created by Kyle23002 in Grade 8 at
Robert H. Adams Middle School
from school project "Dale Chihuly Unit: Sculpture & Chalk Drawing"
art id #132999948
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.
