Professional Practicum Semester 1

I absolutely loved my first prac. My mentor teacher allocated me her Year 7, 9 and 10 art class. Here are some awesome examples of the clay fish I helped the Year 7s make. The process involved planning the fish, learning how to handle clay, firing in the kiln, under-glazing, colour glazing, more firing and finally adding beads and string to the creations. 

While the clay fish were being fired we moved onto zentangles! We talked about organic and geometric lines and shapes and I encouraged students to use a combination of both in their work.

I also helped my mentor teacher with a project she was designing for Year 6s on open day by cutting stencils of Mona Lisa. We helped the students direct the spray cans correctly and use two different colours.

Below is an example from a project I designed with my Year 9 class. I helped them to create stencils of their favourite singers and spray them onto the opposite wall of the Mona Lisas along with some lyrics. Leading up to the task, we talked a lot about street art and the differences between street art and graffiti. I also introduced image analysis tasks to the class beginning with Banksy.