To boss on embossing or not?

Have you ever tried a project that didn't work exactly like you thought it should?  If you have tried to teach anyone anything, then you should know things don't always work out.

It's been a few years since I have had a student teacher, and don't get me wrong I always love the experience, but I am struggling this time being quiet during class.  In the past, I had both elementary and high school and I have the full twelve weeks with a student teacher.  They had time to watch me and get comfortable with my class, but this time I had to share her since I only teach high school.  So I feel like I am having to push her harder to get her into my classes.  This also means that she really didn't have time to watch me teach and see my style.

I understand that she has to come in with her own style and that it takes time to develop that, and trust me I have been asking myself a lot lately what I was like as a student teacher, but for some reason it is really hard for me to sit back and watch this time.  I feel like she is missing key points with her lectures, and some of the enthusiasm that I feel I bring to a presentation.  I am wondering, how do you teach enthusiasm or does that come as you get more comfortable with the job?

The main reason I am writing instead of showing something, is that while I liked the first project she presented, I am not thrilled with how they came out.  I feel like she didn't give enough explanation or practice to get the students engaged.  The project was taking metal tooling and to create designs on it and then turn it into a small box with a bottom and a lid.  In theory they are really cute,  ours needed some help.

If anyone has suggestions as to how to teach enthusiasm, I would love to hear them.

Plastered sculpture

Art 1 has also been looking at Greek and roman sculpture and creating their own sculptures but using plaster of Paris instead of marble.  I would love to try to carve marble but for obvious reasons, budget and time, we pour plaster into pop cans and then form them into objects.    

 Nikole K.   

 Jacob G., Jacob K., Sebastian G.

 Kaitlyn S., Austin L. 

 Micah A.

 Kayley R., Connor K., Abby K.

Color me a wheel of fun

Art 1 has been working with the color wheel and the various color schemes.  For the final project they are required to create a drawing and then break it into 6-8 areas and each area needed to be painted with a different color scheme.

 Drea B.

 Remington L.

 Paige S.

 Darian N.

 Holly S.

 Abby K.

 Jaykob D.

Cookie review

  What better way to review color theory than with frosting and cookies.  Also a great way for them to pay attention, because they can't eat until we are done.

Zombie apocalypse

Do you ever just have a crazy idea?  And then you decide you have to see it through?  Well this year we decided to create a zombie movie/video.  While the day was kind of crazy, the kids had a blast.  

How can you not have fun with this group of deadheads?  

What would you find in a tomb?

  Co

I am trying to find new ways to teach art history, and while I am not sure if I am in love with this lesson I am happy with how it came out.  I wanted my students to all create a 3D artifact that could have been found in an Egyptian tomb.  This meant they had to research what types of items would have been found there and why they were there.  I also had them write some sort of hieroglyphics on their 3D piece.  Overall I was very happy and I hope it will help with their understanding when they start their Greek sculptures this week.

 Connor building structure

 Micah A.

 Abby K

 Drea B

Finding a perspective

Drea B.  Eiffel Tower

So I haven't posted for awhile.  I promise we have been working.  These are Art 1 perspective drawings.  They had to find a place from google maps and then draw it in perspective.  We had to learn hoe to draw 1,2 &3 point perspective because I had no idea what they would find on google maps.  Majority found first or second, but I think teaching them third point helped them try to avoid it.

  Jaykob D farmers market

 Darian N. 

 Abby K.

Nikole K.