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Drawing 1 classes just finished The Disaster Project, which is where they are given a variety of challenges to add to their artwork, some of which make them destroy their work in some way. Students rose to the challenge and created interesting and dynamic works of art after being challenged to do things like: add an entire song of lyrics to your work, draw 15 vertical lines, cut your paper into strips-rearrange it-and then reattach your artwork to another paper, and drip watercolor onto 40% of your paper. These disasters remind students that sometimes something might go wrong with your art, so how can you turn the mistakes into purposeful additions?