Midterm Course Reflection

Sometime before Wednesday, October 12 at 8:30 am, please post your response to these questions.

1. Take a look at your sketchbooks and/or drawing pads from those drawings you completed at start of the semester to your latest work. Where do you see improvements in your drawing abilities? What areas still need work?

2. Reflect on the process of learning how to draw (or strengthening your skills). What are the key ingredients to this process? What advice would you give someone else who is learning how to draw?

Make Up Events

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

LLC Event: Vik Muniz: Wasteland/Trash Art

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

CFAM Tour

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

Youth Movements Panel

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

CAPS Sexual Assault Workshop

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

Diana Folsom Lecture Reflection

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 250 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

Paddleboarding Reflection

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

Global Peace Film Festival, Off the Menu Reflection

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

Soccer Game Reflection

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

International Coastal Clean Up Reflection

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

Hela Debate Reflection

Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 150 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class. 

 Please post your reflection as a comment below.

On Landscapes

1. What does Susan Herrington mean when she says that landscapes are "invisible?"

2. . What do landscapes represent for humans and how has this changed over time since the 1800's?

Due Monday, September 19th at 8:30 am. Be prepared to discuss these responses in class.

Drawing Practice

Take a few minutes to reflect on what you have learned so far about drawing the landscape. Have you made progress in certain areas? Which parts of the drawing process do you feel are most challenging for you and why?

Due Wednesday, September 7th at 9 am.

Why is Drawing the Landscape Different?

Answer the following prompts in 150 words or less by our next class meeting.

Why is drawing the landscape different from just walking through or photographing it? What insights does the author of "Drawing the Urban Landscape" give you about the unique properties of trying to draw the environment you find yourself in?