Time rolled around again and the spotlight turned on me again. This time I taught a project revolving around drawing animals and some techniques that may be useful when drawing different types of animals. A big challenge that I faced when teaching this unit was that giving students a lot of freedom and a broad range of choices for their projects often makes it that much harder to teach lessons that all students can apply to their work. For example, some students were drawing hairy mammals such as tigers or chipmunks, opposed to others who may be drawing aquatic animals with a whole different physical appearance, making it harder to explain techniques that all students can use to improve their work. I did try to go over enough information so that all students had a good amount of tips and techniques to work with. For example, I went over my strategies for drawing fur, ears, eyes and shadows with furry mammals, but also shared my insights as to how to get started and what the best ways to get the proportions of any animal down. It seemed that the students understood my lessons and were applying them to their works, of course, I hung around to answer any individual questions and help with specific problems. Overall, I must've done something right because the results were awesome.
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