1. teaching for a change “ what do you notice?” shifting student and teacher response from superficial judgment to real seeing Amy Fichter, Assistant Professor Painting/Drawing Department of Art & Design University of Wisconsin--Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin Travis, conté crayon, Alex Engelmann, Life Drawing II, 2007
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8. “ Wow. When we do this, I really have to decide what I think about the drawings.” --Noah Berkeland, Life Drawing II student, to me in the hallway after the first “I notice” critique Self-portrait, charcoal, Noah Berkeland, Life Drawing II, 2007 “ This critique is different because there is no judgment so you don’t know if parts are liked or disliked.” --Life Drawing II student spring 2007
9. Travis, charcoal, Molly Biebl, Life Drawing II, 2007 “ I have learned … that my drawings have a variety of line work and value. I think most people enjoyed my Travis over the other two drawings, which is how I felt. Some people liked my more gestural drawings in my self portrait, but others did not. I learned that I have defined other areas over some.…” --Molly Biebl “ As an artist and student I saw improvement in descriptive vocabulary. Ways to explain what you are seeing--improvement in the reflective process.” --Life Drawing II student spring 2007 “… Since we couldn’t judge it was much harder, since that is what we’re used to. Although it did help me see different things about the drawings…” --Molly Biebl
10. Portrait, charcoal, Alan Briggs, Life Drawing II, 2007 “ I notice: … this drawing is from a viewpoint that is from the side and looking up. … most of the lines are gestural. … the left side of the face is outlined in a dark thick black line. … there are eraser marks on the outside of the left cheek, showing that he changed the placement of the cheek. … the eyes look to be closed, and there is an outline defining the outside of the eye lid. … there are many marks made around both of the eye brows. … a horizontal line goes through the middle of the forehead. On the right side of the hair line, the marks look to be shaded more than just placed on the paper. … the style of drawing and mark-making changes from the left side of the drawing to the right side. … the darkest area of the drawing is on the left side of the lips and chin. … there is shading and mark-making under the bottom lip, and gestural marks showing the roundness of the chin. … there are contour lines on the cheeks and around the brow.” --Deborah Scottberg
![[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], the rules: Self-portrait, graphite, Melissa Hensel, Life Drawing II, 2007](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)