tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post2031057817754077080..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: Still Life With Motor's RumbleTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-43531916688453530382013-11-12T01:02:31.886-08:002013-11-12T01:02:31.886-08:00thanks for sharing your method and your very hones...thanks for sharing your method and your very honest description of previous attempts at life drawing, I'm going to try it with my preschool art class tomorrow-I see all these blogs with teachers displaying photos of a group of very small children attentively sketching fruit or each other, and I can't imagine that scenario playing out for more than three seconds with my preschool class-someone would be an instant away from grabbing the apple and dunking it in paint, and someone else would be running off with a banana or eating it, and another would be whining "This is boring!" they do love cars, though, so maybe we'll try drawing them this timeLauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-246670168230862852011-12-04T16:28:43.110-08:002011-12-04T16:28:43.110-08:00Wow, I really like the idea of of drawing out the ...Wow, I really like the idea of of drawing out the senses. I never really sat down and did this. Drew what I heard, smelled, tasted, felt, and seen. I think it would create very creative drawings because not all children taste, hear, smell, feel or see. I like this idea. Thanks for the post. I love the pictures also.LeeAnn Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675256279290554769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-51957640769942082732011-12-03T20:49:26.412-08:002011-12-03T20:49:26.412-08:00Tom
Still life drawing sounds like a really sophi...Tom<br /><br />Still life drawing sounds like a really sophisticated idea for 3-5 year old children. I think they are reacting like any 3 - 5 year old would do at that age. I believe you know that is nothing wrong with it and when they get older they will take what they learned (even without drawing) and apply it to life.Ramsey Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932071080982956989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-78347274263098544362011-12-03T06:33:16.395-08:002011-12-03T06:33:16.395-08:00Tom,
Thank you for sharing the way you present thi...Tom,<br />Thank you for sharing the way you present this. I want to work toward this with my children, and now you have shown me the way! <br />Many thanks!!<br />BrendaMullin Avenue Workshophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489785153205822301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-37321401569051636052011-12-03T01:04:00.722-08:002011-12-03T01:04:00.722-08:00Recently my son created a sweet melodious sketch a...Recently my son created a sweet melodious sketch along a song :) We are sitting and listening to one of our favorite songs, and he was drawing...I asked him to draw 'from' the song, and here is what he made :)<br /><br />What a pleasure it was! And what a song!<br /><br />http://littlesketchers.com/sketch-along-a-song/Cheenahttp://www.littlesketchers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-7586111979259970612011-12-02T14:03:12.462-08:002011-12-02T14:03:12.462-08:00You KNOW I love still life art with young children...You KNOW I love still life art with young children. Offering them the opportunity to engage with an object yet also represent it on paper is fascinating on a number of developmental levels. Drawing "what something sounds like" captivates me as an observer - loved that!<br />Another way to help children get started in this kind of looking/art is to offer that they might want to draw ONE PART of their object - a wheel or window from the truck, the teeth of the dinosaur, the big dots from the ladybug - it provides an anchor to which they may continue drawing (or not!) :)Jeanne Zuechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937382280710368749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-66466734365778728432011-12-02T13:28:52.120-08:002011-12-02T13:28:52.120-08:00Hard on the heels of drawing the sound of a horn, ...Hard on the heels of drawing the sound of a horn, you could try suggesting they draw the sound of some classical music... this can produce some really interesting results and processes! To engage boys, I'd try playing them a bit of 'Mars' from Holst's 'Planets Suite' and giving them something splattery like thick paint and stamping equipment...Aunt Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799746597313773030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-54060430831305730772011-12-02T12:14:04.975-08:002011-12-02T12:14:04.975-08:00I, too, love Parker drawing the sound. You could ...I, too, love Parker drawing the sound. You could also encourage the kids to only draw one small part, say, just the door of the truck. Then they can be encouraged to draw a little more of the truck and maybe a bit more. I had a girl a few years ago who was absolutely stymied by a large brass unicorn head. (We're the Unicorn class.) When I gave her permission to draw just the eye...well, she didn't. She decided instead to start with the horn, but she ended up with a beautiful picture of the whole head, drawn piece by piece.Barbara Zaborowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-20337004003586543152011-12-02T10:46:49.795-08:002011-12-02T10:46:49.795-08:00I love the concept of drawing the senses. My perfe...I love the concept of drawing the senses. My perfectionist daughter struggles with drawing and I have been trying to find ways to help her. I will be sure to try this.Cave Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446689918377947144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-64373982707292371262011-12-02T10:14:42.368-08:002011-12-02T10:14:42.368-08:00I like the idea of "still life for all the se...I like the idea of "still life for all the senses." Drawing a sound or smell of an object. What an intriguing idea. Thanks for the post...and the food for thought.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397525011462974857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-9501439611702861112011-12-02T08:45:28.662-08:002011-12-02T08:45:28.662-08:00One of my favorite books even in childhood was &qu...One of my favorite books even in childhood was "Drawing with Children" (http://www.exodusbooks.com/details.aspx?id=2218). I've noticed that kids often draw representations of what they see (such as a stick figure or 6 lines making a house) instead of what they actually see--color, shadows, etc. I often wonder if this is a developmental step OR if it's because most kids' coloring books, books, and art use representations.Bethnoreply@blogger.com