The Painted Cloud

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To quote the young artist at the end of this video: “OOOOHHHH YEEAAAAA-OOOOWWWWWHHH”
This is what formative assessment sounds like in a TPC session.

The process makes the concept real.
At PS319, the CCC is “Our openness to variety is part of what brings harmony.” The printmaking does the work. Every pull lands different — the ink moves differently for every hand, every amount of pressure, every moment of release. The young artist doesn’t control the outcome completely. They make their choices and then they find out what those choices made. Which means the reveal is always a genuine surprise.

That surprise — the exclamation, the lean-in, the look on their face before they’ve had time to decide how to react — that’s the assessment. That’s the moment you know the session worked. The act of printing is how they learn what variety means. They’re holding the evidence in their hands.
The next step is putting all the prints together. That’s when “harmony” becomes visible.

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮.

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PSA: it is recommended to listen to every exclamation these young artists make when they see their prints!

edit: a lot of you have asked what the last young artist says. It’s “OOOOHHHH YEEAAAAA-OOOOWWWWWHHH”
This is what formative assessment sounds like in a TPC session. The process makes the concept real.

At PS319, the CCC is “Our openness to variety is part of what brings harmony.” The printmaking does the work. Every pull lands different — the ink moves differently for every hand, every amount of pressure, every moment of release. The young artist doesn’t control the outcome completely. They make their choices and then they find out what those choices made. Which means the reveal is always a genuine surprise.

That surprise — the exclamation, the lean-in, the look on their face before they’ve had time to decide how to react — that’s the assessment. That’s the moment you know the session worked. The act of printing is how they learn what variety means. They’re holding the evidence in their hands.
The next step is putting all the prints together. That’s when “harmony” becomes visible.

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮.