Teacher's Guide — Session 8 🟢

“Create with AI: your creative studio”

Program : Applied AI — Beginner Level (from 12 years old, general public) Instructor: Yann Isola Recommended duration: 2 hours (adaptable 1h30 – 2h30) Prerequisites: Sessions 1 to 7 (concepts: AI, learning, prompting, generative AI, ethics, application sectors)

1. Educational objectives

At the end of the session, each participant should be able to:

Explain the difference between to use a generative AI (S5) and create with an AI: direction, iteration, choice.
Apply the 4-step method of the creative studio: Idea → Prompt → Critique → Iteration (I-P-C-I loop).
Write a complete creative prompt with the 5 ingredients: subject, style, atmosphere, details, constraints.
Discuss of the question “who is the author of a work created with AI?” » citing at least 2 arguments on each side. ⚠
State the 3 rules of creative honesty: say when you have used AI, do not copy the style of a living artist without quoting him, check before publishing.
Realize as a team a creative mini-project (the “client order”) by applying the I-P-C-I loop.

⚠ Volatile content : copyright on works generated by AI is evolving (court decisions, national laws, conditions of use of tools). Check legal news before each session (15 min standby). Passages marked ⚠ should be re-checked as a priority.

2. Overview and common thread

Common theme of the session: “In session 5, you discovered that AI can draw, compose, write. Today, we are changing roles: you are no longer spectators, you become artistic directors. AI is your studio — but YOU are the artist. »

This is the “workshop” session of the program: 60% practice. It recycles and deepens three acquired knowledge:

THE prompting of S4 (we go from the utility prompt to the creative prompt),
THE generative tools from S5 (we move from discovery to method),
L'ethics of S6 (we apply it to a concrete case: copyright).

The highlight is the final studio project : each team receives a fictitious “customer order” and must carry it out by applying the I-P-C-I loop, then present its result AND its process.

Teaching posture: you are the “producer” of the studio: you give the orders, you time, you push to iterate (“that’s good… but can we do better?”). Value it process as much as the result: a team which iterated 4 times with an average result worked better than a team which stopped at the first successful attempt by luck.

Timed course (based on 2 hours)

Time	Sequence	Format
0:00 – 0:08	Tagline: “Who made this image? »	Discussion
0:08 – 0:20	Use vs. create: the role of the artistic director	Interactive presentation
0:20 – 0:35	The I-P-C-I loop: live demonstration ⚠	Commented demo
0:35 – 0:50	The creative prompt: the 5 ingredients	Presentation + exercise 1
0:50 – 1:00	☕ Break	—
1:00 – 1:15	Who is the author? Copyright and AI ⚠	Mini-framed debate
1:15 – 1:25	The 3 rules of creative honesty	Presentation + practical cases
1:25 – 1:50	🎬 Studio project: “the customer’s order”	Workshop (exercise 3)
1:50 – 2:00	Lightning presentations + summary + teaser quiz	Restitution

Adaptation 1h30: reduce the demo to 10 min, merge debate and rules of honesty (15 min), studio project to 18 min with 1 sentence presentations. Adaptation 2h30: add the complete exercise 2 (the respectful remix) after the break, and extend the final presentations (2 min per team with questions).

3. Material

Essential

A4 sheets + colored markers (at least 4 colors per table).
Printed “customer order” sheets (models in Appendix A of this guide).
Whiteboard or flipchart to draw the I-P-C-I loop.
The slideshow of the session (slides/slides.md ) projected, or printed as a backup.

A connected station for the live demo (an image OR text generation tool). ⚠ Test the tool the day before : accounts, quotas, content filters.
The session web page (webpage/index.html ) open on workstations or freely accessible (works offline, no account required).
A visible timer to pace the workshop.

100% screenless version

The entire session works without a machine: the I-P-C-I demo is done with you as human AI (see §5, box “demo without screen”), and the exercises all have a paper version.

4. Sequence 1 — Hook: “Who made this image? » (0:00 – 0:08)

Project (or describe) an AI-generated image based on a highly crafted prompt — for example: “a lighthouse atop a flying whale, 1930s travel poster style, golden evening light”.

Ask the question: “Who made this image? » Let the answers come: “AI”, “computer”, “person”…

Then reveal the prompt and ask: " And now ? The idea of the whale, the lighthouse, the 1930s style — where did it come from? » Answer: from a human. The AI executed; humans imagined, chose, directed.

