Instant "Cool" Sculpture Much?

Hey everyone and welcome back! 
For Art's Explorer #2, we were asked to create an instant sculpture and well...this (the picture below) is what was spawned from my imagination with the help of the random objects in my room...

Creating this instant sculpture was a challenge for me and made me think outside the box. I did not know where or how I was going to begin but everything changed when I became inspired. The main thing that inspired me was by looking at the dragonfly picture that I posted in my previous post. When I looked at the picture it reminded me of the dragonfly candle that I own and I decided use the candle as the basis for the instant sculpture. I challenged myself to use items in my room that I normally would not. In the end the items that I used for my instant sculpture are: the dragonfly cover of my candle, a fan, two necklaces, and an artificial white rose. 

After completing my instant sculpture and seeing it as a whole, I thought it looked like the dragonfly was flying amongst a beautiful scenery trying to reach for that one specific flower. The blue necklace represented the sky and the white heart necklace represented a potential barrier for the dragonfly to pass through to get to the flower. It made me think about how us, as students, want to achieve our goal(s) as well as the barriers we must overcome to be successful in doing so. 

Also, after completing my instant sculpture it made me think about what we as educators need to do...

As educators I believe that we need to help children understand that art can be created from anything. There is no right answer or definition that can be purely associated with "art." We need to encourage them to become inspired, create something from the inspiration, and then interpret it so then children can understand what art means to them. Basically, as educators, at times we might need to give children the extra "push" to think outside of the box (a.k.a: out of their comfort zone). 

Aside from the instant sculpture, we cannot forget the (drum roll please!)......

Art Word of the Week! 

This week's lucky art word is COOL colors! I chose to define this art word because after observing and reflecting about my instant sculpture I noticed that cool colors were present in it. As you may or may not know, cool colors are the opposite of warm colors. Warm colors consist of red, orange, and yellow. According to the text book, cool colors are defined as "colors including blue, green, and purple/violet, which symbolize cold or cool objects." When I think about cool colors I immediately think about winter, ice, snow, the ocean, and a crystal blue sky. Not only did I choose this word to define because of my sculpture, but also because my favorite color is BLUE. So maybe I was being a little biased =D ...shhh~


Well before I sign off, I thought I would share an amazing video about snow sculptures. Check it out! :D

-Kellz.