On Wednesday I had to throw away 7 brushes because the foundations art students hadn't cleaned up properly and I'll admit it- I was sort of annoyed. They're a great group and we'd already had more talks about clean up than I thought was necessary. I guess I was wrong. So today, I welcomed my 9th-12th graders with my warmest kindergarten teacher smile - a technique I had learned in earnest from two years of teaching technology at the elementary level. I told them we needed to take time out of our fun fun painting today to cover watch an important video lesson.

Then we watched Tricia Fugelstad's Young Sloppy Brush:



It seemed to be a good way to deal with the issue in class. They all got a big kick out of the work that Tricia and her students had done- and got the message that they were behaving a bit like elementary school students. At least, I think they got the message...

...if not, we're all learning the "Young Sloppy Brush" song as part of their final exam.

Thanks Tricia & Dryden students!