Week of September 22^nd and 24^th: My first absence and turning in our first project

            I was absent for class on September 22^nd. I became ill with a stomach bug. Since I was going to an elementary school for the first time the next day, I decided to get a doctor’s appointment to make sure I was not contagious. Due to this, I was not in class when we discussed pages 102-126.

            In class on the 24^th, we turned in our photography project. For this project, we were instructed to take pictures of a minimum of 5 things that we encounter or see on our way home. Since I live on campus, I decided to use pictures of landmarks and objects that I see on my way from Round Rock to Texas Tech University. We were told to get creative in how we showed the pictures, taking care to make sure that it still looked like a map. In the end, I decided to base my project design on board games. I used the theme of candy land to make the map outline of my project. I felt that as an elementary school teaching giving out a similar project idea, this would be an easy and nice example to show my students on how to do their maps.

We did not talk about what we did, but instead turned it in and began the other part of our class.

During class that day we also started learning about water color techniques. We learned styles and tips that would enhance or eventual water color projects. Such simple and cheap items as rubbing alcohol and paper towels can alter the texture and layout of your paintings. This was a cool lesson, and is something simple yet fun that I could incorporate into my classroom.

            After learning about the 4 styles of water coloring, we then moved on to learning about our next project: painting a significant memory. I struggled to come up with one that Dr. Johnson approved of but we finally agreed on one.