An attempt at organizing my 'why' for making drawing the center of my curriculum, and selling the idea to my students. Suggestions for refinements welcome.
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I use to take students to museums. COVID has altered much. We adjust now. So much is virtual.
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He was passionate about the idea that art in schools is for the growth and development of children, not about the end product. "Drawing makes the mind", he would say. Froebel, the inventor of kindergarten, is the father of art education in schools. Give kids gifts (art supplies), and occupations (assignments), and watch them grow! Fare well Dr. Baker.
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The mall is busy. Kids are shopping. I am hiding in a chair, drawing a chair.
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Reflection of our state. Reflection of our time. Reflection of our lives.
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Some don't drink. Rumi said that wine made some people angry, therefore wine was forbidden to all. Not sure that would go well in the mid-west.
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Being funny with students requires a certain amount of facial expression. I have been debilitated in my attempt to be funny with students.
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It's hot. No air in school, so we took to the shade and drew trees. I drew students drawing trees.
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As a teacher, I see the full range of work ethic and value choices. Tatum works while Melanie sleeps. I do not judge because everyone is fighting a battle. I provide a safe place for students to create and breathe and sleep and be. I create a non-judgmental space that often accomodates students and adults who feel free to voice thier opinions... which can often be judgmental. We are fighting battles and we are on our own journies of self awareness. Peace.
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Gouache experiment.
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Ebony. Contour Line. 4 minutes.
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Observation while waiting.
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Kierkegaard said we undersand life by looking back, but we must live life forward. On a trip to the Chicago Art Institute with a group of students, I penned the students behind me and then I penned the rapidly moving images I saw through the front window of the bus . I still do not understand life except that perhaps it is full of energy and art and love.
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What happens if you really only look in the mirror, and not at the paper?
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What is your relationship with a Higer Power like? A friend of mine mentioned to me that a Rabbi Friend of his suggested that God likes a good argument. I thought that was funny. The self portrait is G2 .o5 on bristol board with marker for the added color.
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Pencil. Waiting for my daughter to complete her shopping at forever 12... I mean forever 21...
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Henry was 5 when he created this. The color is a result of limited choices in chalk.
Hello, my name is Dean C. Graf, 
