Week2

I went to the school an hour later to avoid traffic, but stayed till the end of the day. I entered the building and spoke with Gary about my week and so on.

I went into Ponz's room where the photo class was working on their paintshop projects. They were layering and blending images. I am not sure exactly what the project was about, I guess I should have asked. The students seemed to welcome my presence again. I asked them a couple of questions about the content of their works.

The next class were the 7th graders I believe. They were continuing to work on their perspective boat paintings. They were looking pretty good, but some of them seem to work slow or talk too much. I gave them the occasional suggestion or helped in whatever way I could. This class, possibly because they are middle schoolers, seem a little shy compared to the high school students.

I went over to the ceramics room while Ponz had lunch and ran errands. It was a highschool ceramics 1 class. They seemed really excited working with the clay. An AP student was sculpting a saw fish that will be part of a two piece series. He had a lot of talent and I was very interested in his work. The rest of the class were either finishing up their "favorite food" ceramic sculpture or starting on a building using slabs for the walls. The male students had no problem chit chatting with me.

The next class of Gary's was a 6th grade ceramics class. They were starting their "favorite food" project. This class was very social compared to the other middle school class. They asked me questions and I praised their hard work.

I ran back over to Ponz's class and there were sub AP students working on gauche paintings. They were very chatty with me and seemed comfortable right away. Ponz forgot what day it was and that that this was his planning period, so he didn't come back till the class was over. He felt bad that he mixed up his days, but I told him it was ok and they were all in class and working hard.

I bounced back over to Gary's room because his students were sculpting heads and he wanted me to give them a hand with their proportions and the like. I helped a number of them with their eyes. The projects over all looked really good for middle school students. I was pleased. the two main issues with the anatomy was the eyes and lips. I would agree that those are the two hardest to get right. The students were great.

Overall I had another great experience at the school and getting my hands dirty in paint and clay. The students overall are accepting of me as an observer and helper.