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| From: Left to Right meet Foo Foo, Skully, and Blingo Bomb. These are a few of the characters the children created during the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. Imaginations Soar at the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Written by: Liz Ebanks National Art Teacher Award Recipient |
Discover what creeps out of our imaginations when our halos slip and we don't color within the lines. Find out which monster or invention stole your eraser, spilled the coffee, and reset the alarm clock. Look out Poke-a-Peek-a-Mites Thingamajigs, and Do Hickeys as our monsters break out of the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Children's Tent and gobble up all the oil pastels. Lurking within the mayhem of shredded paper and staples you'll find each creature has a secret hand-made heart that will make you laugh at serendipity. Watch out the misfits were last sited creeping into the Gold Donor Room of the Tampa Museum of Art and scribbling on portraits.
Chase these creatures firing the staple gun at this link to the Children's Gallery:
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=378598
Children's Gallery Video: http://www.artsonia.com/schools/videos.asp?id=128562
DESCRIPTION:
Chase the monsters as they pirouette into the Edgar Degas: Form, Movement and Antiques Exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. The monsters are rehearsing their ballet positions and posing next to Degas' bronze statues and pastels of ballerinas in full costume. Degas original bronze ballerina entitled, "Little Dancer Aged 14" is the most memorable with her chin pointing up in defiance at being exhibited only once since, 1881. Satin ribbon, real hair, and a fabric bodice transformed the exquisite wax cast assemblage. These found objects were not originally intended to be used for art. However, the objects find new meaning in artwork.
Do you know how many ballerina's were cast in bronze by Degas heirs?
The answer to this question can be found by reading this link to Yahoo News:
http://news.yahoo.com/degas-bronze-ballerina-sold-nyc-auction-163228504.html
Discover how the French Impressionist Degas created some of his greatest pastel drawings of on inexpensive brown cardboard just like our class will create their monsters on brown non-corrugated cardboard. Can you draw your classmates before they move into their next ballet position like Degas' ballerinas? Remember, to capture more than one ballerina at a time in your drawing. Hurry, Degas', Little Dancer Aged 14 is in a hurry to the Christies' Auction. Perhaps you want to get started on her portrait first. We need group portraits of the Monster Mash. I bet your monster assemblage will look charming slipping on your toe shoes, racing with the horses, or on the circus trapeze with Degas' other pieces from French Impressionists era at TMA. Continue the tradition of copying Old Masters without going to Italy by joining us at TMA. Learn how Degas' skill as a draftsman helped him emphasize some lines in charcoal darker to communicate gesture, weight, movement, and light within each portrait.
Relax you can use your imagination to create your own monster. You do not have to trace any photos of the ballerinas as Degas sometimes would layer several dancers into a group. No need to experiment with different fixatives to secure your pastel to the paper because, its oil pastel. The oil pastels act more like paint than chalk. Therefore, most do not flake off but, may be blended with your hands. However, several of the creatures do love to smudge and smear the scumbled lines.
PROCEDURE:
1. Students will fold a sheet of brown paper in half.
2. Next, they will use the oil pastels to draw a creature from their imagination on to the top half of the paper.
3. Then, the participants will tack the edges of their monster with the stapler so that the second sheet of paper will match the top design.
4. Finally, the children will cut around the edges of the top sheet to create two matching halves of the creature
5. The students will use the oil pastels to create the other side (profile or back) of their creature.
6. The young artists will tack the edges of the monster so both halves line up together.
7. The children will begin stuffing their monsters with shredded paper.
8. At last, all edges will be stapled transforming the 2D drawing into a 3D monster with a heart.
9. Now create the backdrop for the monster mash ballet and then, place your 3D creature on top of the backdrop after studying Degas pastels and bronzes of ballerinas.
10. Invite your friends to share the stage w/ their hand-made monster.
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Monster
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Fest
Imagine
Paint
Smear
Blend
Pastels
Creature
Art
Scribble
Scumble
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| Young artists use scissors to cut out their monsters with their parents assistance. |
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| The children gave each creature a heart. If you would like to learn more about the Tampa Museum of Art of Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts click on these links:  Award Winning Art Workshops- Tampa. Email: liz@rescueteam.com Thanks, for joining us in the Upcycling Studio where we give new life and repurpose objects in new ways through art. By Upcycling we reduce waste headed to the redemption center and trim supply costs. As artists we focus on community involvement in fostering the growth of the ecosystem. If you enjoyed playing in the vibrant pastels during this lesson click on this guest pass to another great PASTEL LESSON at this link: http://lizebanksartgallery.blogspot.com/2011/01/florida-highwaymen-landscape-lesson.html |
