Gesture Sculpture

 

Project Seven: Gesture Sculpture
Our sixth grade students focus on gesture and movement in this paper mache sculpture project. They begin with gesture drawing. They build a wire armature from their most expressive gesture sketch and continue to construct their figure by adding newspaper padding and finally paper mache strips. They sketch costumes and paint their figures.

Learning Goals/Concepts:
Sculpture
Three Dimensional
Armature
Gesture
Proportion
Exaggeration of Movement
Body Language
Expression
Paper Mache
Realism
Abstraction

Artist Introduction:
Alexander Calder
Edgar Degas
Jacob Lawrence





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