This lesson is for elementary or middle school. It teaches artist Alexander Calder, line, shape, form, color, space, balance, movement, unity, pattern
Materials: -Colored cardstock -Pencil -Circle stickers -Scissors Teaching and Work Time: 1. Show students artworks by artist Alexander Calder and explain what a sculpture is. Then discuss what they notice about his sculptures: (what colors do you see? How does he use space in his sculptures? What about movement? etc.) Discuss the lines, form, balance, and unity. Watch a quick video showing more of his artwork. Alexander Calder's Happy Art - YouTube. Show students example of the sculpture they will be making. 2. Students in the classroom will have a piece of colored cardstock and some colored circle stickers. They will fold their cardstock and then draw lines on it to mark where they plan to cut. These will serve as a guide for cutting and will also help them plan their design. They may then apply their stickers to create a pattern. Once they are finished designing it, they will cut on their marked lines and then open it up and fold the pieces either front or back in an alternating fashion (this will help the sculpture to balance). Students on Zoom will be creating the same project, however, because they do not have the colored cardstock or stickers at home, they will follow along with a demo showing how to create the sculpture using a sheet of paper from home and coloring it in. The paper from home may not be as sturdy, so they may try folding the bottom of the pieces that stuck out so that the bottom is flat, this can then be glued down to another sheet of paper to help hold the sculpture sturdy.
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