Strathmore Primary School

Art works

How To:

The students studied Chinese Art works using different resources and references.

This activity took several weeks to complete as the strands of Performing Arts/Drama and Visual Arts were integrated.

Procedures

• The students looked at posters and pictures of dragons.
  
• Discussed basic shapes/symbols related to dragons.
  
• Drew in pencil in sketchbooks/planning stage
  
• Created a pencil outline on cartridge paper
  
• Selected one colour and mix tones of this colour
  
• Experimented with a brush and other drawing implements to create the features, textures and lines of the dragon's head utilising only one colour.
  
• Completed painting the inside of the dragon's head
  
• Cut out and mounted dragon's head on to paper. The paper had a background, created utilising rubbing plates with black pastel
  
• Stapled a piece of laminating film over the dragon's head and added detail using a black Prockey marker.

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