So Far this Week

So far this week I started out working on putting ideas and drawings in the book I made last week. While working on my drawings I started to think about who inspires me and what I really want to do with my Senior Project. I would really like to work with children teaching them about art. I think it would be really interesting to let them choose what medium and help them learn more about working with the type of art that they choose.

What I did this past week:
   I probably spent around 6 hours drawing sketches in my sketchbook. Then 2 hours thinking about ideas working with children. I spent 1 hour watching an interview of Wendy Ewald, and another hour so far reading the first couple chapters of her book I Wanna Take Me a Picture. I also took notes and watched a short video about Viktor Lowenfeld's teaching methods. It was only about 15 minutes long, and wasn't as helpful as I had hoped.

What I discovered while working so far this week:
   I would prefer my work to have an impact on children, not just on myself. It's exciting to see a finished piece, but I think it is more important to influence and inspire other people, not just yourself. I also discovered a lot about the different phases that exists though art work from children age 2-14, and would maybe like to work more seeing the differences in photography taken by certain ages.

What I think I should do next:
   I plan on researching a ton more this coming week, and gathering a ton of books from the library and just gathering as much knowledge about developmental Psychology and art therapy and how the two are used together. I also plan on meeting with my GSI from my psych course to see if she has any suggestions on books I should be researching. I also have a meeting this friday with the head of a community service group "Celebrities against Autism" to see if I can maybe work with children with Autism teaching them art/ photography. I'm also going to ask her for knowledge about Autism, as well as books that would be helpful on my pursuit through create my I.P. project.