This 6 session seminar is for artists interested in teaching art. Our goals are to help you improve your teaching, and to produce 6 free public art workshops. Session 3 (June 24, 2017) will be the last opportunity to join this seminar program.

1. Session 2:
• The Breakdown
• 4-Part Lesson,
Parts 2 & 3
• Evaluation
• Workshop Planning

2. Overview of this series
• 6 sessions (about teaching)
• 6 workshops (art)
• Deadline for completion is Dec 31,
schedule other than that is flexible
• Goal is for participants to gain
teaching tricks and confidence

3. Review of Session 1
• Teaching = creating relationships with individual students in order to
shape material to fit their learning needs.
• 4-Part Lesson = a useful approach, not a trap. (You need to know the
rules to break the rules successfully.)
• TIPS:
You’ve got to know the rules to break the rules successfully.
Teaching is a performance.
Keep the demo short.
If it results in a positive educational outcome and it’s safe, it’s good teaching.
• Homework:
What else can I provide to assist you?
What do you want to teach in workshops?
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4. THE BREAKDOWN
TIP: Whatever you’re
thinking (your self-
talk), say it out loud.

5. BACK OUT
guidelines for
drawing a dog’s
head.
LEAD a draw-
along of that
dog’s head, using
and explaining
your guidelines.

6. 4-Part Lesson
In simplest form: prepare, go
over the lesson 3 times
(demo, draw-along, practice
on own).
Practice-on-own is
important. It taps into
individual creativity. It
allows Lead Artist to deal
with young artists’ needs
one-on-one.
Parts 2 & 3 are activities.
Activities can be tailored, or
altered.
Goal is to DIFFERENTIATE.
Differentiation means tailoring instruction
to meet individual needs. Whether
teachers differentiate content, process,
products, or the learning environment, the
use of ongoing assessment, offering
choices, and flexible grouping makes this
a successful approach to instruction.

7. =
Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind – Linda Verlee Williams
WHAT
STUDENTS
NEED TO
KNOW
WHAT
YOU ARE
GOING TO
TEACH=
THE
ACTIVITIES
YOU DO
WHAT
YOU ARE
GOING TO
TEACH
=THE RULES
ARTISTS CAN
BREAK IF
THEY WANT
WHAT
YOU ARE
GOING TO
TEACH

9. Variations on Parts 2 & 3
Part 1 – Warm up
& a little game
Part 2 – Guidelines
for a cat (demo &
draw along)
Part 3 –Textures
(demo & draw along)
Part 4 – Mouse
variation (extra
demo & draw along
for some students –
differentiation)

10. Part 2 – Basics of
panel composition
for comics (demo
with color coding for
differentiation)
Parts 3 & 4 –
Extended practice,
independent projects
& personalized help
(differentiation)

11. Part 1 – Practice
3-D shapes & talk
about fingers
Part 2 – Guidelines
for a hand-wrist-
to-elbow (demo &
draw along)
Part 3 –Contour
(demo & draw along)
Part 4 – Using
contour to add
armour/mech (extra
demo during free
practice)
Teaching CONTOUR

12. Part 1 – Review
overlap, shading &
shadow, introduce
horizon (demo &
draw along)
Part 2 – Use
contour to expand
on horizon concept
(demo & draw along)
Teaching CONTOUR
Part 2 & 3
combined.

13. Content Process
Product Environment
• Use vocabulary
that references
all five senses.
• Review the lesson
for some students
during practice
(part 4).
• Use a game in place
of the draw-along for
part 2.
• Provide different
materials for students
at different learning
levels.
• Provide a variety
of increasingly
complex references.
• Offer (encourage)
multiple choices for
practice (part 4).
• Have students move
around, work with
partners or groups.
• Play background
music to inspire and
manage energy.
DIFFERENTIATION TECHNIQUES

14. ASSESSMENT/FEEDBACK
Goals are: toughen, improve, expand thinking
• Build False Sense of
Accomplishment
• Phony Flattery
• What’s Wrong
• Good/Bad
• Teacher’s Opinion
• Evaluate Product
 Build self reflective skills
 How does it demonstrate
lesson goals?
 How can we make it better?
 Any progress?
 Multiple sources of input
 Redirect efforts
TIP: KEEP STUDENTS’
FIRST EFFORTS !!!

15. 6 workshops
• 2-hours each,
• all ages,
• more than make-and-take
• Topics
• Dates/Times
• Approach (team teach or individual,
sequence or independent, repeats or one-
shot, etc.

16. June 24 – 12-2
• Enriching
• Sequencing
• Promoting
• Confirm Workshop Basics
Homework:
Calendar Participation Opportunities
• June 22 Open House & Art Show
• June 25 Tony DeZuniga Art Exhibit deadline
• July 14 Draw Along at Barnes & Noble
• July 23 Art Battle at Barnes & Noble
Bring your own portfolio
Continue to plan what YOU want to do for workshops