💡 Key message of the hook: an AI without human ideas produces nothing interesting. Creativity is choice — and choice remains human.

⚠ Be careful not to decide too quickly: some participants will defend “AI is the artist”. Don’t close the debate — say “we’ll come back to it after the break, keep your arguments!” ". This feeds into the 1:00 mini-debate.

5. Sequence 2 — Use vs create + the I-P-C-I loop (0:08 – 0:35)

5.1 Use vs create (0:08 – 0:20)

Central analogy: the movie director . He doesn’t act, doesn’t film, doesn’t compose the music — and yet it’s HIS film. For what ? Because he decided : the scenario, the framing, the takes we keep, those we reshoot.

With generative AI, it’s the same:

Passive user	Artistic Director
Type a vague request	Describes a precise vision
Take the first result	Compare, criticize, redo
Can't say why it's good/failed	Knows what he wants to change
Stop there	Iterates to HIS vision

Question to the room: “When you ask an AI for an image and you take the first one, who created what? » — expected: the AI chose everything (composition, colors, etc.), the human only made a trigger.

5.2 The I-P-C-I loop (0:20 – 0:35) ⚠

Draw the loop on the board and bring it to life live:

Idea — what do I want? (vision, emotion, use)
Prompt — I describe it precisely (the 5 ingredients, see sequence 3)
Critical — I look at the result: what works? what is missing?
Iteration — I modify the prompt (or I change my mind) and I start again.

Live demo (if screen): start with a deliberately poor prompt (“draw a dragon”), show the generic result, then iterate 3 times, commenting on each criticism out loud. The goal: to show that the 4th result is yours , not that of the machine. ⚠ Generate your fallback examples the day before in case the tool is down or filtering the request.

🎭 Demo without screen: play the AI yourself! The participants give you a prompt, you draw on the board in 30 seconds, deliberately literal and clumsy (like an AI that takes everything literally). They criticize, reformulate, you redesign. Laughter guaranteed and the I-P-C-I loop is understood forever.

Point of attention ⚠: some participants will conclude “so we need very long prompts”. Correct: a good prompt is accurate , not necessarily long. Too many contradictory constraints = confusing result.

6. Sequence 3 — The creative prompt: the 5 ingredients (0:35 – 0:50)

Express recall of S4 (utility prompting: role, context, task, format). Today we add the dimension artistic . The 5 ingredients of the creative prompt:

Subject - What ? (“a fox astronaut”)
Style - like what ? (“watercolor”, “pixel art”, “film photo”)
Atmosphere — what emotion? (“melancholy”, “joyful”, “disturbing”)
Details — what precisely? (“cracked helmet, flag stuck in a cheese”)
Constraints — what to avoid/impose? (“no text in the image”, “poster format”)

Complete example to build WITH the room, ingredient by ingredient, on the board.

Start exercise 1 (“The prompt in 5 ingredients”, cf. exercises/exercises.md ): 12 min, in pairs, 100% paper. Corrected: a good exercise prompt contains the 5 identifiable ingredients and without contradiction. Have 2-3 prompts read out loud and have the rest of the room identify the ingredients.

Standard answer key (exercise 1) : “A library under the ocean (subject), stained glass style (style), calm and mysterious atmosphere (ambience), with fish reading luminous books (details), without any visible humans (constraint). »

7. Sequence 4 — Who is the author? (1:00 – 1:15) ⚠

After the break, structured mini-debate (“two camps + judges” format) on: “An AI-generated image: who owns it? »

Give the factual elements BEFORE the debate (3 min):

In many countries, a work must come from a human to be protected by copyright. An image generated “alone” by an AI is often not protected for anyone. ⚠ (state of the law to be re-checked regularly: current case law in several countries)
The more humans have directed the work (detailed prompts, iterations, retouches), the more it can claim a creative contribution.
The AIs learned on millions of existing works , often without the agreement of the artists → this is the source of the anger of many creators, and of ongoing lawsuits. ⚠
The conditions of use of the tools vary: some authorize the commercial use of the images generated, others not. ⚠

Arguments expected on the “human is the author” side: the idea, the direction, the iteration, the final choice. On the “it’s not that simple” side: the AI made the concrete visual choices; it was nourished by the work of other artists; without them, nothing would exist.

Point of attention ⚠: do NOT give definitive legal advice (“you have the right to…”). Stay on: “the law evolves, in case of doubt for public or commercial use, we inquire”. This is the honest and only sustainable posture.

