Welcome to my 5th blog post for my in depth project. My project was on Indian folk art, and recently we completed a piece on Warli art. This week, we decided to begin work on a style of art called Madhubani. This is an old style of art, named after the Madhubani District in India.
Progress:
To start, we made two borders around the canvas. One that was 0.5 cm from the outside on all 4 sides, and one the was a further half inch inside.
We drew dots at every inch on the outside border and inside border, then connected them using diagonal lines to make a zig-zag pattern.
Then we drew curves around the lines to resemble leaves.
We traced the leaves in sharpie and colored them in with green sharpie.
For the remaining space on the border, we colored it in using red sharpie.
This was all that we did this lesson, as it wasn’t very complex work, but it was the same few steps repeated many times.
Questions:
- What kinds of learning opportunities does the mentor provide to expose you to new learning?
There weren’t many learning opportunities given or needed to expose me to new learning.
- What kinds of learning opportunities exist to reinforce new learning?
There are many resources I can search online if I am confused about certain steps. However, no one draws the same exact way as anyone else, so it will be difficult to find someone who draws the same style if I needed.
- What kinds of opportunities exist that might accelerate learning?
There are different types of opportunities online to help accelerate my learning. One example of this would be as previously mentioned online videos and tutorials. However I do not want to move faster than my mentor is guiding me so she can guide me as much as she can.
- When you get together what do you talk about?
When we get together we do a brief catch up of how we have been. Then we go over the basics of what we will do, and then start drawing. While we are drawing, my mentor points out occasional tips and instructions to improve my drawing.
- What is going particularly well in your mentoring relationship right now?
I like how our relationship is very focused and to-the-point. We don’t waste too much time in talking, and most of the class is drawing. I find it very relaxing and I don’t feel too pressured as my mentor is often drawing while I am too.
- What are you learning about one another?
I am learning that my mentor prefers that I listen to her and watch her instructions first before drawing on my own. She often tell me to wait and see how she does something, and for good reason. We have good communication this way, which has helped me understand what she needs to teach me and has helped her understand me too.
Conclusion:
To conclude this week, I have really enjoyed my previous project. This new project that we have started is very exciting, and I look forward to continuing it. Even the start of this project is a little different, as we drew two lines for the border instead of one. I can’t wait to see how this project turns out.
