The Color Wheel Blues

You have until Monday, to turn in your outline for the sculpting project.  Please include the following:

- What are you going to create?  (Mask, Human, China, Other)

- What are you trying to express or accomplish with the project?

- What techniques and tools would you like to use or learn more about?

I just got the word that Promethean has released a free trial version of their new software “Inspire” and are holding a blog competition for those who want to report on the program.  The top prize is a complete ACTIVclassroom setup.  One word:  ”Mine”.  Jokes, but I will be downloading Inspire soon, and try to see what new applications I can find for the software in my art class.

If you are a fellow interactive whiteboard teacher, please check here for more information.

At the beginning of the semester I gave you the choice of starting off with the sculpting project or the woodblock carving project.  Can you guess which one won out?

Sculpting always turns out to be the most fun and most anticipated project.  You have a free range of ideas and executions as long as they are appropriate.  Most students tend to lean towards making human-like figures or some sort of dish (plates, cups, bowls).  I would love to see some of you break the mold (I got a million of them) and try for something different.

Over the next week or so I will go over the history of clay work and some of the techniques that can be used when sculpting with clay.