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Today my Year 11 students submitted their Body of Work for marking. I wanted them to focus on 'presenting' their artworks. I purposely booked the meeting room as my classroom is too busy with a lack of wall space. Students were encouraged to move their artworks into the meeting room at the start of recess. A lot of students spent an entire period setting up their artworks and getting their Visual Arts Process Diary ready for marking. I spent another two periods marking with a co-worker. Discussions were formed and we talked about how I can support my students through to the HSC. Marks still need to be finalised and I plan to spend my weekend writing constructive feedback. Here are a few photos from today:

I am currently blogging while watching an 'Art Prof' video. Artprof.org has been live for about 3 months and offers free Visual arts resources for anyone. The video that I am watching has Professor Clara Lieu explaining how to draw a 'Charcoal Portrait'. It is about 1 hour long and goes into depth about the importance of quick thumbnail sketches, composition (using a large viewfinder), lightening, the reduction effect with charcoal drawing and how to effectively use cross-hatching.  While I am watching it, I am trying to find new ways to teach. Sometimes, I feel like I am not clear enough or not providing the best examples for students to understand how to explore a concept or material further. I can't wait to use some of her tips in my classroom.  Above: Art Prof video on the charcoal portrait. My Year 11 Senior students have started on their Portraits unit. They were moving quite slow and I wanted them to stop and think about their progress. The sel...

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I finally made it to 2017 Art Express exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). I have been encouraging my Year 11 Visual Arts students to make time to visit the exhibition during the school holidays. They are starting a unit on Portraits and the AGNSW exhibition stocks many outstanding student artworks with the same theme. Perfect inspiration for them! It has been hard to make time to visit the art gallery as I have been swamped with marking or with hiking experiences. I almost thought I would miss the exhibition today as I was literally stuck at Pitt Street Apple Store for more than four hours (new phone, backing up storage, transferring contacts etc.) The nightmare of waiting for icloud to back up, resetting Apple ID and Itunes ID and the list just goes on. I am thankful for the extremely patient staff at Apple. Information about Art Express from the Art Gallery of NSW and Official Art Express website: The Art Express is an annual series of exhibitions of exem...