Tuesday 5th July
Second Workshop
We had a second and final workshop with the children from Crescent Primary school coming to our school again, with 8 children as last time. First these materials were placed on the table:Chalk,Ink,Posterpaint,Oil pastels,Pens Brushes,Pencils and Straws. The children could then draw what they wanted with some time limits. Tyreis did a demonstration for the kids about drawing from their culture using visuals in order to help them understand more and from that they made more drawings and paintings. Then we did mono printing with. Louisa did a demonstration showing how to use patterns and telling the children to draw inspiration from previous drawing and patterns from their culture and then they did printing, also incorporating some writing in their drawings.
In comparison to our first workshop, there was a lot more structure present in this one and we managed to keep the children engaged by starting with the free drawing and painting they really enjoyed last time then moving on to teach them new printing techniques, which was quite effective as even though they had the topic of culture and a specific medium they created unique pieces of art from their own imagination, and had control over what they were doing.
The students were really excited about mono printing and liked being able to draw again at the beginning. By the end the children told us that they really enjoyed the workshops and their time overall with our group. Miss Brown the teacher that was supervising them was also impressed by the work and was glad to see the students engaging creatively, and even said she liked the technique a lot and would like to use it in her lessons.
If we were to improve or add to the workshop, I think we would incorporate culture a lot more in our workshops, possibly getting the children to look more closely at a certain artist or cultural aspect of London as they tended to gravitate towards things like flags and monuments, so it would've been good to teach them more about what culture is through art. We could also have done a few more activities such as the recycled materials one in the initial ideas, to use some unusual materials that the students might not use in their art lessons in school and made it interactive so that the children found used materials themselves. This however might've cause a safety issue as we would have to make sure the children don't handle anything sharp or dangerous like glass.
In comparison to our first workshop, there was a lot more structure present in this one and we managed to keep the children engaged by starting with the free drawing and painting they really enjoyed last time then moving on to teach them new printing techniques, which was quite effective as even though they had the topic of culture and a specific medium they created unique pieces of art from their own imagination, and had control over what they were doing.
The students were really excited about mono printing and liked being able to draw again at the beginning. By the end the children told us that they really enjoyed the workshops and their time overall with our group. Miss Brown the teacher that was supervising them was also impressed by the work and was glad to see the students engaging creatively, and even said she liked the technique a lot and would like to use it in her lessons.
If we were to improve or add to the workshop, I think we would incorporate culture a lot more in our workshops, possibly getting the children to look more closely at a certain artist or cultural aspect of London as they tended to gravitate towards things like flags and monuments, so it would've been good to teach them more about what culture is through art. We could also have done a few more activities such as the recycled materials one in the initial ideas, to use some unusual materials that the students might not use in their art lessons in school and made it interactive so that the children found used materials themselves. This however might've cause a safety issue as we would have to make sure the children don't handle anything sharp or dangerous like glass.
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