I have the same situation. I sat down with the student and looked him in the
eye and said "you have to trust me on this", and I will give you 5
assignments to do that you must do by the deadline in the best of your
ability. You must meet me each morning at 7:30 am (our classes start at
8:20), and we will critique your homework, and then you will go home, work
on the first assignment and start the second. His "portfolio" such as it is
will be due Feb. 1, and I plan to have him go for an interview as he is a
passionated and personable young man. He is doing a "color problem", a
"still life", "an interior", an "exterior" and a "self portrait". These will
be rendered in the medium of his choice, but he must include colored
pencils, watercolor, charcoal, acrylic and pencil. He has only been in my
semester class "Foundations in Art", knows the basic vocabulary, the
principles and elements, how to do a landscape, a figure/face, and still
life. He's working hard, don't know whether he will make it or not.
San D
-----Original Message-----
From: Sidnie Miller [mailto:smiller@elko.k12.nv.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:54 PM
To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] inexperienced student
I don't see why it would be a problem unless she wants to go to an art
school. If she's in a regular
liberal art college she would just start taking classes. They don't have to
declare a major for a while
and she would have work by then. Many art schools also don't really care if
she can pay the tuition, they'll take her.
>>> Mbhirst@aol.com 01/17/06 2:29 PM >>>
Hello all,
I wonder if any of you have dealt with this issue before: a senior student
(
state scholar, high act, etc.) who is taking her first art classes in high
school this year. She is very creative, somewhat talented, a fast learner
but
has little actual artwork nor experience. She is thinking that she might
want
to look at art as a major in college...! How do we put together a decent
portfolio and how will it ever be able to compete with portfolios from
other
kids who have done art all along? Her work is okay but is still in the
early
stages. I think she is an "artist" and just discovering this. She really
wants
to pursue it as an option. She is in love with artmaking.
Any advice, suggestions or ideas?
