"Beauty in a Beatle Back" by Tabitha Morgan
"Things are but Dust" by Tabitha Morgan
Luna Moth by t. Morgan
-images above inspired by Marsha Robinson & Art Deco style
Colorado Artist, Marsha Robinson
Kristin Heldt
Victoria Turcotte
Clara McAllister
Find some insect designs that inspire you..
Here is my collection.
Where did ART DECO come from ?
CRITERIA For you ART DECO SYMMETRICAL INSECT
Use colored paper.
-Stay in the Art Deco style
Art Deco the predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colors and used most notably in household objects and in architecture. Art deco design is primarily symmetrical, sharp edged, geometric, streamlined, often simple,
and pleasing to the eye.
Luxurious, rich, future inspired and modern for it's time.
AD uses hints of Ancient Egyptian & Ancient Central American and Aztec ideas.
-Insect must be largest part of the design.
-Art must be symmetrical (use folding and tracing technique).
-At must have added symmetrical Designs or Border around insect.
-Designs (not background )must be colored with Prisma Color Colored Pencils.
-Creative Challenge
use pattens and designs inside of bug's body or wings like Marsha Robinson
Suggested Steps
1. find your insect
photo credit to weeklyvillager.com
2. Pick your colored paper
(what colors are common in Art Deco Design?)
Lighter colors will make it easier to trace and color.
I chose manillla and light grey for my first two. That worked well.
3. Draw a border
4. Rotate your paper to fit your insect correctly.
Learn to turn. Is it wide or tall?
5. Find the center of your insect.
Fold your paper in half.
Draw half of the insect with pencil and trace with dark marker.
6. Trace to the other side of paper using backlighting with pencil.
7. Trace what you drew with same dark marker.
Continue doing this with each design to transfer to other side.
* if your paper is too thick or dark, you cannot see through it.
Scroll down to the end to see alternative to lightbox/window tracing.
7th period working on the Symmetry
Using 1 large paper...
Using small paper for insect...
and glueing it onto larger paper.
8. USE ART DECO color schemes seen above...
Mostly tints, shade and tones excluding the use of pure colors & violet.
Gold is the most used color in Art Deco.
Color your designs and insect using symmetrical colors.
Use supplies that show on the paper.
This would be either Prisma Color pencils or Construction paper crayons
and some markers may work. Test on back of paper to make sure first.
photo credit to HGTV.com
TRACING HURDLES
* If your paper is too thick or dark to trace with light box or window, Get a half sheet of thin tracing paper. Trace one half of your design onto the paper with pencil.
Flip paper over ( with pencil tracing facing downwards)
and move to other side where you want your reflected image.
Hold tight or paperclip paper down to keep it from moving.
Begin tracing on back side of trace paper on the pencil lines with a pencil.
This will transfer the lead to the drawing.
Then you can go over the transfer to make it darker or with a marker.
This took about 30 minutes longer than just using thinner or lighter paper.
STUDENT ART
Fall 2022
Mary Adair
Sara Calderon
Natalie Morales
Cayden Jones
Grayson DuPont
Davis Pierce
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Spring 2021-8th grade Advanced Art
Above
Top Row: GJ, Ethan, Adrian
Middle Row: Krissie , Bella
Bottom Row: Jason Todd
