white colored pencils on medium toned paper. The still life will be a rather long project (3 weeks) containing many different theme directions the students could pursue.
The fact that they already have done some “still life” studies is the question. Maybe we should concern ourselves with other directions. But then again, does Sean want his next year art students with more “still life practice”… “rendering skills”… this is the question we are grappling with.
To answer.. “What else is in the mix?”…. We haven’t even gotten that far. We both have less than a week to make up our minds though. So, I am sure we will be discussing it through the rest of the week as we pass each other in the halls.
Hey,
would you folks like to see some of the abstract paintings created by our Art I classes. This is our brand new direction (project) for Art I (based on the abstract "drawing" we used to do. The kids were very successful. I can post them on line if you would like?
Always a treat to see AHS art, so post the abstract stuff, by all means. I'm happy to see some varied projects as I think the colleges expect strong rendering as a given, plus something else less tangible--that creativity, that "you know it when you see it." I remember in high school, we had to do a still life at home, and I wracked my brains for a strong set up, meticulously drawn. Then, a friend brought in his drawing of a tangled jumble of Christmas lights---amazing! Opened up my eyes to what a still life could be. (That guy went on to be a successful fashion designer and traveled the world before he was 25.)
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