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Learning Intentions:
Students will
Artmaking 30%
Undertake and explore a variety of mark making practices informed by a range of artists who TRANSFORM ink & paint.
Learn about the practice of artist Xu Bing and Qi Baishi and integrate their aesthetic into a resolved ‘Faux Asian’ artwork combining New English Calligraphy with a traditional ink painting.
Visual Arts Diary 5%
Learn about and integrate artists’ practices that explore the concept of TRANSFORMATION in their material and conceptual practice. This will inform your artmaking for Term 4.
Specific Success Criteria:
Students will
Artmaking 30%
Documents experiments into a variety of mark making activities – photographed and titled presented in your digital VAD, demonstrating all requirements on the checklist. (4.1 Practice)
Traditional Chinese Ink Painting – in ‘faux Asian aesthetic artwork inspired by Qi Baishi or traditional Chinese ink paintings. (4.6 Resolution)
New English Calligraphy Script
- Applies a range of ink values to render a New English Calligraphy Script inspired by artist Xu Bing. (4.6 Practice)
- Incorporates and renders ‘faux Asian motifs’, including a shape and seal to enhance an authentic traditional Chinese Ink Painting. (4.6 Resolution)
Visual Arts Diary 5%
Researches – contemporary artist’s material and conceptual practice and creates a visual/written plan for Term 4 artmaking ianspired by the artist. (4.7 Practice)
Key stages of Artmaking Task:
Key stages of Artmaking Task:
Learn about and apply calligraphic mark making with ink, brush and water. Demonstrate proper use of materials and organisation/cleaning of equipment.
Learn about the artmaking practice of Xu Bing (link to CHS task)
Practice Chinese Ink Painting of a variety of subject matter showing tonal and mark variation.
Devise authentic NEC Alphabet in your Visual Arts Diary
Select Appropriate Quote/Phrase and paint using NEC in Visual Arts Diary
Plan and create resolved artwork incorporating NEC Calligraphic Quote + Ink Painted subject matter.
Document process, final artwork + reflection in VAD and submit Week 9 Thursday to the LMS.
The squares at the top left & right are the same shade of grey.
The squares at the top left & right are the same shade of grey.
These lines are actually straight & parallel
These lines are actually straight & parallel
This is not moving
This is not moving
This is an example of Xu Bing’s ‘New English Calligraphy’ NEC or ‘Square Word Calligraphy’
What did he do that made us read his language in a NEW way?
Artmaking Activity NEC
Rewrite the two NEC alphabets as shown in your physical VAD.
Your teacher will provide you with the two templates to recreate the NEC in using ink.
Please paste these in your VAD before you set up so as to not get them lost.
Materials-
Photocopies of two sheets
Black Ink and brushes
VAD Book
Learning Intentions:
Learning Intentions:
Students will
Understand and apply the practice of Xu Bing and create artworks to challenge their visual bias
Replicate a NEC alphabet using calligraphy and ink
Step 1.
Recreate Xu Bing's NEC Alphabet
Step 2.
Recreate a range of faux Alphabets that calligraphically mimic Chinese characters.
Lesson 3 - T3 Wk8 Thursday
Write your name in NEC.
Write 4 different versions of Your Name using Xu Bing’s NEC method in your VAD.
STEPS
Using a pencil - divide your page into four equal parts.
In each of the parts draw in a very light pencil - two equally sized squares (approx 5cm) in a vertical arrangement - one on top of the other.
The top box is for your first name the lower box is for your surname.
Observe and apply Xu Bing’s ‘letter order guide’ - shown top right of this page.
Use ink and brushes to experiment and practice applying the different types of NEC letters.
Experiment with different letter arrangements for both your first and surname.
Enlarge your name to fill an entire page in your VAD.
Centre vertically and horizontally.
Artmaking
Create an ART QUOTE in the
New English Calligraphy Style.
Select or create a short 5-7 word quote
based on the theme of
Art or Transformation.
Identify the name of the Author.
Create your NEC script for your QUOTE.
Each word should fill the entire space of a 5 x 5cm square
NEC COMPOSITION
Plan Draw 4x Possible COMPOSITIONS
Consider the number of words you have in your NEC SCRIPT.
You may have one OR two rows of NEC words
Ms Tapp's Classes.
Set up the light boxes in the room.
Use the templates in the tray at the front of the teachers room to assist you with aligning your real NEC Script and penciling in the Red Shape and where your Red Stamp will go.
Artmaking - NEC 'Faux' Asian Script with ink illustrated motifs in the background,
Learning Intentions:
Learning Intentions:
Students will
develop a New English Calligraphy script based on the concept of Art & or Transformation.
integrate the NEC into a 'faux' traditional Asian ink landscape painting
understand and apply tonal mixing when working with ink
Step 7.
Step 7.
Create 4 different Values of Ink in your VAD
Create 4 different Values of Ink in your VAD
Materials
Paper on desks
VAD
Inkpot
Water pot
clean brush
Ink pallet
Watch the ‘India Ink for Beginners’ Video tutorial.
Watch the ‘India Ink for Beginners’ Video tutorial.
In your VAD create a scale of ink from white to black using a minimum of 4 values.
When applying the ink use 4 ink VALUE variations using different ink washes
1. Black
2. Dark grey
3. Light Grey – mix with water
4. White – leave empty
Step 8
7VA Use the Chinese Seal Generator to create a seal to go in the red stamp area of your NEC Script.
https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-seal-generator/
Find your Chinese Name. Don't have a Chinese name? Try the Chinese name tool i.e Ka te = 卡特
Then copy the characters and select your seal type. the select 'Carve' and download.
Take a screenshot and upload this onto your digital VAD.
Draw this ‘seal’ in your VAD.
Render the seal on your NEC using a red pen.
Integrate distinct
Asian motifs
into the background of your NEC Script.
Mountain landscapes
Tiger
Dragon
Koi Fish
Bamboo
Lotus Flower
Cherry Blossom
Bonsai Tree
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