10th Grade Art Ideas Frank Stella inspired low relief or freestanding sculptures Work of frank Stella student examples Materials -­‐Cardboard or Foamboard -­‐Paint -­‐Hot Glue -­‐Elmers Glue -­‐markers to add pattern and variety Continuous Line Wire Sculptures students learn about continuous line and create practice drawings of objects, drawing in one motion. draw a picture of what you want to make or print out an image and draw the basic shapes and connecting lines of the internal structure. These lines will mimic the lines you will use to create your wire sculpture -­‐Tissue paper can also be used to create a “skin” but internal structure can also be noticed drawing in space
Jen Stark Construction Paper relief sculpture-­‐ topographical maps Look at the work of Jen Stark and look at topographical maps. Choose a place that is interesting and look at the topographical map of that place. Research colors that are commonly found in the cultures of the place you are interested in. Create a sculpture that represents that place Materials: Construction Paper Cardboard cut into small pieces Elmers glue Louis Nevelson low relief sculptures-­‐ assemblage sculptures Look at the sculptures of Louise Nevelson-­‐ use found objects that they find interesting to create a monochromatic low relief sculpture. Talk about balance and variety This one is more with paper- could also be related to Richard Serra metal sculptures and do something
related to his “word list”
Claes Oldenburg inspired food sculptures-­‐ Talk about how the artist makes everything larger than life. Materials:
Cardboard and other materials to create an internal structure Brown craft or butcher paper. Tape Paper Mache Acrylic Paint Inflatable sculptures Students break into teams and design a creature, remembering that is cannot be too tall and it must have a
wide base. This will take a lot of trial and error. Students will learn how to make a pattern for their
sculpture
Students will look at the work of Joshua Allen Harris
Disscussion on how time would effect this piece, considered ephemeral art.
Tunnel books Talk about foreground, middleground, Background (perspective lesson) Talk about telling a story. Visual emotions sculpture Talk about how colors and shapes can evoke certain feelings. Created by cutting cardboard shapes and interlocking them Other ideas Collagraph printing Silhouette self portrait Distorted self portrait Quilling Tile printmaking Zines-­‐ stapleless book-­‐ talk about zines and comic books. Collections of images and stories. 8th Grade Keith Haring -­‐
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Keith Haring small cardboard sculpture Keith Haring pop up book or tunnel book, storytelling Keith haring social issue depiction