Monday, January 31, 2011

Art: Week of February 1, 2011

Curriculum Resources on Multicultural Art and Women's Art

KINDERART.Com:  http://www.kinderart.com/multic/

WOMEN ARTISTS IN HISTORY:  http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html

INCREDIBLE @RT DEPARTMENT:  http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/categorized_lessons.html

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION:  http://www.marthalakecov.org/~building/strategies/multicultural/front_multicultural.htm

TEACHERVISION:  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/tvsearch/site=TV&type=web-resource%7Cgraphic-organizer%7Cslideshow%7Clesson-plan%7Carticle%7Creference%7Csample-worksheets%7Cresource-page%7Cquiz-lab-quiz%7Cprintable&theme=womens-history&max=250&fmt=adv&title=More%20Women%27s%20History%20Resources%20for%20Art&termname=art


HUMAN FIGURES DRAWN BY COLLEGE STUDENTS
I asked 3 of my friends to draw an human figure in a pose of their choice.  Before each of them started they all told me that they weren't artists and that they were not good at drawing.  After interviewing them all, I hope that the reason that they are not still continuous drawers is because of the fact that they think they are bad at it.  I was impressed how each friend took the time to draw out the figure and the body instead of drawing a stick figure.  



The fist drawing is a boy from USD.  I read her the directions and she asked if she could add other objects to the picture, so that it wasn't just a figure!  She said that she learned how to draw in her 3rd grade class and that she didn't go to an art class, she just had a separate time for art during the day in her general ed classroom.  She still continues to draw to this day, but she says that the only time she draws is when she is bored and she only doodles.



The second drawing was drawn with markers.  When I asked her to draw the figure, she immediately wanted to draw it with markers.  I liked how she drew it with markers because the picture is more lively and bright.  She said that she learned how to draw in her art class that she attended in first through third grade.  She stopped drawing in eighth grade, and she said that the reason she stopped was because that was the last year that she was required to take an art class.





The last drawing is a drawing done of a girl.  I really liked how she drew that body of the girl instead of just a stick figure.  She had an art class in grades 2-5 that she attended and that is where she learned how to draw.  At around age 14 she said that she stopped drawing.  She drew this girl by using an ink pen!






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