This weeks assignment was about chapter 6 and learning about visual arts. I learned that there are six elements to art and that it comprises all art out there. These elements are line, value, shape, space, texture, color.
In the reading I found several quotes that I found interesting and made me think more.
Quote 1: "Visual Literacy is about understanding and knowing how to create visual images to express thoughts and feeling." (141) I didn't even realize that one has to have an understanding on how to make the visual art to truly express what one is feeling. But as I look back to the projects I have created I have realized that I really put a lot of thought, feeling and personal touches to my work.
Quote 2: "Visual art makes the invisible visible. Student-made visual art allows us to look inside their private world of thoughts and feelings...." (148) Some students may be quiet in the classroom and their art could be a way to assess their feelings. It can provide information for like children who are not fluent verbally.
Quote 3: "Visual art integration planning is about finding connections with other academic areas. Meaningful connections can leverage learning in science, social studies, literacy, and math by using the power of the visual art to engage and promote the higher order thinking, especialy problem solving." (156) Some teachers may believe that they don't have time to do arts in their classroom, but it is a good idea to integrate the core subjects in with art. It helps so the teacher isn't just lecturing and the kids can do hands-on work.
Quote 4: "Drawing is actually 'the first language for all children.' Children proceed to separate the two becasue we teach then to narrow their view of literacy." (171) When I read this I found this so true. Young children are captivated by shapes and colors. So like when you are reading a book to a child they mostly look at the pictures while you are reading the words and they are taking both in. It is important to integrate the two together and not to narrow the views and seperate them.
In class it was fun to go through each station and create visuals to go along with the definition. I know that I am a visual/hands on learner and so I believe that this will help me remember the terms better. I think it would be a fun activity to try on children in the 4th, 5th or 6th grades.
As a teacher I can hope that help my students realize the importance of visual arts and the many ways it can be used and applied to everyday life. I really hope that I can start watching myself when I do art projects and pull out the characteristics that I am using and continue to build on them. Then in the future when I have a class I can talk to them about things like what line, shape, color or value are.
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