I began to teach my friend's younger sister sketching and fashion design a month ago. This is my first time being a teacher and I really start to feel the responsibility of being a teacher: to give the best I can give. There is a huge difference between Chinese and American education: in China, the student is forced to learn whether he or she likes or not; in America, it is all about "interest", and you can never force a student to learn.
I have to confess that sketching is extremely "boring" for most people: staring at a cube for three hours and trying to distinguish and fix the tiny mistakes in the 3D structure of the drawing. Inherently interested in drawing, I found no problem drawing ten hours a day when I was in a drawing camp in 6th Grade. However, everyone is different. As a teacher, I start to consider how to make my student interest in sketching.
I've been teaching Hanna (my lovely student~~:D) basic 3D shapes, dress sketching, and knowledge about human body proportion. Hanna is making considerable progress; she is genuinely interested in dress sketching and fashion design. Also, as my mom and Dr. Dostert suggested me, an important aspect of being a teacher is to model what it is to be an artist and show Hanna how to apply art into our daily life.
So, I did some intense drawing these days for my own interest and also to show Hanna how "complete" a drawing can be (comparing to rough sketching). Both pictures are based on photos I found online. I used ball pen for the goldfish and color pencil for the girl picture.
