More Cities

Cities in a Bottle

As part of our art exhibition, this small piece of art work was done by mixing a number of paint on canvas to create a bright and vivid background. While we had some discussion as to what to put on top,  the idea of a city in a bottle came since I wanted to have a unique and different art piece to exhibit.

I read from another blog about upcycling so maybe this is another example of what we can do to things that we think are no longer usable. The canvas itself was an old frame used from a previous art piece done some time ago. The bottle is to be thrown and recycled by others but I opted to use it because of its shape. 

The drawings were done by my students and then we overlapped them to create a mini-city inside. Thus, the entire art piece becomes different. It had a lot of meaning to the children who helped me made it and it also promote a better use of things we find around us. 

Daytime at the City

City at Night

These two bowls were painted in acrylic and we used the drawings done during the school year to paint around them. The task was difficult and challenging but worth the patience and determination by all the children.