South High School- David Olsen- Residency 4 1/4hrs
MCTC- Gregory Rose- Residency 4hrs
This week at MCTC I incorporated my knowledge of observational line drawing into the class room. This is also the day where once every four years Gregory is observed by the Dean and a fellow art teacher. Before class me and Gregory looked through online sources at examples of artists who used this technique. Once all of that was compiled I set a still life up for the students using only different sized boxes. I tried to make it as interesting as possible with boxes stacked inside each other, overlapping, and tilting at weird angles. Once class started I ran the lecture with Gregory adding in pieces I missed. I also brought in examples of my own college work. 2 of the pieces were contour line with the observational lines showing through for proportion checks. The 3 other pieces I brought in had value layered in over the structure showing how if the students wanted they could erase the lines in the end. I used these as tools to talk to the students about the process and to allow them to see myself put into their same situation. The students seemed really responsive to this and asked me a lot of process questions about the work. Both the Dean and the other teacher as well. From here we went into critique for the their homework and I asked all the students to hang their work in the hall. The rest of class was work time for the students while me and Gregory walked around answering questions. At South High School I helped with a lot of prep work and setting up for class. The rest of the day was spent working on the underglaze for last weeks class example. Painting the interior spaces of the example proved to be challenging but entertaining.