(G1) The Whimsical Trees of Toni Demuro (The Tree Project)

In collecting information to design the unit on Trees, I discovered the work of Toni Demuro (view his work), an Italian artist

who uses the image of a tree in such a creative and whimsical way. 

The students looked at pictures of his work and understood the playfulness of his compositions.  

Each student was free to choose his/her favorite work and created their own composition.

Toni Demuro 

Student comment: "I want the person to be a boy and so I don't want the bow."

Using water colors and pastels to complete the composition.

Toni Demuro

Student comment: " My sky has fireflies."  

Toni Demuro

After dividing the composition, the student is using pastels to color the spaces.    

Student comment: "It is not raining but this man is holding an umbrella." 

Toni Demuro

The student wrote her name on the leaves of the tree.

The student worked hard to create the horizon line.

Toni Demuro

Using play dough to create the lines of the tree.

Student comment: " My tree is thicker than Mr.Demuro's tree."

(G,3) For the love of Flip-Flops

This Flip-Flop project was inspired by Kids Artists.

The students outlined the Flip-Flops on a white sheet of construction paper and used color pencils to create the design.
We created the straps by folding pages from magazine.
We attached the paper Flip-Flops on a canvas board and used acrylics for the background.

(KG) The art of cutting, tearing and folding paper.

Using a  variety of paper to create an origami composition. 

For this project we had a choice of cutting or tearing the paper.

We spent part of the time learning how to fold the origami paper.
For more details on the art of origami please see this site.

The the art of tearing was a challenge. 

  This student was only interested in using scissors. 

Student comment: "The white part is the bubbles on the waves".

A balanced composition.

Enjoying cutting and tearing the paper.

Cutting, tearing, and folding was fun.

Student comment:" It is a sunny day".

A balanced composition.

Long strings of paper for the sky.

No scissors for this composition.

  

(G1) Sculptural experiments

Project Objective(s):
- Learn how to fold, twist and bend paper
- Create original designs
- Consider techniques artists use to create 3-D artworks

Folding and bending paper to create original designs

 Making decisions on the placement of the paper.

Checking your artwork for balance.

Collaboration and exchange of ideas. 

The student with the masking tape on his shirt was helping others when they needed tape. 

A proud moment of a job well done.

A happy artist with his paper sculpture.

Using a variety of paper to create your composition.

Overlapping of paper creates interesting designs.

The finished product.

Circles of pink!

An example of folding, bending and twisting paper sculpture.