4th graders discovered the art of sculpture as we created figures in motion out of aluminum foil. We first began our unit on motion doing a series of gesture drawings (quick sketches of figures in motion). We noticed how the body has joints that allow us to move in all directions. Paying close attention to this is the first step to making our art look more realistic.
Next, we looked at the work of Umberto Boccioni, a futurist artist. He created his famous sculpture, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, a futuristic looking figure in motion. A sculpture is a 3D work on art, so it is not flat, and can be made out of almost anything! Using our knowledge of joint and figures in motion, we used foil to construct our own sculpture of a figure in motion.
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