The first week these students got together we went on a field trip to view the art works in local area. These art works depict the rich local history and each tells a story.
The students are expected to do their own research and find historical images that interest them.
Each art day starts with observational drawing. Students move around same still life clusters, being given about 5 minutes to draw each one. Each time they move we discuss another aspect of sketching.
As they continue to develop their sketching skills, the students powers of observation are improving and the shapes, proportions and connections with other objects in the still life clusters are getting more accurate.
Some of the students get very frustrated because they cannot get the image exactly right and want to use the eraser constantly (there is only one eraser in the classroom and I hold it). The use of other medium like crayon and charcoal help them to loosen-up.
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