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7th September 2018


Class: 1Art – 1.2
Time: 11:55 – 13:15         (double period)
Date:  07/09/18
School: Coláiste Choilm
Mentor: Mary O’Mahony

The roll was taken and the class settled into the first exercise, blind contour drawing and continuous line drawing. The co-operating handed out leaves for the pupils to draw. They proceeded with drawing multiple blind contour drawings. Changing the angle and even at times the primary source to make a more dynamic and challenging drawing. A PowerPoint presentation including clear instructions, visual examples as well as an instructive video from YouTube. It ensured that students were learning the method of both blind contour drawing and continuous line and why they were drawing this way and how they were going to implement it in a work. In the PowerPoint it was showed examples of Blind contour drawing using colour. The students used tracing paper to copy out their favourite blind drawing. In the next class the pupils will receive blown up photocopies of their drawings. The homework given was more continuous line drawings which were to be handed up at the very next class. The class flowed well, they pupils were either engaged with their drawing exercise or they were attentive to what the co-operating teacher was explaining to them. The use of both visual examples as well as video tutorials are excellent learning tools that have been brought into the classroom. In the event that a student does not understand the explanation given to them by the teacher, the visual examples and the video tutorials help to guarantee the learning and understanding of the pupil.  Prep-work for the next class was photocopying and blowing up the blind drawings.

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