Experimenting with ideas from the readings - 4 views

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  #1 James Rickard on 08 Feb 11

   

  Yesterday in class, I tried a sort of progressive drawing. We discussed collaboration and watched/viewed Dale Chihuly at work. I showed them Jeanine Briggs' Detritussaurus and discussed the process. Then I had each student draw a head, then pass the paper to their left. The next person added a leg. Next person: an arm or leg. Then an appendage: arm, head, wing, leg, tail, etc. Then two hands, two feet, or one of each. ETC. When the paper reached the original owner, they had to create a suitable environment (cave, under water, tree branches, sky, pocket, kitchen, cell membrane) for their creature and give it a name. Excellent results.
  
  Today, after looking at Romare Bearden, I had the students convey the idea of "spoiled brat" through collage. Tommorrow we will try some layering.
  
  I pulled/based both of these ideas from the readings for this week, and both assignments engaged all of the students.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yesterday in class, I tried a sort of progressive drawing. We discussed collaboration and watched/viewed Dale Chihuly at work. I showed them Jeanine Briggs' Detritussaurus and discussed the process. Then I had each student draw a head, then pass the paper to their left. The next person added a leg. Next person: an arm or leg. Then an appendage: arm, head, wing, leg, tail, etc. Then two hands, two feet, or one of each. ETC. When the paper reached the original owner, they had to create a suitable environment (cave, under water, tree branches, sky, pocket, kitchen, cell membrane) for their creature and give it a name. Excellent results. <br /> <br /> Today, after looking at Romare Bearden, I had the students convey the idea of "spoiled brat" through collage. Tommorrow we will try some layering. <br /> <br /> I pulled/based both of these ideas from the readings for this week, and both assignments engaged all of the students.</div>

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  #2 Karen Keifer-Boyd on 13 Feb 11

   

  This is exciting to me to learn of your experimenting with the ideas from the readings--and that students were engaged.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is exciting to me to learn of your experimenting with the ideas from the readings--and that students were engaged.</div>

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