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Whoa - There's a Sculpture in My Pocket!

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Grab some recycled cardboard and scissors!
Learn how to create a sculpture that
can *fit* in your pocket!
Along the way, your student artist
will be introduced to a few of the
world's greatest artists:
 Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and David Smith!

What's included?

  • Art History 
  • Supply List 
  • YouTube Resource Video Links - Michelangelo & David Smith
  • 12 Teaching Video Segments
  • PDFs:
    Art Vocab
    Artist Declaration
    Directions
    I Can Statements
    Nat'l Art Standards
    Word Search
    Works of Art List
    My Artist Statement
  • 1 Certification of Completion

Lesson Overview

Your child will learn how to draw and cut intersecting shapes
 to create a sculpture that
can be disassembled and reassembled.
Lesson includes:
    I am an Artist declaration
Master Artists intro
    Sculpture Inspiration
What is 3 Dimensional?
Intro to Geometric/Organic Shapes
        Step by step demonstration

Supplies Needed
for Project

Scissors
Pencil
Recycled File Folder or
cereal type of box/cardboard
that can be easily cut
with scissors.
Optional:
Markers or crayons
Super Optional:
washi tape/duct tape to jazz up
cardboard shapes (totally not needed but can be fun)
Meet the instructor

Cindy Wise

Cindy loves introducing children to Sculpture creation and the problem solving that ensues as the sculptures try to defy gravity.
Pocket Sculpture projects are fun because each one is unique!
It's wonderful to see how many ways the student artist reassembles his/her sculpture.
Cindy Wise has been teaching art to children for close to three decades. She recently retired from the Dare County Schools where she taught Elementary Art for 28 years.
Missing the kid/art connection, Cindy founded Island Art Gal in 2021. The name comes from her island connections.
She was born on an island in East Asia courtesy of the USAF. She currently lives, plays and creates on the Barrier Islands of the Outer Banks of NC.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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