For example, a mound of clay is transformed into a mug. The vocab word of the day was "transformation." We talked about how a sculptor must transform materials into something new each time they create a three dimensional peice of work. This soda can art project was something I had seen on Pinterest and it ended up being the perfect one day intro activity! Since many students in the class had not taken art for a year, I wanted to do a quick project to get them back into a creative mindset. Yesterday was day #2 of my 3D art elective class. Here are some examples from grades 6,7 and 8. In general, the works of art that students turn in for homework are very impressive! Some students tell me how much they enjoy working on their journal pages and clearly spend more than the required 30 minutes. I think it’s important at the middle school level for students to start developing some skills working independently in their sketchbook, yet I also don’t want them to be completely overwhelmed. I provide a list of topics in case students needs help in thinking of an idea, but I like to give them the freedom to do anything, just like an artist would.
They can be collages, drawings or paintings and I ask that they spend a minimum of 30 minutes on the assignment. This is an independent work of art that gives students an opportunity to work with subject matters and materials that are interesting to them. I have found a personal balance to this by asking my students to complete one "art journal page" in their sketchbook each month. Teachers felt conflicted as they voiced having a hard time covering all the material for the year during class time, but also wanting the best for the emotional well being of their students. Parents felt like once their child came home, they shouldn’t be spending six hours doing homework each night as they wanted time to spend with their child too.
Students felt they would do better academically if they weren’t so stressed all the time. There was a lot of discussion about students being consumed with homework each night.
#SITES LIK PSYKOPAINT MOVIE#
After the movie there was time for students, parents and teachers at the screening to voice their reflections on what they had just seen. A few years back our school district did several community showings of the movie Waiting for Superman.
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