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Live locusts and crickets have proved quite a challenge to draw. I realised this when I sat down to draw them myself. It gave me a good appreciation for the boys' commitment to such a frustrating task and I'm happy they did with some really interesting outcomes.

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Most of the boys took really took to the freedom of the line drawing exercise resulting in drawings full of movement and intrigue. It was rewarding to see some benefit from previous line drawing demonstrations, emphasising OBSERVATION and a confident line

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We then built upon this and made numerous observational drawings of our insects with an emphasis on lines and shapes.

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Drawing a moving insect is a task that

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Some students were afraid of the insects so I got a few dinosaur figurines for them to carry out their investigation and exploration. This is a drawing by Jake, the student I will be focusing on for the SEN assignment

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Jordan, has a unique style, something I have been trying to encourage. On his own accord, he scrawled the word why beside his strange chicken drawing. In my opinion this alters the meaning of the drawing and has given me an idea for a follow on project when the final clay piece has been completed

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We made small pinch-pot heads and modelled the basic expression that we were going to develop and model on a larger scale. From here, we did some work on 3D form and made drawings of the forms we had made. We looked at animal skulls and facial planes in order to take that under consideration when modelling the larger heads

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Initial observation drawings of locations around the school

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Initial observation drawings of locations around the school

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We spent a few classes working on our initial observational drawings starting with the task of drawing a place that we either liked or disliked and drawing it.

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We chose our area of focus and scaled up our drawings with more detail using photographs.

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Jake, is a boy with autism in first year. He has other special educational needs which I intend to find out more about. He has show excellent ability in his line drawing and has a great attitude towards his classwork. Jake also has a very quiet disposition but is also very gentle and pleasant in his nature. His communication with others is minimal and finds it very hard to speak up for himself in any way. It took a while for me to discover that he was very afraid of insects but was willing to draw from images of a butterfly and a fly while most of the other boys drew spiders and earwigs. When I sourced the live insects he had to be seated where he couldn't see them or he might "lose his appetite" especially in the class before lunch. Jake's style of drawing is extremely consistent and is very careful yet sure in his use of line. I am excited to see how his work might develop with new challenges and limitations,

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Based on the observational drawing phase, the students made designs to fit the sheet of linoleum. The compositions ranged from incorporating imaginative components, very representational ones and abstraction of form and pattern.