Meaningful masks: high school.Significant Problem Introduce students to relief sculpture and papier-mache techniques through the creation of expressive face masks with symbolic meaning. Essential Concepts. 1. Enhancing expressiveness through exaggeration and distortion. 2. Using symbolic shapes and colors to communicate meaning. 3. Considering expressive qualities of relief and design elements. Materials papier-mache pulp, one Styrofoam wig stand per student, assorted colors of acrylic paint, brushes, water containers, paper towels, newspaper strips, wheat paste Guiding Practice Discuss and show samples of relief sculpture. Demonstrate subtractive sub·trac·tive adj. 1. Producing or involving subtraction. 2. Of or being a color produced by light passing through or reflecting off a colorant, such as a filter or pigment, that absorbs certain wavelengths and transmits or and additive techniques for forming masks with papier-mache pulp and layers of pasted strips. Discuss and show examples of masks from a variety of cultures, with emphasis on design and expressive qualities. Also talk about use of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color and symbolic shape to enhance expression and communicate meaning. Students shape masks on the front half of wig stand as a base, using either pressed paper pulp Paper pulp is a material for making paper. It is usuallly cellulose fibre, and could be wood pulp or non-wood pulp See also
See also anatomy; beards; body, human; eyes. gnathism the condition of having an upper jaw that protrudes beyond the plane of the face. — gnathic, adj. to enhance their expressiveness. When face relief is formed, allow it to dry for a full day or more, then carefully ease off of wig stand. Paint the mask to emphasize facial features. Assessing Learning Do the masks project a powerful expression? How? Are they unique? Are they well crafted? Is there a strong relief effect in the sculptured faces? ClipCard submitted by Kelly Sullivan Kelly Sullivan (born April 30, 1964) is an American painter known for her collaborative paintings called “FingerSmears”. Sullivan combines finger smears and signatures of hundreds of people on one canvas to commemorate events around the country. , an art teacher in Deerfield Beach, Florida Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, USA. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,478. . |
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