Students assigned preselected work groups consisting of four people. Review of Medieval gargoyles. Six 3-D historical gargoyles shown to class. Sculpture as an art form discussed. Using photos of gargoyles, 3-D sculptures, and their imagination and creativity, students as a group, begin to draw what their papier mache gargoyle will look like.
Students continue designing their gargoyle on paper.
Teacher demonstration on how to build a papier mache gargoyle. Students complete their drawings. Students assigned numbers and jobs and begin construction of their gargoyles. Digital photos taken of all students throughout process to be used in their HyperStudio project. Students gesso then paint gargoyles outside with 'stone' spray paint.