Summer Art class for exploring American Impressionism!My summer art classes are divided into two parts. The regular class is to study American Impressionism, and the camp is to create picture books. Creating a picture book is something I have decided to accomplish throughout my life, and I have created this as a template. However, the topics of regular classes change depending on what students want to explore. This topic is a study of American Impressionism. Among American impressionist painters, I especially like the painting styles of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and MARY CASATT (1844-1926). That's because their paintings have the power to draw everything in the world with just paper, brushes, and paints. I started exploring the benefits for myself and my students.
Painting should be comfortable. It must be highly accessible and joy and motivation must spring from within oneself without being conscious of external factors. You must constantly imagine, try boldly, attach value to the results, and continue to move to the next level. The painting style I am exploring this time is one that flows without stopping. It involves believing in yourself and trying to enjoy painting itself without getting frustrated. I thought that the two painters above would be able to convey the joy of painting to students. And today, one of my students, Oddria, drew a picture that accurately reflected the intention of this class. I especially love her sea colors. She now sees color and produces exactly the same color. And you can think about and explore the textures of clouds and sand. It's been well over a year since she started her painting with me. During this time I was able to discover how much she had jumped. When students jump to their stride and show accomplishments like this, I feel rewarded for teaching them. And I believe that this American Impressionism Exploration class will definitely help my students jump to a higher level. I, too, will continue this joyful exploration.
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The last day of Summer Book Art camp : Session 1Today is Miro and Kaylee's final day of camp. Children always impress us. They have finally completed their beautiful storybook. First, Miro completed the journey of a 7-year-old child's limitless imagination. We each gave our own comments to his story. The last day is the day where we become each other's editors. And on the last day, each person holds a ceremony using their own character in their own way. I believe that the books created in this way will provide them with beautiful memories and a stepping stone for growth. After finishing this camp, I too will jump to the next level. I love this camp so much because there is so much to learn.
Children book series: Two picture books, made by children!, The happy tree and What a wonderful space by Miro and Kaylee/Celina.The picture book of Miro and Kaylee, who started their first summer art book camp, is almost complete. This camp, which is compactly structured as a one-week course, involves children participating in the entire process of drawing, writing, and digitally converting their drawings. In Kaylee's case, she was too young to go through this process on her own, so she completed the book together with 8-years old Celina. More than anything, I like their teamwork between the two children. It seems to be proven time and time again that children have infinite potential.
Also, in the case of Miro, the process of creating a character and inserting it into your story appears very natural and powerful. Because this is his first book, I tried to leave the content and pictures created by the children as is, without modifying them as much as possible. This is because we know very well that even if the content is not natural and has mistakes, it leads us into a world of wonderful stories. For Miro, he beautifully portrayed the story of how the tree he loves is in danger, he saves it, and everyone becomes happy. He built the story around the idea of the Potion Man's magic glue, and I was most moved by this part. Everyone who reads his books will feel that way. Miro's first story synopsis and revision.When children are composing a story for their first book, it is important to encourage them to create the story on their own first. If the teacher tries to correct from the beginning in a hurry, the children lose confidence and are no longer able to create their own stories. Therefore, it is important for teachers to initially help them freely create characters and construct stories in the form of brainstorming. Children will show their imagination and creativity without limits in a free and comfortable atmosphere. I love seeing this kind of storytelling in the process of creating books with kids. When I listen to their stories, I find them novel, fresh, and surprising. No other author in the world can match their imagination. The next stage of book making is the revision stage, which reframes the story the children have composed. Because children have little experience making books, they have difficulty organizing the flow of the story. It explains well why this event occurred, what happened before and after the event, and what causal relationships exist, and helps them rearrange their stories. The above is the result when written freely and after reorganizing.
Miro's first picture book : The happy treeToday I would like to introduce a story about a happy tree created by 7-year-old Miro. He is currently completing the synopsis and drawing the scenes. This work is complicated because it requires both manual and digital work, but he is having fun creating his book. Most of all we didn't want to force him to write perfect sentences, we left any grammar or spelling errors as they were, editing them out later. Creating a story by naming his favorite tree in the park is a truly ingenious idea. In particular, his own words appear in his stories. For example, ‘pollution factory’ and ‘potion man’ are words created by Miro himself. As for polluting factories, he believes that factories that produce a lot of smoke in their chimneys pollute the air. So Miro named such a factory a ‘polluting factory’. This polluting factory destroys nature. So a bad man cuts down his beloved tree in the park. Without anyone knowing, the factory owner takes the wooden named Miro to his polluting factory. And the guy cuts him off. But this story doesn't have a sad ending. He tries to rescue his tree. He first goes to the owl and asks for its wisdom. The owl advises the kind man to meet the Potions Man. To save the tree, he meets the Potion Man, who gives him a potion that can glue cut down trees. In the end, the tree is rescued and everyone celebrates. So the title of his book is Happy Tree, not Sad Tree. The full story of this story will be reposted later. I'm really looking forward to Miro's story.
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