Kindergarten is doing Overlapping Hands.
1st grade is almost finished with the Jungle Collage.
2nd grade just finished the Still-Life Drawing.
3rd grade just started Landscape Watercolor Resist.
4th grade also just started the Still-Life Oil Pastel.
5th is really close to finishing the Metal Repousse.
and 6th grade is struggling through Straight-Ahead and 3/4 Viewpoint portrait drawings.
K-5th projects are going well and are very familiar at this point. However, 6th grade life drawing is a struggle each year. I try and change it a little each time I teach it to make lesson a little easier for the students to understand and apply. The students quickly get bored and lose motivation. I believe they are not feeling successful enough. When ever I see a the "light bulb" go off and the student understands the techniques I am teaching them are able apply those techniques to their drawing. They become much more enthusiastic about their work and want to keep going. I am following a curriculum that was set up by the current middle school/high school art teacher. I respect him so much but there are times I struggle with one or two of the projects. Sometimes it is hard to remember that this is my classroom and I have to do things that work for me and my students.
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