I'm excited for all of the fun projects, trips and events going on this year in the intermediate art classes. Students entered the art room on the first day to find a few changes to the layout and decor. This year's art and design program will focus on the use of technology for lesson delivery, more hands on - collaborative activities and as always; exposure to as many types of media as possible to reach every learner! This week, grade 8 classes experienced the new "Five Alive Challenge". An anticipatory activity to get students in the creative mood. For this challenge they had 5 minutes to complete their task. The subject today: Draw a horse. A very difficult animal to draw, students were shown an image for only a few seconds and asked to draw for the fun of it....the results were great. When complete, the class did a "Gallery Walk" to view everyone's drawings. It was fun and they saw the value in this: to be open-minded, to not be so critical, to work under pressure and to laugh.
Yes, drawings below are done by 8th graders...think they are funny?
Try drawing a horse from memory!