Writing in the art room

Yes, this is art class, but I believe that Art enhances all other disciplines.  So I require my students to write about their art.  We have a weekly warm up, called the Art Start, where students are assigned a work each day Monday-Thursday, and they must draw a picture inspired by the word.  Now, the pictures are only 1/4 of a page, but they must use up that entire box and color or shade their drawings.  Here comes the writing component:  On Fridays, they must select one of their drawings and write four sentences about it.  I also ask them to write in cursive.  I gradually increase the number of sentences that must be in cursive and I provide them with a cursive chart as well.