Meet the Artist – Ella Richards
3:02
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Meet Ella Richards, a unique artist who creates scissors drawings. Her work are her original drawings cut out of black paper with micro-scissors. See her work and her process of creation.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-143**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video in conjunction with a “scissor drawing” student art project.
- Have students respond to the artwork. What do they think of the subject matter? What do they like about the colors, style, etc.? Would they be interested in creating artwork like this? Why or why not?
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
