The 'Stache is Back!
Salvador Dali's stache has returned and is as popular as ever! I've taught this lesson for a few years now and I don't think it's one that I'll stop teaching any time soon. The kids absolutely LOVE this one. I even let them wear fake mustache glasses. We draw relatively realistic faces with surreal backgrounds and I ask them to keep that in mind while painting with their watercolors. We finish by adding a crazy mustache (pipe cleaner) at the end. And it never fails to give outstanding results--all while learning a little art history! My full lesson is better described in
this post here.
This Year's Stache Gallery:
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| Since all students work at a different pace, some of them weren't ready for their mustache when I glued them on. In that case, I encouraged them to stick them straight up until they were finished painting--just to keep it out of the way |
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| Notice the various surreal backgrounds--wavy pencils and crayons, dancing grapes and misc foods and melting bananas! |
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| Those long legged peacocks were inspired by Dali's Elephants and the melting sports equipment by The Persistence of Memory |
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| I'm pretty sure this is a painting of me...but as a blonde. First, the student asked me "Can I put paint on her face? My person is an art teacher." and after noting how much I love dinosaurs, her background suddenly had surreal dinosaurs in the background and not to mention that I always wear my hair on the top of my head in a messy bun. Love that I could offer a little inspiration (or at least think that I did) |
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| This student used her mustache to spell out her name! |
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| This one might as well be a portrait of Salvador Dali himself! |
If the students finished early--I encouraged them to be inspired by surrealism and its dreamlike qualities with real items and asked that they invent a new animal or object by combining 3 or more animals and/or objects. I also encourage them to give their new creature a name...ever met an elepenguicornelope? (It's made from an elephant, penguin, unicorn and antelope)
More stache pics from other years
http://missartypants.blogspot.com/2016/01/salvador-dali-portraits.html
