5th grade Kimmy Cantrell inspired mask

This week, 5th grade will start their Kimmy Cantrell inspired cardboard relief mask! I was inspired by the Plastiquem blog and the Handmakery blog. They introduced me to this artist and I wanted to share him with my 5th graders!

Here's a link to more information about Kimmy Cantrell!

In short, he's a contemporary artist from Atlanta, who makes beautiful, colorful works of art, out of clay, and his subject matter usually consists of faces. 

So, that's what we're going to create today!

Materials:

cardboard

Fisckars scissors

Crayola black tempera paint

Elmer's Glue-All

Crayola Oil Pastels

Day 1: Talk about the artist Kimmy Cantrell, play a short Prezi I found by Denise Jackson, show examples of his art, create a sketch of what we want our mask to look like, and then start making mask! We'll be using cardboard I've saved over the years, fiskar scissors, and Elemer's glue-all to piece them together!

You could then go in a few different directions with this....They could start painting after they glue on their shapes, they could put a base coat of white down first and then paint with other colors, or they could put a base coat of black down and color with oil pastels. 

We're are going to put a base of black down first, and color with oil pastels! I think the Crayola oil pastels will really pop on the black background. Plus, I noticed the artist's works have what looks like a dark glaze underneath.

I'll post more examples when my paint dries! 

Stay tuned for some awesome art!

Here are some 5th graders off to a great start!