Blossomwood Bronze Pour

 

 

Okay, so not REALLY a bronze pouring party... but a really easy and inexpensive way to recreate bronze sculpture! We started by looking at Giacometti's sculptures. We discussed how thin and elongated the figures were and how their hands and feet seem to "weigh them down" to the base of each sculpture.

 

 

 

 

Next, using aluminum wire, we build a figure, and created a pose for our figure. The large hands and feet are important to help secure the wire to the cardboard base and make our sculpture balance. The aluminum wire is so pliable, we really didn't need pliers or wire cutters at all. Simple classroom scissors worked fine.

 

 

 

Using masking tape and staples, we secured the base and made the hands, hips and feet bigger.

 

Our next step is to cover the figure in aluminum foil and paint using black india ink to give the illusion of a patina bronze.

 

Stay tuned for more photos of the finished product!





"Mrs. Cook..... Why do we never study WOMEN ARTISTS?!"

Good question, Miss Sarah! So here ya go....

Laurel Burch's cats are everywhere, jewelry, tshirts, tote bags, notecards... the works! We began by looking at some of her fantastic felines on her website. Since Laurel Burch was actually alive (unlike many artists we study) not too long ago, we have her official website to refer to....

See Laurel's website HERE

Since this was a multi-layered project, it wasn't easy... or fast, but the results are awesome!

 

First we drew the cat, and colored in with construction paper crayon.

 

 

Then filled the background with "fireworks" and metallic paper mimicking Laurels Burch's jewel tones and metal in her paintings and jewelry.

 

 

And then here comes the gold....."purr-fection."

 

 

 

 

Fancy, Schmancy.

 

 

Happy Friday Folks!

I have to unabashedly brag on the latest contribution to one of my schools... Thanks to a fundraiser night from Zoe's Kitchen, generous parents and extremely talented students, I was able to purchase and fill ten large frames with student art work. Voila! AN ART GALLERY!

 

The plan is to change out artwork every 6 weeks with the help of parent volunteers and the Student Council. Come by and visit. It even has free admission!

 

 

Who doesn't like a little bling?

Now THIS was a cool lesson.... using metallic gold wrapping paper, Fourth and Fifth Grade students created collages inspired by Gustav Klimt's gold-leafed paintings.

This lesson also learned listening skills, math (parallel lines, geometry, vertical vs. horizontal, and congruent vs. similar shapes) and of course, art history.

They're are ready to rock the Geometry portion of the ARMT+ test now.... Thanks Mr. Klimt!

Hanes, Grade 5



Lizzie, Grade 5 

Hippity Hoppity...

This week, Kindergarten and First Grade took a look at a five hundred year old piece of artwork by Albrecht Durer.

We "drew with our scissors" to create one of our own "Chocolate Bunnies!"

While the kids were concentrating on cutting and gluing, I snuck in LOTS of geometry... vertical and horizontal lines, symmetry, rectangles, circles, squares, octagons....

...isn't it awesome how you can teach ANY subject in art class and make it fun? I'm so sneaky...

ENJOY!