Over the summer, I found inspiration from a fabulous blog: HandMakery. She posted some amazing student work inspired by the artist, Kimmy Cantrell which I knew I wanted to incorporate into my lesson planning.
Seventh grade students began the year with a study about the self-taught artist, Kimmy Cantrell. Cantrell is know for his asymmetric sculpture which focused on faces. Students read about Cantrell in his printable bio followed by observing various artworks like the one below.
The next step, was to think about our use of color. Students were asked to enhance their mask by adding expressive colors.
Finally, the cardboard stage! Students then transferred their design to cardboard. I love how the corrugated textures enhance the look of these masks!
Bravo to work well done!!
Thanks for sharing the whole process - always as important if not more so than the finished product. Your student's finished masks do look great. I'm going to try the idea in summer school - if it happens this year!
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