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AN ARTFUL LEARNING JOURNEY LIANHUA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Visual Art

A Thought to begin with…

• Video- 2016 P1 students in their art making process

and artworks

Today’s overview…

 What is the role of Art?  Content  Art Forms  Elements of Art  Principles of Design  Understanding Children’s Drawing  Tips for Developmentally Practices in Facilitating the

Growth of Drawing Skills

 Hands-on Art Activity at Parent’s Workshop - Jurong

Health Service Community Outreach Art Project– Making Chinese New Year and Get-Well Greeting Card

 Q n A

What is the Role of Art?

 Role of Art in Students’ Growth and Development (i)

Develop visual literacy (a) Observe, understand and make meaning of what they see (b) Communicate their ideas using and creating visuals

(i)

Encourages the development of creativity

(ii) Develop self-confidence and sense (iii) Equip pupils with the skills to better understand and

engage with the world they live in.

Content

Values of Art (i) Captures imagination (ii) Expresses human emotions (iii) Communicates ideas (iv) Purposes and functions (v) Role in society and culture

Content

Skills

 Art Techniques

(i) Drawing, painting, moulding, rendering using digital media.

• Visual Inquiry

(i)

Visible Thinking Approach i.e See/Think/Wonder Research and Processing

(i)

Observe, record, compare Communication (i) Express ideas visually and orally

Art Forms

Fine Art

 2-dimensional

(i) Drawing, painting, collage

 3-dimensional (i)

Assemblage

• Digital Media

(i) Photography with i-Pad Research and Processing

(i)

Observe, record, compare Communication (i) Express ideas visually and orally

Elements of Art

Visual Characteristics (i) Dot (ii) Line (iii) Shape (iv) Form (v) Colour (vi) Texture (vii) Space (viii) Tone

Principles of Design

Ways to arrange the elements (i) Scale (ii) Balance (iii) Proportion (iv) Pattern/ Repetition

P1 Pupil’s Art Materials

(i) Sketch Book (Drawing, Reflection and Journal) (ii) Colour Pencils (iii) Oil Pastels (iv) Two 2B pencils, sharpeners, erasers and ruler

Understanding Children’s Drawings

• Once I drew like Raphael, but has taken me a whole

lifetime to learn to draw like children. Quoted by Pablo Picasso

Understanding Children’s Drawings

 Development of Visual Art Abilities

• How children see things (Perception)
• How they think about things they see

(Conceptualisation)

• How they actually represent what they see and think

(Production)

Perception- What do children see..?

 Refers to the way we see  Unfolds over a lifetime  When children are making art, they are interested in

the subject matter as well as how the drawing is made.

 Shapes, lines, forms and colours all become very

important to children.

Conceptualisation – How do children think about what they see?

 Refers to children’s levels of understanding of visual

art.

 At Primary school level, children tend to produce

works of art based on some notion of favourite person, place or colour.

 In the later part of childhood, children will start

relating aspects of their works to their own emotions.

Production – What do they produce as a result of what they see and think?

 Take various forms of expression i.e drawing  Drawing itself is a language and can be used to

represent and communicate many important things in a child’s environment

 Children conveys emotions such as happiness,

humour, pain and sadness are also evident in the way children choose to represent objects and people.

 Appropriate questions can stimulate awareness of

their environment and in turn help children produce quality drawings.

Children’s Internal Processes and Environmental Influences

Factors bring about development in visual art

 Jean Piaget  Through the cognitive processes, children learn to accept

new ideas and adapt them according to their own understanding of the world.

 Children’s proficiency in drawing depends on aptitude

and motivation and opportunity to draw,

 Alexander Alland  Children’s drawings are influenced by their culture  Environmental influences i.e stimulation from external

environment (art museum, gallery visits etc)

Tips for Developmentally Practices in Facilitating the Growth of Drawing Skills

 Ensure children are able to relate the artwork to their

• wn experiences

 Cater to children at each developmental level, set

appropriate targets and expectations

 Encourage children to reflect on their works  Provide a cumulative record of their progress in

drawing through portfolio

Tips for Developmentally Practices in Facilitating the Growth of Drawing Skills

 Provide a safe environment to explore art and zone

• f proximal development to determine how much

assistance a child would need to reach his/her potential.

 Provide exposure for children for external stimuli i.e

Art Museum, National Gallery, the surrounding etc.

 Provide opportunities for children to express

themselves in their artwork and explore with different medium.

Perception

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ficvPdpZg

Hands-on Activity – JurongHealth Service Community Outreach Art Project

 Our P1- P6 students and staff will be involved in the

2017 Community Outreach Art Project with Jurong Health Service to create 800 Chinese New Year cards.

 Objective: To make get-well and Chinese New Year

Greeting cards for patients who are unable to discharge from hospital during Chinese New Year and to spread festive cheers.

 Values : Empathy, Motivation, Responsibility.

Q n A

A Thought to ponder