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Expressive Clay Bust Sculpting Activity

Immerse yourself in art history by creating your own expressive clay bust inspired by artists like Bourdelle and Giacometti. Learn the studio procedure and sculpt an emotional expression.

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Expressive Clay Bust Sculpting Activity

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  1. Circa 1900 Art and Humanities Resource Expressive Clay Busts

  2. Looking Activity Antoine Bourdelle, Beethoven: The Tragic Mask, 1901. Bronze, Collection of the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.

  3. Studio Procedure Create your own expressive clay bust! Place clay on your board (sculpture base). Sculpt shoulders and a head to create the bust, keeping the clay in one piece. Use your fingers and clay sculpting tools to create an expression that conveys your emotion. It does not have to be lifelike, but it must convey emotion using shape, texture, etc.

  4. Artist Influences Auguste Rodin, Pierre de Wissant from the Burghers of Calais, late 1890s. Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, museum purchase and gift of the Tobin Foundation.

  5. Artist Influences Antoine Bourdelle, Beethoven: The Tragic Mask, 1901. Bronze, Collection of the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.

  6. Artist Influences Alberto Giacometti, Bust of Annette IV, 1962. Bronze. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection.

  7. Artist Influences

  8. THE END This presentation was created by: Donna Mial-Gary Art Teacher Wimberley High School Wimberley ISD donna.mial-gary@wimberleyisd.net

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