April 30

I do apologize for not writing the blog for the past couple of weeks. It has been very busy around our house between band and dance. So let's catch up on what we have been up to in the Art room with Art Club.

On April 30 we started a new project with wood, wire, and pantyhose. I know it's a weird collection of items but they turn out very interesting in the end. Here is the example that sparked this project:

  

We started by stapling a 10' piece of wire to a wooden square block, then each student twisted and bent the wire in any way that they wanted. When they were done bending the wire into the shape they liked we covered it in pantyhose. This is when the true shape starts to take shape. They then went back to the drawing board so to speak, re-shaping the wire into a shape they found.

 Some found amazing things. Here are a few things they found:

A Cobra

A Rose with petals

A Ghost

Here is my sample with just a base coat on it. At first it kind of looks like a bunny.:

And here is the finished product:

Turns out my sculpture looked more like a puppy dog.

Last week's sketchbook assignment was to create an original Super Hero Symbol. Here are the winners.

Ravenclaw's Winner

Hufflepuff's Winner:

Gryffindor's Winner

This week's sketchbook assignment was to take a name and mirror it on the page. Then find something other than a bug to make it look like. Here is a sample:

I will need to photograph the winners and post them next week. For some reason in all our excitement they photos didn't get taken.

Sketchbook homework for next week is to draw a shoe. I thought we would do something a little simple for once. You can draw any kind of shoe you would like. Design a shoe, a shoe that you love to wear, and expensive shoe you would like to own one day, any shoe you like.