The Art of Chalkboard Drawing with Van James

WALDORF CURRICULUM AND BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS

Grades 1-3: July 13/14
Grades 4-6: July 20/21
Grades 7-12: July 27/28
Classes will take place online on Saturday evenings in the USA, and on Sunday mornings in Asia and Oceania.
Have black drawing paper or chalk board and board or paper chalks or pastels ready.

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Blackboard drawing is a vital medium in the art of teaching.

From the elementary grades right through high school, the visual storytelling that takes place on the blackboard allows for a deeper learning that can occur beyond words and numbers, what can be experienced through color and form in pictures.

Why not white boards, Smartboards, or computers? Pictorial thinking is a critical capacity for keeping alive and nurturing the imagination throughout childhood and into adult life.

This course will cover the basics of chalk drawing for teachers at the various grade levels, noting how the board drawings change with the age and development of the child.

Reviews of participant work on black paper or school blackboards will be facilitated with a Padlet link and a recording of each session will be replayed and available to all participants.

Van James is an artist, author, Waldorf educator, and international advocate for the arts. A longtime teaching-artist in Hawai’i and a mentor for Gradalis Teacher Education, Van is a council member of the Visual Art Section of North America, editor of Pacifica Journal, and an award-winning author of numerous books on culture and the arts.