As the students worked on their composition their learning was very evident. The use of tonal change, using patterns of dark and light, seeing how light on dark or dark on light throw the focal point forward, were part of the learning. Towards the end of the process the students were going back and reworking parts of their composition they had done earlier.
As each composition was finished we all stopped and talked about it, giving positive feedback and identifying parts that needed to be changed to increase the impact. This had a two fold effect: the compositions had time to be improved and by giving or listening to the feedback students re-looked at their own work and made changed if needed.
I was impressed by the quality of evaluation and how the students used the art language to articulate. Yeah, they have made the connections.
The collaborative murals have also been a learning curve in how to work as a team. The effort of all the team members was visually evident and they soon realised if they didn’t strive for quality the piece they were working on did not fit in with the rest. Everyone took ownership and helped each other ensure the style or technique of the model artist was maintained.
