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Year of the Rat, Chinese Zodiac<br />
Jiaxing Lin<br />
Grade: 5<br />
School: PS 370 at PS/IS 237, Brooklyn<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Lisa Pines<br />
Ink on paper<br />
STUDENT: I like to draw animals<br />
especially tigers, jaguars, foxes and<br />
the rat. My family is from China which<br />
is very far away. The Rat is a Chinese<br />
Zodiac symbol. I like art and I draw<br />
at school and at home. I am good at<br />
drawing and I especially like to draw<br />
with the brush pen. I enjoy hanging<br />
up my artwork for people to see.<br />
TEACHER: Jiaxing is an enthusiastic<br />
member of our weekly art group of<br />
students who have a strong interest<br />
in drawing. Our focus has been<br />
to deepen imaginative capacities<br />
and expressive skills, based on<br />
the Blueprint for Teaching and<br />
Learning in Visual <strong>Art</strong>s.<br />
This lesson from our unit on drawing<br />
focused on the use of contour lines<br />
to define a figure or object. Jiaxing<br />
connected his drawings of animal life<br />
to his cultural experience celebrating<br />
Chinese New Year with his family.<br />
He has developed remarkable<br />
ability. Using the traditional Chinese<br />
medium, ink and brush, and with a<br />
few beautifully fluid ink lines he drew<br />
a rat with accuracy, perspective and<br />
personality. Jiaxing’s ability to draw<br />
astounds me.<br />
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