Comments | pixeldrift: No "Can't" Allowed

pixeldrift

No "Can't" Allowed

Oct 30, 2007 18:54

At the beginning of the high school art class I teach, I had a lot of students complaining. "But I can't draw!" they whined. Therefore, I promptly disallowed the word "can't" in class. Now that we're a number of weeks into the class, the students who decided to stick with it and do the exercises are finally beginning to understand why ( Read more... )

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Comments 4

silverslei October 31 2007, 20:25:25 UTC

Actually...I really like the first one. :X

pixeldrift October 31 2007, 20:30:37 UTC

Oh, you mean the portrait of Princess Di? That particular assignment they were going for realism...

silverslei October 31 2007, 21:06:43 UTC

Still, I think I like it better. LOL

montigirl November 7 2007, 22:09:37 UTC

I wish I had time to find a drawing teacher or just to spend enough time working on it go from "I can draw sometimes if everything goes perfectly" to "I can draw"

But I can climb up and down a five-story tower ten times in a row in full turnout gear. That's another thing I never could say I knew I could do before. :)