For Mexican Heritage month, we are making a few connections with a project the 8th graders are working on. Students learned about the artist Diego Rivera and about the political and social messages that he made with his murals in Mexico and the United States. They learned how Diego did fresco paintings and worked in plaster and they learned how fresco paintings are made.
For our project, students will be creating their own artworks in plaster. Today, some of the 8th grade classes poured and smoothed out plaster onto burlap to create their "canvas." While students worked in groups to complete this part of the project, while waiting, other students spent some time looking up imagery related to Mexican Amate paintings and Mexican folk art imagery. They will use these images as references to create their own folk art design.
Students will use chalk to draw and color-in their designs on the plaster. They will use water on q-tips to blend the chalks into the plaster to create their own Mexican-inspired frescos.
Here is a look at some of the plaster pieces drying:
If you are interested in the life of Diego Rivera or would like to see how fresco paintings are made, here are a few video links that you may find useful:
Video Biography on Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera Working on a Mural
How Frescos Are Made
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