My second project was supposed to be Sculpture, but I had not decided on how I wanted to make a sculpture, so I decided to skip to salt dough.
This is what I came up with.
These were the early stages of painting.
I knew I wanted to paint the base to cover up the red paint that had gotten on the base.
This was the final product. To left is my red rose, and to the right is my first rose that I had done in practicing the pedals.
Here is my reflection...
For
this art project I chose salt dough because I have never worked with that
before. I got the right consistency with my first attempt. I begin just by
playing and manipulating the dough to see what I could do with it. As I was
doing that, my mind kept referring back to food. With that I kept thinking
about the show Cake Boss and how they using fondant or modeling chocolate to
make roses. I thought I would give it a try and started with a large rose that
I eventually painted pink. Once I figured out how to manipulate the pedals to
make it look like rose, I decided to make a more realistic looking rose by
making the pedals thinner. I made a second rose that took me quit a bit more
time because I had to be very careful not to rip the salt dough when making the
pedals that thin. I did make a few more pieces with the left over salt dough;
one I thought could be an ornament, while the other could be a paperweight or
coaster. Then I moved on to the painting process. This part I found difficult
because one of the paints I was using was old, so it was very thick and did not
spread easily. That being said, I loved the color and continued to use it for
the rose. Then switching to the new paint for the leaves, I had to figure out
how to work with that consistency because it was quit runny compared to the
first paint. I would say that as I was completing the paint, I was proud of my
work. By painting my piece, it sort of came to life. I think that it is
important for my students to have that same sense of accomplishment and pride
for their work.
