Students learned about alebrijes—a kind of Mexican folk art. They had to write down many attributes about themselves and then identify what animals are associated with those attributes. They “mashed-up” the animals into an alebrije and depicted them in them in scratchboards, which they also made. The results are vibrant, high-contrast, fantastical creatures.
Students practiced drawing what they see instead of drawing what they know. Each was paired up and drew their partner without lifting their pencils from the paper and without looking at the paper. Then through a series of processes recreated their drawings, enhanced the line quality, and filled them in with arbitrary color. The results are lyrical, uninhibited, expressive portraits.
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