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Unit 2 Arts Leadership - Silver Arts Award Unit 2 Part C: effective arts leadership

My project:  Teaching a small group of people how to draw a realistic human eye using pencils.



I began with an introduction to what I will be teaching.

 

I asked the participants questions about the topic - what they knew about the human eye, so I could better understand the participants' abilities, and work off that.  This was part of my improving communication skills as I needed to be clear about the process of drawing an eye so that they could follow my instructions.


I asked the participants to draw the subject, before I had taught them anything, so I can even better understand their skills, and help them based on their ability.




After I asked the participants to try out drawing, I began my explanation of how I draw an eye.  My aim was to pass on the skill that I had previously learned and to encourage their own creativity by encouraging each participant individually to build on their own skills and not just copy what I did.




Group beginning their project.


I used scrap paper for them to write what they think they could have improved on, the first time they drew an eye.


Group following my tutorials, and examples.


I helped the participants with what they struggled on. 

One of the participants has a hand tremor, so I helped her understand how to hold the pencil in a way which they could draw more effectively. I went round to each participant and helped them with anything they were struggling with.

This also improved my communication skills as I learned how to teach and to encourage people of different abilities and skill sets.

Left: after lesson                 Right: before lesson


Top: before lesson Bottom: after lesson

Top: before lesson  Bottom: after lesson

Left: after lesson                 Right: before lesson

The participants' improvements!

All the participants improved greatly, since I helpfully critiqued their work, helping them better understand what they could improve on (eg: specific parts of the eye, size and shape). 

This in particular helped me improve my confidence in my ability, which is a key leadership skill.

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