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Can my studio arts teacher do this?

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lpnly:
So my class have been working on our folio and right now the majority of us are on idea development and some on materials and techniques. My teacher has been pushing for us to use different materials in our sketches, which I get, because it's good that she's encouraging us to use a different range of materials to fulfill the criteria.

However, I stated specifically on my EP that "I wish to use mainly pencil in my artwork like my artist of inspiring Akino Kondoh with minimal use of fine liner or black paint", therefore, I have been sketching everything in grey lead and it's working really well for me. But my teacher keeps coming over to my table and telling me off and making me use pens and fine liner which I've tried to use but it is just not working out well and it's kind of ruining my idea development.

I am nearly done with idea development anyway and I am about to begin materials and techniques, where I will use fine liner, paint, colour pencils and the such that would fulfill my teacher's wants, however I just really need to finish my idea development right now and she's not really letting me?

Can my studio arts teacher not allow me to work pencil when it is my MAIN MATERIAL that I've stated in my EP?
If you're wondering what kind of art form I'm doing, search up Akino Kondoh and you'll see that she uses pencils for her backgrounds and foreground but also uses minimal acrylic and colour.

literally lauren:
Yes, your teacher can do this. They're not meant to, but the visual art departments are full of rogues.

Your approach will depend on how serious you are about your marks. If you want a really good score, then acquiesce. Cater to your teacher's whims, and then ask her if she has any more suggestions. You won't have the most enjoyable time, but you can be certain that she'll appreciate you taking her advice on board, and you'll have a much easier time racking up marks.

Alternatively, do your own thing anyway. State in your folio that you've experimented with other mediums, but find graphite drawings to be the most conducive to your vision or w/e. If your school gets audited this year (meaning everything is cross-marked by a VCAA assessor to make sure there isn't anything suspicious going on with the marking scheme) then hopefully your teacher will have to give you the grade you deserve. Otherwise, you'll pretty much be at her mercy, and the practical component of the marking scheme is pretty big, so you're running some risks here.

I took the latter approach because I didn't give a stuff about Art. My teacher was an inept moron who's since been fired, and whose one piece of advice to every student in class was 'have you thought about using clay?' I hated ceramics. They're messy and ugly and carcinogenic and sticky. I liked drawing, so I did drawing. She begrudged me a few marks here and there, but most teachers can't make their marking too suspicious, so I still ended up with an okay score. I just pulled myself up through theory and the exam, and ended up pulling a 44... which scaled out of my Top 4 as I thought it would, hence why I wasn't too fussed with my Art score :P

Technically speaking your teacher should be there to guide you, not dictate what you should be doing. However, if you're not fulfilling criterion like 'demonstrates sufficient exploration in a variety of mediums' then I can understand why she might be pushing a different angle. It can't really hurt to try; most assessors love folios full of exploration, rather than just ones of pretty drawings. I'd suggest experimenting anyway, but if your teacher's giving you a  hard time, perhaps sit down with her and explain that you're having trouble with other forms and want to stick with something comfortable :)

lpnly:

--- Quote from: literally lauren on March 08, 2015, 01:39:33 pm ---Yes, your teacher can do this. They're not meant to, but the visual art departments are full of rogues.

Your approach will depend on how serious you are about your marks. If you want a really good score, then acquiesce. Cater to your teacher's whims, and then ask her if she has any more suggestions. You won't have the most enjoyable time, but you can be certain that she'll appreciate you taking her advice on board, and you'll have a much easier time racking up marks.

Alternatively, do your own thing anyway. State in your folio that you've experimented with other mediums, but find graphite drawings to be the most conducive to your vision or w/e. If your school gets audited this year (meaning everything is cross-marked by a VCAA assessor to make sure there isn't anything suspicious going on with the marking scheme) then hopefully your teacher will have to give you the grade you deserve. Otherwise, you'll pretty much be at her mercy, and the practical component of the marking scheme is pretty big, so you're running some risks here.

I took the latter approach because I didn't give a stuff about Art. My teacher was an inept moron who's since been fired, and whose one piece of advice to every student in class was 'have you thought about using clay?' I hated ceramics. They're messy and ugly and carcinogenic and sticky. I liked drawing, so I did drawing. She begrudged me a few marks here and there, but most teachers can't make their marking too suspicious, so I still ended up with an okay score. I just pulled myself up through theory and the exam, and ended up pulling a 44... which scaled out of my Top 4 as I thought it would, hence why I wasn't too fussed with my Art score :P

Technically speaking your teacher should be there to guide you, not dictate what you should be doing. However, if you're not fulfilling criterion like 'demonstrates sufficient exploration in a variety of mediums' then I can understand why she might be pushing a different angle. It can't really hurt to try; most assessors love folios full of exploration, rather than just ones of pretty drawings. I'd suggest experimenting anyway, but if your teacher's giving you a  hard time, perhaps sit down with her and explain that you're having trouble with other forms and want to stick with something comfortable :)

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Thanks Lauren! I think I ought to listen to my Studio Arts teacher even though she can be a bit controlling.
Loved the English lecture by the way!

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