8. Sequence 5 — The 3 rules of creative honesty (1:15 – 1:25)

To write on the board and have it copied (this is THE summary to remember):

I say it. When I publish or submit work done with AI, I mention it. (Direct link with S6: transparency.)
I respect artists. I don’t ask “in [living artist] style” to make it seem new, and I don’t pass off someone’s style as my own.
I check before posting. Exact content? Not hurtful? No recognizable real person without agreement? (Link with S5 deepfakes.)

Quick practical cases (answer “ok / not ok / it depends”):

Illustrate your school presentation with an AI image saying it → ok.
Win a drawing competition with an AI image without saying it → not ok (cheating).
Generate “in the style of Van Gogh” → it depends: artist long dead, work in the public domain — acceptable, but it is mentioned.
Generate “in the style of [living illustrator]” and sell the result → not ok.

Expected correction: the important thing is the reasoning (transparency, respect, verification), not the binary response.

9. Sequence 6 — Studio project: “the client’s order” (1:25 – 1:50)

This is exercise 3 of the file exercises/exercises.md . Teams of 3-4. Each team draws a order sheet (appendix A): a fictitious client, a creative need, two constraints.

Unfolded on the instructor side:

2 min: drawing orders + reading.
5 min: phase Idea (brainstorm, intention sketch).
6 min: phase Prompt (editing with the 5 ingredients).
5 min: phase Critical — each team passes its prompt to the neighboring team, who “plays the AI” by drawing/describing the literal result, then returns it with 2 critiques.
5 min: phase Iteration (prompt v2 improved).
2 min: preparation of the restitution.

With screens: replace the “neighboring team plays the AI” phase with real generation, but keep the exchange of critiques between teams.

Success criteria (corrected): ① the 5 ingredients present in the v2 prompt; ② at least 2 clear differences between v1 and v2, justified by the criticisms received; ③ the customer's order respected (need + 2 constraints); ④ intended honesty (“created with the help of an AI”).

Point of attention ⚠: teams will want to “win” by mocking the drawing of the neighboring team. Remember the studio rule: we criticize the prompt and the result, never the people.

10. Sequence 7 — Restitution and synthesis (1:50 – 2:00)

Each team: 1 minute — the command, the v1 prompt, what the review changed, the v2 prompt. Systematic applause.

Summary on the board (complete by the room):

Generative AI is a studio , not an artist: she executes, the human directs.
The method: Idea → Prompt → Critique → Iteration , in a loop.
A creative prompt = 5 ingredients : subject, style, atmosphere, details, constraints.
Copyright of AI works is under construction ⚠ ; When in doubt, ask for information.
THE 3 rules of honesty : I say it, I respect the artists, I check before publishing.

Quiz teaser (2 oral questions, cf. quiz/quiz.md ) and announcement of session 9.

11. Appendix A — “Customer order” sheets (to print and cut out)

The “Au Pain Levant” bakery wants a poster for his new giant croissant. Constraints: warm atmosphere in the morning; no text in the image.
The town hall wants a mascot for waste sorting week. Constraints: non-human mascot; colors of nature.
A middle school music group wants a cover for his first title “Orage d’été”. Constraints: electrical atmosphere; without a recognizable face.
The municipal library wants a picture for his fantasy book club. Constraints: illustrated story style; an animal should appear.
The astronomy club wants a logo for its night of stars. Constraints: readable in small format; maximum 3 colors.
An animal shelter wants a thank you card for its donors. Constraints: mild emotion; no text.

12. Appendix B — Instructor FAQ

“Will AI replace artists? » — Connect to the golden rule of S7: AI assists, it does not replace. Creative professions are evolving (artistic directors use these tools), but intention, taste and choice remain human. Be honest: certain markets (quick illustration, image bank) are really disrupted. ⚠

“Is it cheating to use AI for homework?” » — It depends on the rules set by the teacher: if it’s forbidden, yes; if it is allowed and mentioned, no. Refer to rule 1 (I say it).

“Can we sell AI images? » — “It depends on the tool and the country, and it changes quickly. Before any commercial use: read the conditions of the tool and obtain information. » ⚠ Do not improvise a legal response.

“Why does AI miss hands/text in images? » — It reproduces learned statistical patterns (S2, S5): details with high variability (fingers, letters) are the hardest to model. It is also a good detection index (deepfakes link, S5). ⚠ Models improve quickly: re-check if the example still holds.

End of guide — Session 8 🟢 · Applied AI · Yann Isola. Next step: Session 9.