Really, it’s our Halloweened-up version of Greek Vases. All those dramatic cartoons on kylixes and kraters of well-dressed, expressive Greeks in action! Our Students did a turn on the potter’s wheel with Lynn Armstrong to create a terra cotta stoneware vase. While those were drying to greenware, each class worked on designs for their pots by practicing drawing modalities to ready their vase painting skills. We started with ‘vase shapes’ - mirroring lines, then ‘upside down drawings’ taken from ancient Greek drawings to create connections between hand/eye/brain, finishing with pattern making instruction for a ‘mock vase’ study using posterboard, colored pencil and India ink. We also learned some Art History while we worked in class! Finally, the coolest part - painting the vases with black underglaze, then using scraffito to scratch out the well-planned designs in the fragile greenware! The kids had a great time with each step, except the upside down drawings at first.... until they turned them over and saw the stunning results! Enjoy our students at work.
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