I'm currently working on my thesis for my Master's Degree at Millersville University, so most of my "extra" time has been spent dissecting and summarizing my study that I conducted over the course of last school year with my Art III/IV Honors/AP students. Here are some excerpts from my paper: "From my own experience in various art departments and through my peers’ debates during college class discussions, art teachers argue the percentage of time and the validity of student-choice. When students get no choice, students are able to replicate teacher’s work and follow directions, but have no idea how to create art without being told what to do. When students get full-choice, or free reign of the art room, often their technical skills are left under-developed...making a work of art is as much about choosing the idea/concept as it is the artist’s ability and knowledge of the materials used to create it. As an art teacher, I want my students to participate in genuine art making experiences in which they not only learn how use materials, whether it be through direct teacher-led exercises or through their own exploratory play, but also how to create a piece that is meaningful and communicates their ideas effectively. I want to expose them to what it is like to think and act like an artist and to further develop artistic behaviors as they choose to continue to make art." Since I've been investigating TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior), I've also recognized the need to become more social and collaborative with my teaching. Last week, I learned how to participate in a Twitter chat with a group of other TAB teachers. Here's some of our conversation from last weekend: https://twitter.com/missjaybar/status/663536152260014080 At any rate, that's what I'm currently interested in within the field of art education. I'm also hoping to use this blog as a place to document my artistic process. Currently, my students are wrapping up on their figure drawing assignments. I'm not a very figurative artist - it's not something that has interested me in past works; however, I've been thinking about the lyrics to a song by Anberlin ("*Fin" - for several years, actually), and I'm becoming interested in working with figures to create a piece that illustrates the images I get in my head from the song. Here is the progress so far: I'm thinking about creating an "altarpiece" of sorts for the patron saint of lost causes. I'm still working through the ideas - the "piece" on the left is my demo piece for school (that's why half of it is uncolored - so my students can see the structure underneath the drawing and the process I used to create it). It's a little more anime and emo than I am, but I'm looking at it as a sketch or springboard for the eventual piece I will create that will probably be more like the sketch on the right that I created on my phone during church today (don't judge me! this is about the patron saint of lost causes...)
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