Sunday, January 15, 2012
Outcomes of My Purposeful Instructions
These are some images of the finished pieces from my very first experiment back in November with Studio Habits. These are much more lively and individualistic than previous projects I've done with observational still life. I am really impressed with how each of the students interpreted my limited instructions differently, but all still ended up with a still life based from observation.
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What were your instructions? Do tell! How can I make my students still life's be a bit more "theirs" than before?
ReplyDeleteStudents learned the basics of composition, but when they were bringing objects in I asked them for more current representations of their lives as teenagers. Instead of getting objects that represented the past (say their cultural heritage), they brought in things like cta cards, nail polish, ear buds and other items. The Eiffel tower is a little keychain that represents her goal of visiting Paris on a Spring break trip. I usually don't allow super-flat things because they are difficult to draw, but this time I allowed everything as long as they could "male it work."
DeleteIncredible. The images pop off the page. Can you share your student's Studio Thinking thoughts? Did they journal around specific habits or were you just beginning to introduce the Studio Habit language? Something magical happened.
ReplyDeleteThey starting working on this the week after Lois' visit to Chicago and I used her activity as inspiration for the way I had students consider visual representation. They selected paper color and a color scheme for their project to describe what it feels like to be teenager and the range of their choices was exciting!
DeleteThey answered the questions "What happened?" and "How did it happen?" The Studio Habits language was introduced in the middle of this project. This was several projects ago so I'd have to look back to see exactly how things went.
Did you offer any criteria for the assignment or did students establish their own criteria?
ReplyDeleteI set very specific criteria for students at the beginning of the project. The criteria for all projects includes planning/research, media use & technique, work process and studio participation. Students were free to do what they wanted above and beyond the criteria.
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