1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,339 Welcome back to What Do You Want to Be? I'm Mark, and I'm Joy. 2 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:08,060 And today we're talking to someone with one of the most colorful and creative jobs. 3 00:00:08,419 --> 00:00:11,099 Please welcome Teacher Kaka and Art Teacher. 4 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:13,259 Hi, Teacher Tasha. 5 00:00:14,019 --> 00:00:14,599 Hi, Joy. 6 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:18,260 Hi, Mark. It's so great to be joining you today. 7 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:23,820 Yeah, it's great to be here. We're actually in your art studio where Joy takes classes, 8 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:30,339 which is really exciting to be here talking to you about what you do all day. 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,440 Joy, you have some questions? 10 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:36,939 Uh-huh. Okay, so first question. 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,880 What do you love about being an art teacher? 12 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:48,960 Well, there are so many things I love about being an art teacher and also the other parts 13 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,119 which I do not like being an art teacher. 14 00:00:52,439 --> 00:00:59,600 So what I love being an art teacher is that I see different perspectives and creative ideas 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,479 of my students when they produce their art pieces. 16 00:01:04,219 --> 00:01:08,340 Well, it's as though I'm seeing the world through their eyes. 17 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:17,420 Is your job just about teaching kids how to draw on paint or is there more to it? 18 00:01:18,299 --> 00:01:21,700 There are so many other aspects to being an art teacher. 19 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:29,340 For example, we need to plan our lessons and also the variety of art materials that we use. 20 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:40,500 We also, at times, we do some craft and also we do some coloring competitions, 21 00:01:41,219 --> 00:01:47,159 setting up books and shopping malls or mini art exhibitions. 22 00:01:48,659 --> 00:01:56,780 We also, yearly, we meet up with parents to talk about child's progress and you tell your art pieces, 23 00:01:57,140 --> 00:02:03,700 which you really love to see what you've done over the years, and meetings, 24 00:02:04,859 --> 00:02:15,099 mostly training, new art techniques, and also sourcing out for new art materials. 25 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:22,419 We go to special new shops and look for new art materials for inspiration. 26 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:28,659 So that's why the erasers keep you preparing all over the place. 27 00:02:28,659 --> 00:02:34,159 Yes. We try to get the best erasers. 28 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:43,800 Do you have a favorite type of art to make? 29 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:49,840 Like, do you prefer clay or painting or do you have something else? 30 00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:55,819 My favorite medium, probably, is, is even called gouache. 31 00:02:56,699 --> 00:03:03,000 Okay, we just watched. It is actually a combination of watercolor and acrylic paint. 32 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:12,400 It is very opaque, easy to use, and sometimes I think you use it too without knowing that you're using it. 33 00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:19,479 I love to use watercolor as well and watercolor pencil, which you are also currently using. 34 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,099 Yeah, and I have some. 35 00:03:23,219 --> 00:03:35,099 What happens when a student thinks they made a mistake on their art? What do you tell them? 36 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:44,360 I would say that it's not a mistake. It's just that you came up differently from 37 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:53,400 what you can do in your mind. So what I would say is I would ask the student to describe you 38 00:03:54,120 --> 00:04:01,120 and then together we will work it out to what you or what the student is trying to do. 39 00:04:01,159 --> 00:04:02,479 So it's not a mistake. 40 00:04:04,420 --> 00:04:07,719 What's the hardest part about being an art teacher? 41 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:16,279 Honestly, the hardest part of being an art teacher is actually dealing with parents, 42 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:28,500 not the students, because of expectations. Each parent, because parents have a different 43 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:36,000 expectation from students. Students have their own expectations, parents have their own expectations. 44 00:04:36,899 --> 00:04:38,680 So you have to find the balance. 45 00:04:39,639 --> 00:04:43,560 I thought you were going to say, hey, I'm doing, hey, students. 46 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:49,879 You know, that's the least that I think parents are likely to think. 47 00:04:49,879 --> 00:05:01,660 Hmm. If a kid listening wants to be more creative, but doesn't know where to start, 48 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:06,399 what one easy project they can try out? 49 00:05:07,879 --> 00:05:15,300 I would suggest by starting to explore a medium that they enjoy. For example, 50 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:18,680 is it painting? You can start with painting by numbers. 51 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:27,860 If it's drawing, they can start by drawing. So drawing is the end. It can be monsters. 52 00:05:28,459 --> 00:05:36,399 It could be just lines, scribbles. Then you can proceed to drawing what is in front of you. 53 00:05:36,399 --> 00:05:44,000 For example, head, pencil, table, flower, small part of being something small. 54 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:48,180 Hmm. