In Nuu-Chah-Nulth art (and probably most west coast First Nations art) the "ovoid" is used frequently. It is usually used as an eye, but can sometimes be used for other parts of the image. In my teaching I have been trying to incorporate more Nuu-Chah-Nulth teachings and art is the most obvious start for me. We have started with the basics...learning to draw an ovoid!
This is a picture from one of the books we used: Learning by Design Vol. 1 - Raven Publishing. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of my students work, but they did a really great job with these.
Local artist, Vince Smith has come into the school a few times to help with aspiring high school artists. He does some beautiful work:
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