OPEN DRAWING PROJECTS!!!
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| Kids hard at work on their 3-day "Open Drawing Projects" |
One of my favorite things to do with my sixth graders is to assign them a three-day "Open Drawing Project". Basically...this project allows them to create whatever they want, utilizing whatever art materials they wish, as long as it is a drawing project. Students were able to incorporate collage and/or sculpture if they wished, as long as the project was ultimately a drawing. So over the course of four days (hey...we needed one day to experiement with all of the cool art materials!!!) all of my sixth graders created...well...whatever they wanted!
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| Art created by Jaida Rich, Jenny Picklesimer, Chloe Riggsby, Sparsh Kustagishettar, Elise Atzbach, Jeriah Hanf, Hope Obenour, Maddie Blaisdell and Skylar Lawson |
Over the years, I've found that when you give students the chance to be in charge of their own art making decisions, they often create some of the most amazing things. Partly, I suppose, because they take full ownership of the fact that they have total control. I'm always amazed and impressed with what the kids ultimately create, and it's no surprise that many...MANY...of them choose their "Open Drawing Projects" to be included in the yearly Creekview Intermediate Art Show!
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