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just something that you need to know. 55 00:05:48,740 --> 00:05:49,339 Hmm. 56 00:06:01,439 --> 00:06:07,120 Okay. Well, it's time for our interactive segment. And since we have an art teacher here, 57 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:11,660 we have to do something creative. This is the scribble challenge. 58 00:06:13,099 --> 00:06:19,300 So teacher Tasha Joy is going to close her eyes. She's going to draw a random scribble 59 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:24,180 on a piece of paper. Then she's going to describe it to you and me. And our challenge 60 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:28,339 is to turn that scribble into a picture of something. Are you ready? 61 00:06:28,699 --> 00:06:30,660 And it's also my challenge too. 62 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,199 Yeah. Then we'll have Joy do it as well. All right. Joy is going to pick out 63 00:06:36,159 --> 00:06:47,540 a, is this a pastel from the box here? Yes. All right. So pick out an oil pastel and pick a color, Joy. 64 00:06:48,279 --> 00:07:01,019 An oil pastel is basically a crayon, but it blends. Yeah. And now we're supposed to, 65 00:07:01,019 --> 00:07:06,500 since our audience can't see it, we're also supposed to not see it either. So we're not 66 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:11,120 going to look at it and then you're going to describe it to us. Okay. Okay. So we'll give you 67 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,699 just a couple of seconds to just make a little scribble without us looking. Go ahead. I chose 68 00:07:15,699 --> 00:07:23,899 purple. Okay. All right. Now pick it up. Pick up your paper. Don't let us see it and describe 69 00:07:23,899 --> 00:07:40,379 it to us. It's a, like a swirl, a loop, and it kind of looks like it's 70 00:07:44,220 --> 00:07:52,079 coming from the distance. Okay. A swirl and a loop and it's coming from the distance. Okay. 71 00:07:52,079 --> 00:08:01,480 I am drawing what I think I'm getting from that. Okay. And now we're supposed to turn that into 72 00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:07,579 a picture of something. You can do it too. 73 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:19,160 Okay. How's your, how is it going? I'm almost done. How about you? 74 00:08:26,780 --> 00:08:36,379 Wow. Maybe I'll start and tell you what I made. You described it as a 75 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:44,879 swirl and a loop that's kind of coming from the distance. So I looked at it and I thought that 76 00:08:44,879 --> 00:08:50,639 kind of looks like a torso or the body of something that's maybe a giraffe, but then I turned it into 77 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:59,539 a sort of a feathery dinosaur that has a long giraffe-like neck. So that's what, that's what 78 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:06,600 I did there. Yeah. It looks like one of those, like, balloons. It does look like a balloon animal. 79 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:13,799 Yeah. It's like those cute balloons. Yeah. There's long balloons. Yeah. 80 00:09:14,419 --> 00:09:18,899 Yeah, that's true. It does look like one of those, doesn't it? All right. 81 00:09:19,379 --> 00:09:23,039 Joy, why don't you tell us about yours? Why don't you describe what you did? 82 00:09:24,299 --> 00:09:25,179 You're not done? 83 00:09:31,939 --> 00:09:36,240 All right. Why don't you, why don't you pause and tell us, and then if you want to do more 84 00:09:36,759 --> 00:09:39,080 after the recording, that would work. Okay. 85 00:09:41,259 --> 00:09:47,299 I drew a, like, a butterfly flapping around. 86 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:51,940 Oh, and I see that it sort of looks like that's the path the butterfly took, 87 00:09:51,940 --> 00:09:56,779 like, if you were drawing a cartoon of a butterfly moving, you might show, like, 88 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:02,000 where it came from and all the line in the air. Oh, very nice. Okay. 89 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:09,059 Okay, okay. Mine is like a tip on the series, I mean, something like imaginary. 90 00:10:10,340 --> 00:10:15,019 So it's like a combination of the fish and the snake in the way. 91 00:10:15,979 --> 00:10:23,460 So, yeah. So it's just an imagination. I just, I just feel like he doesn't really really feel like a snake. 92 00:10:26,079 --> 00:10:30,840 So it's like a fish, a fish is a snake. Okay. 93 00:10:31,919 --> 00:10:39,820 I think it's so interesting that we all, we started with Joy's and then we all came up 94 00:10:39,820 --> 00:10:50,940 with something completely different. Yeah. Hey, Dad. Yes? Can we post these doodles in our show notes? 95 00:10:51,340 --> 00:10:55,720 For sure. It'd be fun to show the audience our creativity. Now we can do that. Okay. 96 00:10:57,340 --> 00:11:04,919 Before we go, we have the two final questions we ask everyone. First, 97 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:16,139 what's your favorite part of your job? My favorite part of my job will be 98 00:11:17,399 --> 00:11:23,580 the students' eyes when they light up after the finish their eyes. 99 00:11:24,540 --> 00:11:34,799 Because I'm a little proud of what they're doing. That's my favorite part of my job. 100 00:11:38,780 --> 00:11:41,080 That's the second question? Yeah. 101 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:53,320 And last, what advice would you give to a kid who might want to be an art teacher? 102 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,360 When they grow up? 103 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,320 Kind of like in the book, the dot. 104 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,620 Did they talk about that in the dot? 105 00:12:24,799 --> 00:12:31,419 They say just make a dot and see where it takes you. That's good advice, too. 106 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:36,860 Maybe we'll put a link to that in our show notes as well. 107 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:47,799 Well, Teacher Tasha, thank you so much for inspiring us to be more creative. 108 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:56,620 This was so much fun. Thank you. I enjoyed it, too. Thank you so much for inviting me. 109 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:04,039 And a huge thank you to our listeners. Join us next time for another episode of What Do You Want?