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Teachers Online Share 21 Epic And Horrifying Results Of Letting Kids “Draw Anything” In Art Class
Article created by: Monika Pašukonytė
Have you ever noticed that a request to do something creative causes a real stupor in many of us? For example, if you're asked to make a joke, then even if you've just watched a couple of great standup videos, read a whole selection of the funniest jokes, and are generally a born mingler—there's a high probability that you will simply "get stuck." The only ones who are usually not affected by this principle are kids.
The creativity of many children is almost off the charts—and only art teachers with their pedagogical skills and experience are able to keep this creativity within reasonable limits. But sometimes, this experience fails—teachers ask schoolers to "just draw something"—and then are surprised by the completely unpredictable results.
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#2
My brother was told to draw an animal from any angle he wanted so he drew a dot and said it was a very far away lion.
#3
In junior high my art teacher pulled me aside to tell me that she was really impressed because I could draw better than her, after that she pretty much let me have free-reign as long as what I was drawing worked towards the lesson goal, such as shading, perspective... etc. For the end of year project, I did a Robotech VeriTech Fighter in stipple (drawn only using dots).
The next year when I would have had her again for art, she paid out of pocket for me to take an art course at the community college across the street. She was an absolutely amazing teacher!
#4
One kid had to have a meeting with the principal, her parents and the art teacher because the art teacher decided that because this second grade girl only drew people without hands, the little girl felt powerless.
All these adults question this child about the meaning of her drawings. She tells them, "Hands are too hard to draw.".
#5
Not a teacher but in middle school we got an assignment in art class to draw a still life of fruit. I thought the idea was totally boring and decided to put a creative spin on it. I drew a bunch of different fruits all sitting in the seats of a colosseum watching an apple [end] an orange in the center ring. I failed the assignment, and my teacher even pulled me out in to the hallway to tell me directly that she didn’t like me or the work that I produced. Didn’t let that crush my dream though, and I kept making my assignments weirder and weirder [annoy] her.
#6
Not my story, but seems to fit here.
When I was in school to certify to become a teacher, we had a former principal as a professor for one of our courses who was trying to illustrate how difficult it can be to manage parent complaints and how to approach those situations with administration.
His example was how he had been called into a conference once with an angry mom and the elementary school art teacher. The mom was furious because the teacher had asked the children to close their eyes and draw whatever came into their imagination. His assumption was that a student had drawn something inappropriate. Nope.
The mom was mad because summoning an image in one’s mind was “witchcraft.”.
#7
In 9th grade as an end of the year project we could basically draw whatever we wanted and we had a week to do it. Me being the little car nerd I am drew the entire drivetrain and suspension of a chevy K5 blazer.
#8
High School 1977. Not a teacher. While everyone else was drawing Pink Floyd rainbows and peace signs all over everything the biggest burnout in the class made a wide metal bracelet with intricate triangular designs cut out of it. He turned it in and got a great grade for the first project he ever bothered finishing and some well-deserved praise for his effort.
Teacher handed our work back and first thing he did was grab a pair of pliers and bent all the triangles outward making it a thick metal ***spiked*** bracelet.
I found that devilishly, disturbingly clever.
#9
My brother and his friend were five and attended an art class/club. They got to draw anything they wanted. Our dog had just died so my brother drew the dog with angel wings, a pretty good one for a five-year-old. The friend (who was a wild kid, the kind that always got detention later in his school years) drew a large wave and people escaping it. He explained that it was the tsunami of 2004 (which had just happened). The moms of the boys and the teacher were swallowing tears when they saw the drawings.
#10
Former student here. We were supposed to do a bit of abstract artwork for a course assignment. My work was a framed square cutout from an old T-shirt I had previously used to help re stain an old table. Not only did I get an A on the assignment, but I entered it into a silent auction later that semester and someone bought it.
#11
Student here. My art teacher was somewhat crazy. She let us draw anything we want and to get 100% all you had to do was tell her it "had a deep connection to the earth" or some other nonsense. I drew a jellyfish and told her it represented wisdom because it was immortal.
#12
I have a "design your own monster" Halloween lesson. Most kids draw cute ghosts or cool vampires. One 7th grader drew a sad clown hanging by a belt from a ceilng fan. He had issues.
#13
I rarely let them draw whatever, because they inevitably would draw predictable cliches - eighth grade boys would draw knives with blood dripping, or an eye, and girls a unicorn. Trying to get them to draw from life was tough.
#14
Student here, pulled up pictures of severe frostbite to draw on a piece of paper in 6th grade. I wasn't allowed to do that.
#15
We had three lessons for it. I spent two and a half messing around and the last half copying an existing Bauhaus painting in chalk.
That was the only good grade I got in art class.
#16
We had a substitute art teacher once and she decided to teach us about H.R. Giger showing us concept art from the Aliens movie and such. For homework she asked us to look up more of his art, gave us a link to his main website.
Almost every single picture on the site that she hadn't printed/shown us already was of big weird alien robots penetrating women.
That was an odd assignment...
#17
Was not an art teacher but an elementary teacher. Art teacher gave the kids paper and crayons and told them to draw anything they want. Jewish kid drew a Christmas tree (twas the season). Art teacher received an angry call from his mother the next day.
#18
My dad was an art major. His prof assigned them a shading exercise, "Six Eggs in an Interesting Pattern".
Dad procrastinated until he was out of time, then painted 6 fried eggs in an interesting patter. Prof laughed and gave him an A.
That painting hung in our kitchen throughout my childhood.
#19
Not an art teacher, but last year the art teacher said "ok class, today you will draw what you want", then this girl decides to draw a realistic looking Freddy Fazbear. I was surprised to see any fnaf fanart look so real
#20
They were drawing stuff around Halloween, one student drew a roomba with a knife taped on it and said it was the scariest thing she could think of.
#21
My art teachers story about me is that I spent an entire school year drawing and painting planes. Must have been strange.
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