ART 8 students are turning to perhaps their favorite subject- food- as inspiration for our final large project of the year! Students were introduced to the large scale object and food sculpture of American sculptor Claes Oldenburg using the Prezi below. The Prezi is limited to allow for class discussion to go wherever it may. Students are allowed to create any scale sculpture they wish as long as they follow the "not-so-perfect" or "gross" representation of their food choice a la Oldenburg. Tacos, suckers, watermelon, Starbucks, cookies, Reese's cups, pretzels, cakes, cupcakes , corn on the cob and pie are only a few of the choices that ART 8 is creating! Scales range from slightly larger than real life to a sucker with a 2 foot diameter and a 6 foot long stick. Before going crazy with toilet paper, the students had to create cardboard supports and forms. We all now feel like experts on cardboard construction :)
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ART 8 students spent a few days creating some pieces of art using masking tape to block off what would become the negative, empty space. Each group was allowed to create whatever they wanted and paint however they wanted for their group piece. Upon completion, students were given a letter, roll of tape and varying pieces of paper. Students had to tape off the letter they were given and then paint it abstractly in whatever style they liked. These letters will then be placed together to form art words, such as, create and inspire. These colorful pieces will brighten up and let the creativity flow in our tiny hallway :)
Our first day of forced perspective was spent reviewing one and two point perspective and introducing the concept of forced perspective. Then it was time to unleash the kiddos to brainstorm, plan and get inspired. There were so many cool images to view that even though their galleries only require 6 final, edited images, the photo shoot lists were into the 20s! The next few days were spent indoors and out shooting images. There were some weird looks from passersby and fellow students as we pretended to "fall" from a wall and cracks in the sidewalk and pretended to be thrown and squished by large rocks, objects and feet...the things you do for great art :) The following day was spent choosing final images to turn in. editing and putting effects like Color Splurge into the images. Check back next week to see all images in our ART 8 Gallery
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