Art Exploration -- Foil Sculptures

I recently checked out of the library a book titled, The Usborne Art Treasury. The kids and I are having fun reading about all different kinds of art forms. The book is presented beautifully with information about the artist, an example of their work and then a project to try using simple materials to make your own interpretation of that type of art.



The first one we decided to work with was Alberto Giacometti born in Switzerland in 1901. He produced stick figures which became famous. People admired them for the way they seemed to capture the pain and uncertainty of modern life.


He made his sculptures of bronze, but we used pipe cleaners and aluminum foil for our sculptures.
Wynston decided to try to make a tall man like one of the examples in the book. His other figure is above and started out to be a giraffe, but we ended up deciding that it looks more like a dinosaur. He might be adding a tail onto his creature soon.



Savannah made this cute dog sculpture.

Fall Colors -- Leaf/Outdoor Art

Avery came in the house the other day from a pacing break when doing school work and brought me a green leaf.

He wanted to draw some leaves and I told him that we should try a fossil art type trick with them.

We then made another trip outside with Wynston tagging along and brought in a few twigs, different types of leaves, and blades of grass. The boys chose the colors they wanted on their pages. I think they did a good job and had fun exploring shapes. We finished Avery's page up by taking a plaque off the wall and using the "LOVE" in it to add to his creation.

Avery Illustration

After finishing reading his first Chapter Book from Hooked on Phonics, Avery Zefram asked for a drawing pad to create this illustration from the characters in the story. He looked at the cover of the book when drawing the main character, Detective Dog. I think he did a really good job for a 9 year old!