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Re: sketchbooks and murals (HS)

From: The Austin's (whest177)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2000 - 17:17:13 PST

I had some success last semester with sketchbooks. I gave them a list of 10
things to draw. Some of them I got off the list, such as draw Rodin's "The
Thinker" as an animal. Other ideas included drawing what they saw from their
bathroom doorway (facing the bathroom!), a self-portrait wearing period
clothing (such as Renaissance - include the picture you looked at while
drawing), cutting out two pictures from a magazine and finishing the
picture. Some of the drawings allowed for creativity, while others focused
on drawing from observation. I made them worth 100 points each, which was
almost 50% of their grade. I gave them 3 weeks to do the first three
drawings, then had them turn them in to be graded. I graded tough, and
included their current grade with the sketchbook assignments included in.
That seemed to wake up the majority of my students. The other 7 drawings
were due two days before finals. I was really surprised at the work the
majority of the kids put into their drawings. I'm hoping that by letting
them know how important I think sketchbooks are by grading them so hard that
the kids will put forth the same effort this nine weeks. After 5 years of
sloppy drawings I was willing to try anything!
Michal
----- Original Message -----
From: Deb Mortl <dmortl>
To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: sketchbooks and murals (HS)

>
> I have the same problem with sketchbooks - they all seem to be A's or D's
> (or not turned in at all!) and nothing in between. If I give more
> open-ended assignments all I get is cartoon or tagger-type artwork. No
one
> seems to spend too much time on them! Let me know any good suggestions
> anyone might have!
>
> Deb
>
> >First semester I graded each sketchbook every Friday...they had an
> >assignment...like draw an interior, or draw one object showing three
> >different views...
> >
> >Some of the sketches were great! Those who are motivated by grades that
> >is.
> >I want the students to draw what inspires them but I don't want to see
> >constant gore and CD covers either. I was thinking of changing my weekly
> >sketchbooks (graded by rubric) to a quarterly oral discussion with each
> >student.....
> >
> >Any suggestions? How do others use sketchbooks? What should I be
looking
> >for besides improvement, idea, craftsmanship, use of space....ect.
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