The students were still working on their ribbon drawings today. They were given a piece of drawing paper, and they were expected to draw six different ribbons with different curls and angles. As I walked around the room and watched them work, some of the students were having trouble just making an outline of a ribbon. They couldn't seem to grasp how a ribbon overlaps itself. When it came to the shading of the ribbons, they seemed to understand that the underside of curls would typically be darker than the exposed parts of the ribbons. The students were drawing blindly, as they did not have any visual examples of ribbons. If I were to teach this lesson, I would have put a section of ribbon at each table for them to reference if they became confused. They were still using the graphite drawing pencils, kneaded erasers, and tortillions. It was very enjoyable to watch them concentrate so hard on the light source and their variations between light and dark. I walked around the room and made comments and suggestions. If I noticed something that a student was doing particularly well, I made sure to let them know that they should keep up the good work. When I did constructively criticize a student's work, I made sure to tell them something that they were doing well, also.
In between comments and suggestions, I talked with the teacher. She explained to me that she didn't necessarily like this project so much because it didn't leave much room for creativity. I told her that I thought it was good for the students to try something more technical for a change. I reassured her by saying that the projects she has assigned previously were very creative and that this project would balance it out.
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