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3ú Méan Fómhair 2018

Class: 1Ealaín– 4.1
Time: 10:20 – 11:40         (double period)
Date:  03/09/18
School: Coláiste Choilm (Ghaelcholáiste)
Mentor: Emilie Doyle

This class was taught through Irish. The roll was taken and the pupils drew their names incorporated with drawings of their hobbies, favourite animals, colours and activities. It was a way for me to see what styles that the students draw in and a way for me to learn their names. They worked quietly, and to be perfectly honest that daunted me a little. I was unsure how long to leave them to this exercise. Time management is key. Following this, I introduced the class to Blind Contour Drawing. Due to technical difficulties I could not present my presentation. From this incident in future, I will prep any technology 15 minutes prior to the class starting, so as to avoid “going in blind”. So I explained the benefits of the practice of Blind Contour Drawing. That it helps students improves their hand to eye co-ordination, as well as allowing them to fully concentrate on the shape of the object. By only looking at the object it not only introduces them to a method of drawing that they most likely have never experienced, it also gets them used to spending most of their time actually looking at the object rather than the paper. Students were fully engaged, became slightly frustrated as they felt as they were not showcasing their full skill. This is understandable, I made sure to put emphasis on why they were doing this drawing exercise, and that it is not trying to get an accurate depiction of the object, rather they are get the shapes that make the object and that their eyes and hand get more used to working together. However, observing their drawing I saw that this particular group is quite strong. They were enthusiastic, and the blind drawings and showed no difficulties, aside from the frustration, in the assigned task.
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