Verona's Badger Ridge students get lesson in new perspectives

Pamela Cotant

Oil pastels drawings now hanging in the Verona Public Library offer a new perspective on the city's landscape.

The artwork was created by eighth grade students in a drawing and painting class at Badger Ridge Middle School after being asked to choose an atypical point of view. Then they walked down Main Street armed with digital camera and took pictures of familiar sites.

In some cases, the students took a "worm's eye view."

"I was laying on the ground and I took the picture (shooting up)," said Sarah Guy, 14, who drew Park Bank.

While the photos were being developed, the class discussed how artists use colors expressively. This was the first introduction of oil pastels in the class and students were asked to choose a color scheme that diverted from the actual subjects.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 16, 2010 2:32 AM
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