4th graders studied the pumpkin sculptor Ray Villafane, a prior elementary school teacher gone full time artist. He is a professional pumpkin carver who uses sculpting tools and techniques rather than the traditional jack-o-lantern style cutting. We watched Ray at work on an episode of Halloween Wars, while we tried our hand at pumpkin carving, Villafane style! We soon found out its not as easy as it looks! It was quite an arm workout!
While students took turns carving the pumpkin, they also worked on chalk pastel drawings of abstracted jack-o-lanterns. They used cropping to abstract the shape of the pumpkin. They also used implied texture to create glowing eyes and a rough looking skin.
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