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Re: Help-I need project isdeas re:Art Masters curriculum

From: Karlawald
Date: Fri Jan 07 2000 - 19:17:13 PST

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    Dear KimmyJo,
    Maybe you could adapt a project I have done with my high schoolers. We tried
    to play up the idea of showing a 3-D object from different points of view.

    After choosing the subject (we used a cool dinosaur toy once, and a tree we
    drew outside another time) and the students got comfortable and drew it. Some
    were behind it, some drew close-ups, some included almost the whole object,
    some looked down on it, others looked up. (Well, no one looked down on the
    tree, but if it weren't for the threat of a lawsuit, I'd have let a couple
    get up IN the tree!)

    After these were painted, a team of 4 or 5 student volunteers got down on the
    floor and put it together, making a balanced work of art from the individual
    pieces. They decided what pieces would look best toward the center, what to
    overlap, etc. It was fun just listening to them confer over how to put it
    together. When finished, it was taped together discreetly and tacked to the
    wall outside my room. I would like to have laminated the pieces first. It
    turned out well, and the students enjoyed it. I think they really learned
    about cubism.

    I tried another version once with cutting up a piece of large paper into
    fragments, similar to the way cubists segment the paper. (First, number the
    pieces and make a little map labeled with the numbers or you'll never get it
    back together! You can later use the map to create a diagram of who did what
    to use as a label- have students sign their name on the appropriate shape.)
    They each drew from their own viewpoint, letting the object run off the sides
    of the paper shape. They painted the background in the same color, chosen
    beforehand, but blended it from light to dark. The idea was that it would
    have the fragmentation that cubism has, as well as the different points of
    view.

    This one didn't pan out for me because I had some kids drop and it was close
    to the end of the semester. I recommend doing it early enough that someone
    can do an extra one if someone doesn't follow through.

    Karla 

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