Students sure love doing clay projects. I'll be honest and say that I've always been a 2D artist and have been reluctant to teaching clay very often. Recently, though, I've fallen in love with teaching 3D art projects and seeing how much the students love it!
Before beginning this project, I printed a few reference images for the students of different types of dragons, both Western and Chinese. I demonstrated for the students how to start both types of dragons. The Western dragons have a more rounded bodies and have wings. The Chinese dragons have long, snake-like bodies and no wings. The students could, of course, though come up with their own dragon design as well. Using these basic techniques that I showed them, students used the rest of the class period to create textured, detailed dragons.
After being fired in the kiln (I'm so grateful to work at a school with a kiln), we used glazes to make them super colorful.
Before beginning this project, I printed a few reference images for the students of different types of dragons, both Western and Chinese. I demonstrated for the students how to start both types of dragons. The Western dragons have a more rounded bodies and have wings. The Chinese dragons have long, snake-like bodies and no wings. The students could, of course, though come up with their own dragon design as well. Using these basic techniques that I showed them, students used the rest of the class period to create textured, detailed dragons.
After being fired in the kiln (I'm so grateful to work at a school with a kiln), we used glazes to make them super colorful.
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