Week 8 LArge Canvases 2

This week the students finished their ongoing large canvas project. Between the photograph hunt, the tracing, and painting, this project ended up taking four weeks. It was a lot longer then we initially expected but it worked out well since we did four weeks of miniatures, and then had a break and four weeks of large projects. We started by giving a demonstration to show review laying, color mixture and texture. Then we took each canvas out one by one and looked at it with the class. We went over what looked really good in each painting and why, then what each group could work on today. We also asked the students to talk about the paintings. They were extremely enthusiastic and eager to talk about the pieces. The only think we really needed to help them with was keeping the conversation mostly positive. Since it was our first form of a “critique” we wanted to make sure the students were left feeling proud and confident about their work.


The students worked well again this week. We praised them for their good behavior last week and told them that this week they would be able to choose whatever colors they wished. The students really did not need much help with their paintings. They appeared to work together and we could see many of the students taking responsibilities and teaching each other. The paintings can out amazing and our only problem is who is going to get to keep them. We were expecting that the size would deter parents from wanting to take them home, but instead we have had multiple parents asking for them. If any one knows of a place, like a library or center, that may want them to permanently display them let us know!