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Introduction
Some artists create works of art that make you take a second look! Nancy Rubins takes boats and canoes that you normally see in the water and puts them in the air.
Questions
Can you name other materials that artists can use to make sculpture?
Have you seen other sculptures that are made out of unusual materials?
Do you like to see works of art that make you take a second look? Why?
Activity
Download the activity guide and look at the small drawings. Explain what you see. Use your imagination to come up with more than one answer.
Try drawing your own simple pictures and let your friends imagine what they could be.
BTW
Monochrome for Austin is made from 70 aluminum boats and canoes.
Look again
Now look back at Monochrome for Austin and describe what you see. Does it look different to you now?
Vocabulary
Materials - The supplies artists use to make a work of art. Paint, chalk, wood, and stone are all materials.
Space - The area in and around a sculpture.