It was a fun, fun, FUN first week of school!
After going over the "Art Rules", the students were introduced to artist David Kracov, that's pronounced "Kray-Cough". We specifically looked at his 'Metal' work. It was great hearing all of their reactions to his work. After looking at David Kracov, we took a look at real butterflies by searching on Bing.com. We talked about symmetry and outline.
Each student was given only one cut out of a butterfly (Thank you, thank you volunteers for your cutting skills!). They used markers...and occasionally a pencil to decorate their butterfly. The two rules I asked them to follow while making the butterflies were to use symmetry and to put an outline around the edges of their butterfly. Some of them got it, some of them didn't quite make it. ;) We'll visit both concepts again when we aren't so rushed and when we can have more that one try.
To display the butterflies, I used two pieces of pipe insulation to make a heart, then I spray-painted it white.
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| The beginning... |
After filling the heart it was time to add some flying butterflies around the edges and down the hallway.
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| I almost had to take a break at this point... |
I didn't do a final count, but I think there are around 560 students, so about 560 butterflies!
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| The finished product. |
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| A close up of the finished installation. |
I really think the kids are going to enjoy this. Hopefully they will be able to spot their butterfly. We talked about how each element in David Kracov's work is it's own work of art. I hope they can see that this was a team effort that couldn't have been done without each one of them participating.
Next week we will work on some line projects... They should be a little simpler to display. ;)
Mrs. Bibb
