I love a good slab and tile lesson, and this clay facial feature slab lesson builds (or introduces!) so many hand-building skills. I currently teach this to my Sculpture II students, but it can totally be taught to students who have zero to very limited clay experience. It takes up very little space (and clay!) which is helpful if you have giant classes or limited … Continue reading Clay Facial Feature Slab Lesson
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This wire portrait sculpture lesson is easy, inexpensive and creates quirky and impressive results! I like to use it as an intro to a more in-depth figure sculpture lesson or as an additional artwork during a contour drawing lesson. This short video will give you a synopsis of the technique used to create wire portraits in the classroom. Full length Wire Portrait Sculpture Tutorial for … Continue reading Wire Portrait Sculpture
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December Madness If you are like me, December is a wonderful and chaotic time of year in the art room. We are wrapping up artworks and getting ready to end the semester course or just reaching the halfway point of year round classes. There is a festive spirit, but also a little stress as everyone tries to wrap up grading while keeping students interested in … Continue reading Holiday Artwork Choice Board
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This soap carving art lesson will show you how to sculpt an abstract design using Ivory soap. We focused on organic abstraction, negative space and how to create a sculpture that is in the round. I use this lesson with my mixed 9th-12th 3D Design course. There are quite a variety of student abilities in mixed together, so we practiced carving soap before we moved … Continue reading Soap Carving Art Lesson
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I am hoping this school year will be one for trying out brand new ideas or bringing back old favorites. Nothings stretches your imagination like teaching during a global pandemic, right? I always want my students to have opportunities to create sculpture. In 2020, a social distanced art room is very different than the hustle and bustle of a clay clean-up from the past. How … Continue reading Clay Figure Sculpture
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