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Puppet<br />
Henry Shiba<br />
Grade: PreK<br />
School: PS 118, Brooklyn<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Jo Beth Ravitz<br />
Tempera on paper<br />
STUDENT: I like making art<br />
because I get to paint. I<br />
like all the colors and the<br />
way they change when<br />
I mix them. I painted a<br />
happy puppet.<br />
TEACHER: Puppet is the<br />
culmination of a unit<br />
exploring a wide range<br />
of art materials and<br />
techniques. Students<br />
began the unit by mixing<br />
tints and secondary<br />
colors with tempera paint<br />
on heavy white paper.<br />
When the paint was still<br />
wet, they pulled combs<br />
through the paint creating<br />
a variety of textures and<br />
patterns. This paper<br />
became the building<br />
material for their puppets.<br />
Inspired by the portraits of Gustave<br />
Courbet and Albrecht Dürer, they<br />
learned the anatomy of the face and<br />
used themselves as models as they<br />
painted their puppets’ portraits.<br />
After details were cut and glued onto<br />
the body, the pieces were assembled<br />
to allow for movement and the artists<br />
introduced their puppets to their<br />
classmates. For an artist his age,<br />
Henry did a remarkable job showing<br />
expressiveness and attention to detail.<br />
Every decision was thoughtful and his<br />
puppet always puts a smile on my face.<br />
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