Michael Shain: Visual Art Representative
In the spirit of the Season (Convention Season that is) I thought it might be fun to share province-wide the five Art Project Ideas that I am presenting at this year’s Palliser District Teachers Convention. This is my home convention and I always love to do something for teachers who find themselves (perhaps reluctantly) teaching Art (I'm looking at you, Junior High teachers). For this Convention I am hosting a Drop-in Maker-space spread over two session periods. I’ll have five stations populated with Art project ideas for teachers at all levels. I like to think of the projects as ideas because, while I give teachers copies of the lesson outline, it’s up to each of us to tailor the lessons to fit our students’ ages and abilities so that we provide enough challenge for growth without frustrating students with difficult techniques and, as professionals, we all have different styles of teaching.
The five project ideas are:
Gesture Drawing (I’m using water-soluble graphite for an added technical twist).
Formalist Sculpture maquettes (a scaled-down exploration of large formalist public Art).
Beginning Caligraphy (with felt-nibbed calligraphy pens because I don’t need that mess).
Eight Watercolour Techniques (a pretty standard introduction to using different watercolour methods).
Plastic Plate Intaglio printmaking (geared more to High School and very process-oriented).
These files can be found in a shared Google Drive folder here:
The files are in a Google Doc format but anybody can download a copy of the files and convert them to a useful format. I am making these five project ideas available to any Art Teacher in Alberta for use in their classrooms (for other uses, please email me).
If you have any questions or need any help with an Art Project I’ve been teaching Art for a few (ahem - 32) years now and I’ve built a pretty good repertoire of techniques, strategies and ideas. I’m here for you, seriously, just send me an email, we can chat: michael.shain@fineartsata.ca.
Have fun, make more Art!
Mike
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