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Painted melting clocks
Painted melting clocks




painted melting clocks

slip is used in combination with scoring. Slip: a mixture of clay and water used like glue. Wedging Clay: to knead the clay or push on it repeatedly to help remove air bubbles and extra moisture. Surrealism: a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by putting together images that would not regularly be paired in real life. Learning Objectives: Form, Clay processes and techniques (including painting), art history/ artist recognition. They will then finish off their clocks with a layer of acrylic medium to seal and protect their clay pieces.

painted melting clocks

To finish the students will paint the outside of their clocks in the color of their choosing as well as paint in the numbers and clock hands. Next the students painted their entire clock white as a base and to leave on the inside of the clock. of air dry clay, we shaped and flattened down our clay and then molded them over a plastic cup to get that melting form. During the next class each student was given 1 lb. For the rest of that class the students practiced those techniques to be used in creating their melting clocks. The next class, the students were given a handful of clay in which they were given a tutorial on the techniques and processes of clay. The students were then given their sketchbooks and on a clean page they tried to remember their last dream and just made a sketch of that dream to really understand the essence of Surrealism. It's a very eerie painting, with a quiet landscape in the background. In this painting we see clocks that appear to be melting over a tree branch, a strange form on the floor and over a wall. One of Dalí's most famous works was "The Persistence of Memory" or better known as "Melting Clocks". We discussed what we thought each paintings meaning could be, what were some of the elements we could find that would most likely not be paired with one another and the emotions we felt when looking at them. Dalí was part of the Surrealism Art movement and created paintings that depicted dreamlike scenes, with strange, surreal elements to them. The students were first introduced to the life and artwork of the artist Salvador Dalí through a powerpoint presentation. 3rd grade is now exploring the art element of form or sculpture.






Painted melting clocks