Producing work in tandem with your class

 
During my time teaching summer school, I discovered the positive outcomes from creating work along side my students. My example shown to the right is a little piece of a Dale Chihuly inspired 2-D composition that I created as an example. Once my students began working independently, I continued the example. I noted a couple of reactions, outcomes, and responses as I observed my students and reflected on my own work:
 

1. As I create the project prescribed to my students I am able to find the obstacles and potential trouble the class may have.
2. Students see their teacher as an artist. I model “artist behavior” and an end product that we can critique and categorize.
3. The class can see the potential of the project.
4. The “Bob Ross Effect”, when students finish early, often they pull up a chair to my table and just watch me work.