Before Thanksgiving Break, the lower school artists rolled out air-dry clay and used dinosaur cookie cutters to create ornaments. Today they painted them, and I will add ribbon to each one for them to hang.
The lower school artists got to roll out air-drying clay using rolling pins, and then they used dinosaur cookie cutters to create their shapes. Then they added a hole to each one. When they are dried, the artists will paint and decorate them. The dinosaurs can be hung with string tied through each hole.
Jackson worked on a family tree painting, and Remington wanted to created a squid with a water bottle and yarn. Both used good critical thinking skills and good handling of the media.
The artists performed some design thinking for the best way to create and attach straps to their shields. Each artist drew out his idea, and we decided which one we would try. We created a prototype to test out tomorrow when the glue is dry.
Today, each young knight painted his shield of armor. The cardboard shields are life-size, and they chose the colors for each four areas on the shield. Tomorrow, they will draw the animals on their shields to represent their skills and attributes.
The lower school artists learned about the color symbolism and animal iconography of the heraldic shields. They chose their colors according to what they wanted to symbolize and the animals to speak of their courage, loyalty, etc. For example: the color red is courage and the eagle represents power and nobility. They finished their coat of arms, and then they will transfer their designs on large pieces of cardboard to create shields.
Each artist created two fire breathing dragons today in art studio by following a step-by-step drawing process. They did great! They will begin their coat of arms and shields next week.
