In art class we have done a new project. It’s like a diorama, but based on a myth or legend. I did one from The Adventures of Ulysses, a book we were reading in class. It’s about the Cyclops, Polythemnus, one of Posiedons’ sons. I made a picture of his cave from the inside looking out, and I think it looks pretty good.
This is the process I used. The way I made this was by getting a box and tissue. Then I dunked the tissue in glue and water and put it on the outside and inside of the box. This was to make it easier to paint, because it is hard to paint on that slippery cardboard. However, I didn’t put it on the bottom, because I didn’t paint there. It did make it easier to paint though, and I easily painted the whole box like the outside and inside of a cave (except for the bottom of the and the back of the inside, because the backdrop, or background, was there). Then I cut out cardboars wings, to go on the sides, and painted them with skulls, skeletons, trees, and rocks. Lastly, I hung up stalictites on the ceiling and stuck stalagmites to the ground, all at the front, and it made a nice effect.
