"Cliffy Chihuly Artwork"
created by Clifford461 in Grade 7 at
Robert H. Adams Middle School
from school project "Dale Chihuly Unit: Sculpture & Chalk Drawing"
art id #132366409
Artist Statement (what Clifford461 said about their artwork)
In this piece of art I thought to use cool colors like blues and purples to give it a little bit of an ocean vibe and the waves flowing together. I took insparasion from his work when they are blue because I really liked how that looked.
About this School Project (Dale Chihuly Unit: Sculpture & Chalk Drawing)
Students review the color wheel and learn about the American glass artist Dale Chihuly. Within their selected Color Scheme (warm, cool, analagous, monochromatic, complementary, or analogous) artists draw with Sharpies to create 5 or 6 colorful spirals on recycled plastic- transparency film, laminator plastic (or if using clear plastic bottles- acrylic paint.) Students create individual suncatcher sculptures, group them into color schemes, and finally assemble them into an illuminated Chihuly-style chandelier. The second part of this unit, a chalk drawing develops strategies for creating the illusion of three dimensions on a dark ground, highlights and shadows, elipses and overlapping.
