Miss Wadsworth's Art Gallery

Description: This Thanksgiving inspired project was based on 2D and 3D shapes. Prior to starting the project we watched a few videos that showed the difference between 2D and 3D objects. We also discussed several historical examples of 3D sculptures. We made our feathers out of paper to give them a hard look because they are normally soft and we wanted to challenge the view and perception of everyday objects. Before we began creating the turkey, we took time to write what we were most thankful for and why. We also drew a picture to represent what we were most thankful for. Mine was a cross to symbolize that I am thankful for my faith and the way it gets me through life. To create the turkey we started off by outlining the body on our background paper. Next, we cut out long yellow strips and folded and glued them down around the body outline to be the background feathers. Then, we repeated the process using smaller sizes and amounts for the orange and red feathers. On two of the four re...

  Description:  We created this project using an outline of a face, at least two color mediums, glue, and scissors. The face started out as four connected quarters. We filled it in by drawing an eye from a side profile and an eye from a front profile. The different perspectives are a key aspect of Cubism. Another key aspect of Cubism is the use of geometric and organic shapes. The quarters of the face are cut apart using at least two geometric shapes and at least two organic shapes. We also drew in an elongated, oval mouth, eyebrows, and hair. The face is colored with marker, colored pencil, and oil pastels. The top right and bottom left quarters of the face were not originally my work as we traded face pieces with our table partners. On the backside of the sheet we noted two facts about Pablo Picasso and one difference in our work from our table partner's work. The facts I recalled from the lesson about Picasso were: 1) His father taught him how to paint when he was seven yea...

Description: This paper weaving project required three different colored sheets of construction paper, glue, scissors, a ruler, and a writing utensil. I chose the purple colored paper because it represents healing and protection which are two things I value. The green paper symbolizes plants, farming, and growth, which appealed to me because I grew up on a farm. Lastly, I included the gold paper because it represents high quality and I wanted my art piece to be just that. We used "under, over" and "over, under" processes to weave the two different colors into the main one. As students created the weaving project, the teacher discussed the history of weaving in nature and human cultures.  Extension: A good extension for this project that I found would be to have students weave a paper shape rather than one big square. For example, they could weave sea animals and add details such as gluing on google eyes. They could choose a color of construction paper and cut out th...

  Description: This is a clay wall hanging. It was made from air-dry clay using the slab method. Before creating the slab I wedged my clay so if it was not air dry it wouldn't have blown up in the kiln. After the clay was wedged, I rolled it out both directions to make a slab. Once I had my slab, I cut the rectangle shape out using a paper template. Before doing anything, I added two holes to the top for a string to hang the art. The heart was included using the additive or slip and score method. In order to get the heart shape I slabbed excess clay and cut the heart out. Next, I outlined the heart on the rectangle so I knew where it would go. Then, I roughed up or scored the back of the heart and the area on the rectangle. After scoring, I added water to the rough areas and pressed the heart down in the outline. Pressing the heart down lightly allows air to escape and serves as a gluing process. Adding a little more water to the outside edges helped me make sure everything was smo...