未来主义奥运会：捕捉速度

受贾科莫·巴拉（Giacomo Balla）作品的启发，例如《小提琴手的手》或《拴着皮带的狗的动态》，我们八年级的课程探索了未来主义艺术中典型的运动表现手法。值2026年冬季奥运会之际，我们选取了从事不同体育项目的运动员剪影，尝试通过连续性人物形象与“力线”来捕捉其动感，融合艺术、体育与视觉感知。参考图片见下方：

所需材料：

• 黑色A4卡纸
• 白纸上打印的运动员剪影
• 软质粉笔画棒（粉笔画棒）
• 剪刀与美工刀
• 固体胶棒

首先，每位学生选择一张运动图像，并沿边缘仔细剪下，制作出轮廓清晰的剪影。对于较小细节及内部结构，我们使用小型美工刀以确保精度。

上色前，我们在黑色卡纸上研究构图。我们预先规划剪影人物的摆放位置，使整个动作序列能完整容纳于A4幅面内，模拟运动员在页面上的运动轨迹。

接着，我们选取3至4种由浅至深的软质粉笔画棒颜色，组成一个渐变色阶。将剪影模板稳稳按在卡纸上后，用第一支画棒沿边缘涂色；随后用手指朝特定方向抹开颜色，以暗示速度与动感。

不抬起模板，仅将其略微向侧方移动，再用渐变色阶中的第二支画棒重复上述步骤，并再次小心晕染。如此依次进行——让后续色阶轻微重叠前一色阶——我们便创造出一条色彩轨迹，传达人物在空间中行进的意象。

当渐变序列全部完成，若仅靠色彩晕染已达成预期效果，则该画作即可视为完成。在某些情况下，我们将原白纸剪影（此时边缘已染上彩色）覆盖粘贴于轨迹的最终位置之上。

两种方式所得最终效果均十分出色：一幅静态图像，却凭借层层叠加、晕染融合的彩色轮廓，被观者感知为处于动态运动之中。

为增添趣味，我们还尝试借助人工智能为人物制作动画，并生成若干短视频：

Futurist Olympics: Capturing Speed

Inspired by the works of Giacomo Balla, such as The Violinist’s Hands or Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, our 8th-grade classes explored the representation of movement typical of Futurism. On the occasion of the 2026 Winter Olympics, we chose silhouettes of athletes engaged in various sports, trying to capture their dynamism through sequential figures and ‘lines of force’, blending art, sports, and visual perception. You can find the reference images BELOW:

Required Materials:

• Black A4 cardstock
• Athlete silhouettes printed on white paper
• Soft pastels (chalk pastels)
• Scissors and craft knives
• Glue stick

First, each student chose a sports image and carefully cut it out along the edges to create a clean silhouette. For the smaller details and inner parts, we used small craft knives to ensure precision.

Before starting with the color, we studied the composition on the black cardstock. We planned how to place our cutout figure to fit the entire sequence of movements within the A4 format, simulating the athlete’s motion across the page.

We then selected a gradient of 3 or 4 colors of soft pastels, ranging from the lightest to the darkest. While holding the stencil-figure firmly on the cardstock, we colored along the edge with the first pastel. Then, we smudged the color outwards with our fingers, following a specific direction to suggest a sense of speed and motion.

Without lifting the stencil, but shifting it slightly to the side, we repeated the process with the second color of the gradient, blending it carefully once again. By proceeding this way—slightly overlapping the successive shades—we created a chromatic trail that conveys the idea of the figure moving through space.

Once the sequence of gradients is complete, the drawing can be considered finished if the desired effect has been achieved through the color blending alone. In some cases, we took the original paper silhouette—which by then had become white with colored edges—and glued it over the final position of the trail.

In both versions, the final result is very effective: a static image that is perceived as being in dynamic motion, thanks to the sequences of colored and blended outlines.

To have some extra fun, we also tried animating our figures using AI and created some short videos: