"Vibrant colored vases"
created by Olivia57731 in Grade 8 at
Robert H. Adams Middle School
from school project "Dale Chihuly Unit: Sculpture & Chalk Drawing"
art id #134203837
Artist Statement (what Olivia57731 said about their artwork)
My artwork is a section from the colored vases on the table. The three vases I drew are yellow, pink, and blue. This drawing is made from various colors of oil pastels and pencil that I first sketched with. Strategies I used were highlighting the glare from the light onto the vases and shading plus blending to make it seem more realistic. The blending and shading part worked well and so did the highlights. A challenge in this process was placing the vases and sketching out how big I should make each vase since the paper was limited. Overall, I am happy with my work and I would rate it on a scale from 1-10 an 9. I would blend out even more of the colors if I were to do this project again.
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.
