Wonderful Wood Sculptures

Our second grade artists have been practicing making sculptures out of paper and focusing on different techniques to transform the flat paper into something three dimensional.  After those sculptures were completed, for this lesson we examined the work of artist NANCY GRAVES and discussed how she used different found objects to make her sculptures.  We began making our own sculptures with different wood scraps arranging in interesting ways.  Our young artists quickly realized their sculptures needed to be BALANCED in order to stand up and made adjustments as they were working.  Next, we were able to bring in our own found objects such as buttons, paper clips, and beads to add details to our work.  The final step was painting them with an emphasis on repeating one color throughout our sculpture to keep the viewer constantly looking at every angle.

Nancy Graves in front of  one of her sculptures

 

More work from Nancy Graves 

 

Step 1: Building our sculptures with wood scraps and found objects:

 

 

Step 2: Adding Color!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of our finished product below: