1. 7 th grade art project

3.  How long do you think sidewalk art has been around?

4.  Sidewalk Art dates back to the Renaissance  It was done to bring the great masterpieces to the common people

5.  The Madonnari were the artists who created the works.  They often did works of the Madonna (Our Lady) or Virgin Mary

6.  How did the Madonnari help people to see art?

7.  The art is temporary  It wears away or is washed away by rain

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

9.  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

10.  Works can take hours to create  There are many layers of chalk  The final layers are usually bright pastel which yields brilliant colors

11.  What is your reaction to the next slide?

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

14.  How does photography help the process?  Why would gridding be a good way to work?

15.  Photographing the work in process also provides a record of its creation  The artist usually has a reference which is gridded

16.  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

17.  Rembrandt brand are the finest pastels.  Chalk artist Julian Beever creates a 3d drawing of a box of them

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

19.  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.a spx?id=Phjz7uYcZ9w http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/SafeVideos/Video.a spx?id=Phjz7uYcZ9w

20.  Do you think the dome is real?  Why or Why not?

21.  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.

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

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

26.  Why would these illusions contain someone falling in or climbing out?  What would be effective about such an image?

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

28.  An anamorphic drawing requires a working of knowledge of math  They must be viewed at the correct angle or they appear out of proportion

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

31.  http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/safevideos/Video.a spx?id=hfn8Dz_13Ms http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/safevideos/Video.a spx?id=hfn8Dz_13Ms

32.  Another amazing anamorphic artist is Kurt Wenner.

37. 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.

40. Water Street Market Parking Lot, New Paltz

46.  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