Laurence Vallieres Cardboard Animals

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Cardboard Animal using sculpture techniques learned in class
• Use form (two dimensional, three dimensional), shape variation (geometric organic free form) and space (positive negative) inspired by Montreal Artist (1986-Present) Laurence Vallieres
• Use cardboard techniques (scoring, slots, stacking) and design principles (composition balance repetition) based on Contemporary Art
• Define Anthropomorphism (attribution of human characteristics to an animal or object) 

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. Taureau (Bull) (2017) Laurence Vallieres

2. Read Not A Box by Antoinette Portis 

3. Discussion Questions "Can you believe this is made out of cardboard? What sketch, figurine, or nature inspires the artists work? What is anthropomorphism? What does the animal imagery symbolize or represent? What metaphors are shown throughout the artists work? When looking at this work, what captures the eye of the viewer? What do you think is happening in this composition? What action do you see? How does this action contribute to the feeling of the piece? What else do you see in this sculpture? How would you describe the expressions on the faces? Does this work look natural, representational, or is it stylized? How does this work make you feel? What techniques were used to create this piece? How is the artist telling us a story? How has the artist set the scene or developed these characters?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose Three 12 X 12 Cardboard Sheets

2. Use three compositional elements (shape color texture) to represent a memory, place, or event from ones own history

3. Use line variation (wavy straight curved) as a design principle (balance composition repetition) within ones own Laurence Vallieres Cardboard Animals

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Laurence Vallieres Cardboard Animals for Assigned Table

2. Raccoon (2014) Laurence Vallieres

3. Discussion Questions "What was going on historically, economically, socially during this period? How does this work of art reflect the time period? What materials were on hand for this creation of this work? What does this tell us about the environment in which it was made? What do you think this work of art is all about? What is the artist interested in saying with this work? What purpose would this object serve for the society in which it was created? What odes this object reveal about the person who created it? What does this object tell us about the culture in which it was created? Why did the artist do it that way? what is the artist trying to convey?"

Lesson Activities

1. Use compass, protractor, and texture plates to add symmetrical shapes and expressive lines to cardboard houses

2. Use form (two dimensional three dimensional) to fill in the positive space (animal) of the cardboard animals

3. Use form (two dimensional three dimensional) to fill in the negative space (base) of the Laurence Vallieres Cardboard Animals

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Laurence Vallieres Cardboard Animals for Assigned Table

2. Set Up Studio Area (glue bottles, cardboard, push pins)

Lesson Activities

1. Use scissors to cut out two dimensional symmetrical shapes to create a three dimensional cardboard animals

2. Glue Down three dimensional symmetrical shapes to create a three dimensional cardboard animals

3. Add decorations (old art, newspaper, fabric scraps, colored paper, buttons, collage bits) to positive space of Laurence Vallieres Cardboard Animals

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