Art
Mountain Bluebird
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State Bird
Regional Art
Andy Warhol
Pop Art
Print Making
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Andy Warhol an American artist was known for his Pop Art style. Warhol called his studio “The Factory” and mass produced fine art prints of everyday objects from popular culture like the Campbell’s soup can and celebrity images.I looked at the popular Kansas City image of the Shuttlecock sculptures on the Nelson-Atkins lawn and created a linoleum cut block for printmaking using traditional gauges and printing inks. I had to really think about the negative and positive spaces as they carved away the parts of the block that I did NOT want to print.
George Rodrigue
Blue Dog
I studied the art of New Orleans artist George Rodigue and his famous “Blue Dog.”I learned about Cajun culture and the legend of the Loup Garou that the Blue Dog is partially inspired by. I then created my own blue dog giving me a personality or character of my own choosing! I had to break down the contour of the dog basic shapes to create their compositions. I also studied color theory and learned how to create secondary and tertiary colors using only primary!
Stop Motion Film
Walt Disney
After learning about how Walt Disney got his start in Kansas City,I learned the basic steps of stop motion animation. Using new technology, iStopMotion, as well as iMovie,I created cut paper stop motion animation with sound! I was challenged to create a character that could introduce itself in a 20 second filmI had to get super creative!