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my eyes may have learnt…’
AN
ARTIST IN THE SCHOOL
•The
benefits of working with a practising artist in the school
are numerous and can be of great use to teachers.
• The National Curriculum emphasises the importance
for pupils to gain knowledge and understanding of how artists
work, but the experience can be of benefit to both the artist
and teacher through the sharing of professional practices.
Looking at tonal qualities with
charcoal
• The artist
will bring additional knowledge, new working processes, another
professional perspective and first hand experience.
•It provides a luxury in a busy school timetable to
devote solely to investigation, making, and understanding,
through a shared workshop situation with time for discussion
and reflection.
 •The
excitement generated by the constructive use of the "non-teacher"
in school can be useful to the atmosphere of the day and add
to the enjoyment of the experience and aid stimulation.
•The experience can expand expectations, allow risk
taking, experimentation, the acceptance of failure as well
as success of a shared learning and making situation.
Pupils
charcoal drawing after Herman
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