The head bobbing in my room is extreme this morning. That's thanks mostly to my favorite Pandora station - Earth, Wind, & Fire. You can't sit still when
Boogie Wonderland is playing across the room. Its just not possible.
Dance! Boogie Wonderland! Dance! Boogie Wonderland! Sorry. I can't even contain myself. Its one of my all time favorite songs. Ever.
Time has really flown by- I have not spent much time keeping my blog updated. I started it with the goal of finally keeping up with an art ed blog. So far I'm not doing the best there... but hopefully I can get into more of a routine and post more regularly about my classroom.
Since the last lesson post (Basquiat & Graffiti names) we've covered Color Theory (I'll share in another post) and now we are on to Perspective. 7th graders are focusing on 1 pt, 8th graders on 2 pt. Coming from elementary school, I've never really taught perspective. Now I'm realizing how many of my students are TOTALLY in the dark when it comes to holding a ruler and following simple step by step directions.
"IT WONT GO STRAIGHT!" yelled a 7th grader, frustrated with his ruler - I tried to explain that its his holding the ruler and not the ruler that is causing the issue. You can see in his face that he really doesn't understand how I meant that. Its frustrating. That being said, there are still some students that are doing well and get it. I have to credit the fabulous art education blog
Deep Space Sparkle for sharing a legit perspective lesson. It has helped me SO MUCH. Hopefully I can get a smoother lesson prepared for the next quarter and it will get better over time.
7th grade student work (in progress) of a city in 1 pt perspective... we're getting there, I promise.
