Translation to Teaching

In thinking of what lessons to translate into the classroom, I really enjoyed the doughnut exercise. While it seemed tedious at the time, it forced us to look at an object from different angles and explore new ways to draw with an restricted amount of time. I recently practiced it with my family at dinner. We passes around the sketchbook and timed each other drawing the dinner rolls. Everyone had fun doing it and we all reflected and talked about the drawings afterward. Thus, I would definitely like to try this out in the classroom. Using thumbnail size sketches, it would be fun to pick an object and play a "beat the clock" type drawing game.

One of the important strategies I learned during this class was to give restrictions. Don't give every option in the world. Give an assignment and only allow one medium, or finite time, or one prop. Exercises like the doughnut drawings, or the paper and tape project force you to creatively use the limited materials you have and go above and beyond to create something special.

Found Drawings

After walking around UF for even a minute, you can't help but notice the beautiful brick buildings.

The campus is overflowing with the rectangular cuboids. When looking closer, you see that each brick has a unique design. Each brick seems to be imprinted with different shapes and colors.

I couldn't believe I never looked closely enough to see it. But now that I have, the millions of bricks around campus now stood out and had individual meanings.