Maestra Alexis Artist Workshop

Here's my presentation on using google drawing to make digital portraits. I tried it with 5th graders, but next time I would do a lot more prep work before trying this lesson.

This is about the transition of one young man from a "devoted goof-off" to an expressive artist through the power of the studio habits of mind.    Over the course of a year, this young artist learned to express complex and powerful ideas and emotions using art materials.  The goal is to show how kids learn through TAB exploration. The trouble with TAB is that it's a long road to results because the skills students develop are complex and subtle.  TAB teaches a way of thinking.  This boy's accomplishment represents a two-year journey. If you compare it to acquiring math skills, people already "know" the sequence for that development from year to year... (not that the existing sequence is all that useful for many kids) and without a sense for developmental stages for creative problem-solving administrators and parents tend to judge artwork from project to project.