Intro to 3D Art: Alebrijes

ALEBRIJES!

History of Alebrijes

YOUR PROJECT:

You are going to create a 3 dimensional papier-mache Alebrije.  Like Mexican artists, your Alebrije need to have zoomorphic and fantastic figures that combine reptile, bird, insect and mammal parts as well as different eras and painting styles.

REMEMBER, this is a Sculpture in the Round, meaning that it is to be viewed from all angles!  You need to make sure it is interesting from all views, makes you want to walk around and look at it from all views, and that it balances because it stands alone!

 

Criteria:

1)  You are going to create sketches of 2 different Alebrijes, combining at least features from 3 different animals on 1 side of your sketch paper.

2)  You are going to choose your favorite 1 and draw it larger on the back of the paper.  Figure out how it can look interesting from ALL DIFFERENT VIEWS!  Then you are going to color it (using colored pencils + markers) with at least 3 different patterns and colors.

3)  Get your sketch approved by your teacher, then you can begin the papier mache sculpting process.  Your teacher will demo all of these steps!