mark making

 I enjoyed today's mark making activity!
   This was a wonderful idea for a basic art class (9th grade). I say this because it was both conceptually rich, and physically easy to participate in. It concerned the elements of design, but that fallowed the active and playful throwing of clay.
   It opens up opportunities for students to view modern art that is conceptually rich, that does have elements of design, but isn't necessarily pretty. Therefor the students don't worry that they are not capable... just going through the motions is taking on the conceptual role, and even if the outcome isn't "beautiful," it's still art! I will keep this one in mind especially if I have a very shy art class some day filled with students who don't consider themselves to be "artists."