I think this project is pretty popular. I see it pop up on Pinterest all the time. My students and I certainly like it. This is the second year I have had my students do their final project using cut paper. It really works 100% better than paint.
The emphasis of this project is the concept of stylization. The artwork of the Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest is very unique. I have found several good resources about specific shapes used in making totem poles that have been very helpful to my students. I tell my students to fill up 95-100% of the paper. I tell them to pretend like their paper is a little glass box that they have to push the animal into. It is a struggle to some students at first, but the concept eventually clicks.
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Lovely, a great way to teach stylization. Also good for the kids to practice different ways of looking and perceiving!
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely loved this in your blog so I had to try it with my students! They did have a difficult time with the "box" theory but after they did a rough draft and moved to the large paper they were really getting the hang of it!
ReplyDeleteThey turned out MUCH better than I had thought they would from the beginning!
Thanks everyone!
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