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Animals have been in art through time. Animal / Creature sculpture. Your animal/creature may be realistic, abstract, or made up. It may be an animal (real, mythical, or made up). It could be an animal character (not human). It may be alien (not humanoid). Must be a full body sculpture.
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Animal / Creature sculpture Your animal/creature may be realistic, abstract, or made up. It may be an animal (real, mythical, or made up). It could be an animal character (not human). It may be alien (not humanoid). Must be a full body sculpture
Paragraph (Due end of class today) • Write a ½ page paragraph describing the animal/creature you want to make. • Include the following plus any additional thoughts/info that you want me to know. • Detailed physical description: ie. size, features, clothes/attachments, texture, pose, etc. • Personal connection: Why this animal/creature? What does it mean to you?
Paragraph cont. • Symbolism: What does the animal/creature represent? • Emotionalism: Describe the emotion of the sculpture. Why does the animal/creature have this emotion? What do you want the viewer’s emotional reaction to be? • Action: What is the sculpture doing?
Sketching due tomorrow • Draw a detailed sketch of the animal/creature. • Include: action pose, emotion, textures
Building • Build from solid, wedged clay. • Work from large to small, general to detail. • HOLLOW OUT THE PROJECT. • Cautions: don’t make arms, legs, tail too thin. • Build details, thin areas last so they don’t break.