Our first glazed load came out of the kiln (clay oven) today - Art I's coil pots are looking wonderful! Art I students worked hard to put a modern spin on an ancient clay technique, coil building. Students incorporated coils, spheres, braids, and swirls into their pot designs as they built up the walls. They also learned about the history, properties, and handling of clay. Check out their work!
Art I did a great job with these sculptures based off of abstracted human forms! We looked at British sculptor Henry Moore's monumental stone and bronze sculptures, and talked about the idea of taking a realistic form and simplifying it down to its essence. Students sketched out their own abstracted human form, bent wire into their shape, and secured it to a wooden base. We then covered them with nylon and they painted the surface to show the rhythm and movement of the figures. Enjoy their work!
Art I students learned about impressionist painters and they way that they used light, shape, and color with textured brush strokes to create the feeling or impression of a moment or place. We looked at examples by artists like Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh, and then students created their own impressionist paintings using acrylic paint. They did a great job!
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