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3rd September 2018


Class: 1Art – 1.2
Time: 09:00 – 10:20   (double period)
Date:  03/09/18
School: Coláiste Choilm
Co-operating teacher: Mary O’Mahony

This class was part of an observation/ team teaching experience. The class started with an introduction to the class that I will be teaching. In this class the learning outcome that was addressed was Drawing 1.4, demonstrate how they use drawing to observe, record and analyse the human figure and the world around them. The class was continuing from the last class with Blind Contour drawing. The students were told for this exercise they must remember three things, not to look at the page, to keep the pencil/pen on the page and that this exercise is to work on hand to eye co-ordination. The objective of this exercise is to practice the element of line, the shape and the line of the object.

The class then continued onto Continuous line drawing. The co-operating teacher then showed the students a video of an artist completing a continuous line drawing (around seven minutes). After the video was watched, the students proceeded to do Continuous line drawing themselves. The students were told, that they could look at the page, the drawing implement could not leave the page. Again this exercise works on the hand to eye co-ordination of the student. Some students found difficulty understanding that looking at the paper during the blind drawing was part of the exercise. This group has some strong students however others may experience difficulties. However they engaged with the task set to them and responded well. Overall it was a great first look teaching. There was a clear objective, the students were aware of why they were doing the blind drawing and the continuous line drawing exercises. When questioned what benefits came from these exercises they were left to answer them themselves. It was engaged learning and the students were not just being told what to do.

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