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| Step 1 and 2: Creating a cone from a hunk of clay. Then carving out center so that it is not too thick and won't explode in the kiln. |
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| Step 3: Smoothing the hollowed cone shaped form out on the outside. |
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| Step 4: Creating your own animal by attaching on head, limbs, tail, ears etc. to your original hollowed cone shape. |
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| Step 5: Once everything is attached, smoothed, secure and hollow, time for underglaze. |
All of the pieces created in Zoolicious! clay exploration, were unique to each of the individual artists. Campers used their creative problem solving skills to: shape a cone, hollow out the form, design a head from a pinch pot, and decide on dimensions and shapes of legs, feet, tails, eyes and ears. There was a lot of team work involved when brainstorming the best solutions to each step.
Acrylic painting on canvas. First designing and sketching were important before campers moved onto painting. Once their sketch was what their mind saw, we began the process of painting with layers, proper brush size, color mixing (we mix all of our colors from the primary colors, black and white), and how to use a brush appropriate and effectively.
Finger puppet free choice time. Sewing, ceramics, painting and mosaics are all a part of free choice time. This always happens after our warm up project of the day.
Many steps were taken before this Eric Carlisle inspired mixed media piece come to be.
In the first step, artists are beginning to create freely, while learning about visual texture, coloring mixing a pallet of monochromatic colors, hues and values using blacks and whites.
Beginning step 2 with a pencil that is then traced with a sharpie builds the eye hand coordination that is essential to drawing, painting, sculpting and all sports! Other things talked about were; what is an environment, what is a horizon line, perspective and scale.
Always so colorful, whimsical and fun!
