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Week 5
November 13, 2014
Field Notes:
This week we had our group at the Boys and Girls Club free-draw in their sketchbooks. They were pretty excited for this just because of the sketchbooks with their own names on them. Most of them jumped right in and started drawing without a question. Some of them were doing homework, so that was a little distracting, but they needed to finish so we didn’t stop them. We ended up having an incredibly small group because all the girls were pulled out for cheerleading practice. I asked what they were cheering for and one told me they had a flag football team at the Boys and Girls Club. This was interesting because I would not have thought they would have organized sports. These girls happen to be the loudest, so when they left, we were left with a very quiet bunch. We were definitely not used to this, but it was helpful so that we could individually talk to each student.
Before the girls left, they all started drawing hearts immediately. This is their go-to with every activity we’ve done with them so far. Surprisingly, the girls were the quietest we’ve ever seen them this week. Some of them were drawing detailed landscapes with oceans, sand, and birds in the sky. We saw lots of rainbows, too.
One of the girls, Enia, got a new hair-do, so that’s all the girls were talking about. When I heard them talking about her hair, I expected them to say things like it was pretty or they liked it. I listened more closely, and they were all talking about how her new hair reaches all the way down to her butt crack. They howled laughing about this and would not stop saying, “butt crack.”
I also heard the girls talking about their Mickey Mouse drawings from the first week we were there with them. It was cute until they started fighting about who was the first to use the cups to trace for Mickey’s head and ears. I had to cut this debate short because it got a little heated. One of the girls rolled her eyes and Taylor said, “Watch your eyes, they’ll get stuck in the back of your head!” The girls are constantly fighting and calling each other mean and bad names.
We had one 10-year old boy named Gage who just scribbled on his page and gave his scribble drawings different titles. I would have normally thought he was just doing it to get it done and go away, but he took almost the whole time to sit there and draw these elaborate scribble drawings. I’ve never seen him draw anything else, but he could be able to and just doesn’t want to.
Reflections:
Gender Stereotypes:
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Girls drew hearts
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Boys scribbled violently
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Girls drew rainbows and landscapes
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One boy, Oliver, drew a big ship and a colorful fish (Rainbow Fish)
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All the boys drew the “S” where you draw lines and connect them
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A couple boys drew 3-D cubes
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Girl drew a Christmas tree
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Two girls drew portraits of Tre and one drew a portrait of me
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A boy filled up his entire book with Pokémon characters
Peer Influence:
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All the boys drew that “S” picture and copied the first to do it
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A couple of them copied one boy who traced his hand to draw a turkey
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All the girls drew hearts when they looked at each other’s papers
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When the one girl was drawing a portrait, another wanted to as well
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When the boys were making fun of Gage, he stopped drawing and walked away
Pop Culture:
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The boy drew Pokémon characters
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The “S” is a recognizable drawing in their culture
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The girls drew rainbows and talked about Lucky Charms
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Oliver drew Rainbow Fish
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Sania drew a Christmas tree
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One boy drew SpongeBob
Inventive Characteristics:
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The boys traced their hands for the turkeys
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A girl traced her scissors a bunch of times all over her paper to create a drawing
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Saveone danced while he drew and came up with some interesting drawings
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The boy who drew Pokémon characters made his sketchbook into a book and was “reading” it
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Some of them wrote stories in their sketchbooks to go along with their drawings