Sometimes it's really HARD to get students to open up and talk about art. All those leading questions....AARRRGGG!!!!
It isn't always possible to just start a conversation with newer art students about an art work. Most of the time you will get a few blank stares and a statement like "I like it." REALLY?! That's it? As a teacher, it is so frustrating to try to get students to talk intelligently about their art. I taught for 33 years and still had the same problem year after year. Let's face it, most of us teach in schools that not all the students love art. Yea, it's all well and good as long as they're making something! But to get the students to dig a little deeper and think a little about what they are seeing is definitely harder.
I found that if I had something for them to look at when we were discussing art work that we could get a good conversation going much easier. Just some key thoughts and questions just to get their minds going in the right direction. So I came up with some posters to utilize in the art room one of which is pictured below.
Now all I have to do is point! It may not cover every little thing a student will learn to talk about in art but it sure does help with beginning students every time they rotate through art!
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