6th grade art students discussed metamorphosis in class and looked at different examples. Students were then challenged to transform an animate into something inanimate (or vice versa). They had to include four stages to their drawings and add details. They then added color with watercolor pencils.
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On the way up to a Seahawks game this season I spotted this amazing mural in Seattle. It is huge and has many styles interwoven in one large art piece. The first half of the mural includes stylized patterns and examples of native culture that have been used by others, particularly as mascots for sports teams that many deem offensive. These images are juxtaposed with the Shell logo representing oil companies as a comment on the environmental issues those companies impact. The stylized half of the mural gives way to a street that seems to have been abandoned and the animals and nature have overtaken it.
Art has always been used to shine a light on society and has often been used to spread awareness about specific topics or causes. Art has a way of making people think and sometimes confront their own ideas or views or to see things in a new light and relate to others in a new way. It can be very powerful and shows the importance of art in society as a means of expression and communication. 1st grade learned all about vanishing points and using one-point perspective to create depth in an artwork. They drew a horizon line and added a vanishing point and then made a farm with rows of vegetation going off into the distance. We discussed how things get smaller as they go back into the background, but the big challenge is always making sure our objects don't tilt toward the vanishing point as they get closer.
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