Monday, January 13, 2014

Preparing for Winter Art Lessons


I'm trying a new project this year that I found on the dickblick website. It's a great way to teach students how to conceptualize the transformation of a 2D drawing into a 3D sculpture. The dickblick instructional video can be seen here: 3D sculpture



 The wire used is soft and very easy to manipulate, but cut ends should be wrapped w/duck tape for safely.


For the first example I used a very simple contour drawing.


Then I shape the wire in the form of the contour drawing adding shape and dimension.


Next, the sculpture is covered with tissue paper or other decorative papers.



This finished piece is simple and cute.


This example is a little more complex but the same process.






The final pieces may be displayed by hanging from a ceiling or be designed to sit on a table.


Here's Nikki and Erin working on their projects.


This turtle was made my Emily grade 7.


Rachel grade 6.


Whitney grade 6.


Maeve grade 7.

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