5th Graders at Southdale learned about the art of Silhouette cutting. They created a traditional silhouette (profile of the face on black paper, mounted on white) and paired their original artwork with a writing piece they did in their classroom titled "If I Were President". The traditional silhouettes were framed, and put on display in the library.
For the project we watched the video below for inspiration. And saw how silhouette artists work quickly, and have the person who's silhouette they are cutting sit right in front of them. Before the invention of photography silhouette artists were valued in the community, because they were able to cut the likeness of a person very quickly. Presidential silhouettes were popular, and even appear on all of our United States coins.
Currently students are working on a Modern Day Silhouette, and we are taking inspiration from the Itune's Dancers. Pictures to come!
Here's how our traditional silhouettes turned out. The students were very proud of their work.
