PME 1 NS

Teaching Learning Unit (TLU) In today's society technology is growing at a rapid speed and understandably it is moving into the curriculum. I teach the new visual art both at senior and junior level. Our subject does not have a text book, thus I relay on technology quite heavily both to present work to my pupils and the new curriculum allows the use of computer programmes to assist pupils in creating artworks. Since I began my teaching, one aspect of pupils work always stands out, and that is the lack of research of other artists work. Pupils always express how difficult they find researching relevant artists to their discipline. The last project my first years are completing is a 3D self portrait in clay. In order for them to research an artist I implored the use of the schools iPads and pupils with phones were allowed to use their own device, to download the app Google Arts and Culture. This app is not only a great resource for the pupils but the feature I wished to utilise i...

Art, Craft, and Design (exiting curriculum) Vs Visual Art (new curriculum) I have had the rare opportunity in the first year of my PME Art and Design degree to teach the current third year’s the exiting curriculum, Art, Craft, and Design, and the new Visual Art curriculum with the current second years. Whilst the basic principles of art, craft, and design remain at the core of the subject, many changes have been made. The first, most obvious difference is the observational exam, which is comprised of two parts: life drawing and object drawing. The pupils are given instructions on how the model will pose for their exam, along with a list of man-made and natural objects, of which they select one. The exam is timed: allowing 30 minutes for the posed life drawing and one hour for object drawing. For the latter, the pupils must draw they whole object and complete a close up as well. From   next year the current second years (going to third years 2020) will only have to complet...

04/04/19 Workshop 7 Batik & Prep Work  I actually began teaching batik as I was learning it. This was a great way for me to share my step by step process with my pupils and theirs with me. Batik is a process of using wax and dye on fabric to create your artwork. Like the 3D your batik design wont look exactly how you drew. There is several factors contributing to this, these include the dye concentration, and the wax and where it is applied. After some research and due to the summer approaching, I was inspired by bright colour, wild flower, trees, and fruit blooming, and nature getting back into its stride.  As I was drawing bees and wild flowers my thoughts went to my Grandmother garden on the Greek island of Limnos where she grows all her own vegetables. I began to look at pictures I had taken from the previous summer of her peppers, tomatoes, aubergines, and lemon tree.   As I drew I did a series of test dips and topical application of the ...