March Project: Frank Stella & Fernand Leger - 3-D FORMS

Project description:

• An introduction to our feature artists, Frank Stella and Fernand Leger's 3-D Forms
• Compared and contrasted the work of each artist.
• Discussion based on what was noticed in each painting and which style they liked the best and why.

Objective:

• Create a modern, abstract picture using 3-D forms of your choice

Resources: 

• VTS (Visual Thinking strategy using Frank Stella's work titled, LaVecchia Dell'Orto, and Fernand Leger's work titled, Mechanical Element :



LaVecchia Dell'Orto, Frank Stella, 1986

Mechanical Element, Fernand Leger, 1918-1923

Art Materials: 

• Choice of colored pencils or charcoal pencils
• Value scale

Examples of Student work:

February Project: Repousse Lizards

Project description:

• Each student chose a lizard to transfer into tooling foil with a special focus on texture and design.  Interesting lizard facts were discovered while researching each lizard.  The "relief effect" is achieved by tracing sketches into foil twice while pressing against newspaper.  A special tool is used to stretch foil textures, further creating obvious textural changes.  Permanent markers added color to this work.

Art Materials:

• Tooling Foil
• Permanent Markers

Examples of Student work: