7th grade art project

How long do you think sidewalk art has been around?

Sidewalk Art dates back to the Renaissance

It was done to bring the great masterpieces to the common people

The Madonnari were the artists who created the works.

They often did works of the Madonna (Our Lady) or Virgin Mary

How did the Madonnari help people to see art?

The art is temporary

It wears away or is washed away by rain

Why put so much into something that is going to be worn away?

They realize the work will go back to being a sidewalk

Many festivals take place over several days

Festivals today are held in many countries including ours

Works can take hours to create

There are many layers of chalk

The final layers are usually bright pastel which yields brilliant colors

What is your reaction to the next slide?

Photographing the work preserves it long after the festival is over and the work has been walked on

How does photography help the process?

Why would gridding be a good way to work?

Photographing the work in process also provides a record of its creation

The artist usually has a reference which is gridded

Once gridded, they start with a drawing

Then they will fill in with cheaper pastels to fill in the “tooth” of the sidewalk.

Then they will layer on fine pastel colors

They blend with fingers, scrubbies or brushes

Rembrandt brand are the finest pastels.

Chalk artist Julian Beever creates a 3d drawing of a box of them

So what is the process to create a work of art?

This is multi artist recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo created under the direction of Melanie Stimmel

http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/SafeVideos/Video.aspx?id=Phjz7uYcZ9w

Do you think the dome is real?

Why or Why not?

Anamorphic Perspective was a technique first used by Renaissance artists to create the illusion of 3-d space on a flat ceiling.

The dome is painted, not real.

Artists like Kurt Wenner and Julian Beever create amazing Anamorphic Sidewalk Drawings

Often anamorphic drawings involve people or creates falling in or emerging from the ground

Why would these illusions contain someone falling in or climbing out?

What would be effective about such an image?

Julian Beever suspends himself over his work balanced on a chair.

An anamorphic drawing requires a working of knowledge of math

They must be viewed at the correct angle or they appear out of proportion

Beever sets up a camera that is at the right angle for the work to be viewed and checks it constantly as he works

http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/safevideos/Video.aspx?id=hfn8Dz_13Ms

Another amazing anamorphic artist is Kurt Wenner.

Students spend an entire day creating artworks to a theme that they vote on.

The works last a few weeks.

We use hairspray between layers to seal them.

Water Street Market Parking Lot, New Paltz

Work in Groups Recreate a work of art Drawing on paper

Avoid Rain Install outside in courtyard

Let it wear away Bringing the Art Museum to VCMS