Visual Arts
Term 4
Grade 8
Drawing folds in
Fabric
Using
Line
• There are four easy ways to draw folded fabric.
1. CONTOUR DRAWING
Contour drawing, is an artistic technique in which the artist sketches
the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is
essentially an outline; the French word contour meaning, “outline.”
• When drawing clothes or fabric, it is important to pay attention to the texture
and shading of the material.
• Material often folds, crumples or wrinkles and it is important to interpret every
single one in your drawing.
• Look at the pictures in the next slides and pay attention to the following
principles: • Art Elements:
• Design Principles: 1. Shape
1. Balance 2. Line
2. Harmony 3. Tone
3. Rhythm 4. Texture
4. Emphasis 5. Shadows
5. Contrast
• Artists through the ages have always looked to representing
the world around them.
• The human figure has always appeared in artworks, as have
animals.
• Khoi San paintings have always featured both, as have the
early caveman paintings at Lascaux France.
• Artists like to show the countryside in which they live. These
paintings are called landscapes.
• Some artists like to paint objects that we see in everyday
life, like flowers, fruits, ornaments etc. These paintings are
called still life paintings.
• Many crafters like to make these kinds of objects that are
shown in still life paintings, for example: basket-weaving,
pottery, glass-making, and many other techniques.
• In the making of various artworks, artists mirror the society
and culture to which they belong.
Unit 17
Create in 2D: Themes in
Artworks
• In this unit you will learn how to draw the following
themes:
1.Figure Study
2.Portrait
3.Landscape
4.Still Life
Figure Study
1. Figure study has to do with drawing a person live. You can
organize the model you will draw into poses and positions
that you would like to draw.
2. You can draw a figure either seated or standing.
3. Decide on the message you want to convey.
4. Draw your figure in the surroundings (background) in which
you have placed them
5. Create a completed composition from the model.
Portrait
1. Portraits have to do with drawing a person only from the
shoulders upward. You can do a self-portrait in which you
draw yourself.
2. You can draw yourself by looking in the mirror or from a
“selfie”
3. Decide on the message you want to convey.
4. Draw yourself in the surroundings (background) in which
you are.
5. Create a completed composition from the model.
Landscape
1. Landscapes have to do with drawing a landscape through
observation. You can go outside and draw what you see.
Landscapes do not have people, objects or animals as the
focus point.
2. You can draw a field or your garden from the point of view
where you are either seated or standing.
3. Decide on the message you want to convey.
4. Create a completed composition from the landscape.
Still Life
1. Still Life paintings have to do with drawing objects. You can
organize the objects you will draw into the positions that
you would like to draw them in.
2. Decide on the message you want to convey.
3. Draw your objects in the surroundings (background) in
which you have placed them
4. Create a completed composition from the objects.
• Scraperboard, or scratch board, is a drawing medium
that is traditionally a black-coated board with a white
layer beneath.
• Scratchboard refers to both a fine-art medium, and
an illustrative technique using sharp knives and tools
for engraving into a thin layer of white China clay
that is coated with dark, often black India ink.
• There is also foil paper covered with black ink that,
when scratched, exposes the shiny surface beneath.
• Scratchboard can be used to yield highly detailed,
precise and evenly textured artwork. Works can be
left black and white, or colored.
Unit 10
Dramatic Skills development
Activity 10.1
• Summarize this activity in your own words and write it down
in your workbook.
• Use the following steps as headings:
1. Relax
2. Breathing for speech
3. Resonance
4. Articulation
Activity 10.3
• Page 203
• This activity is teacher-led.
• Follow the instructions of your teacher well.
Unit 11
Dialogues, dramatized prose,
indigenous storytelling
• Dialogues are conversations between two or more people.
• When you are speaking to your friends at break time you are in
dialogue with them,
• In Term 1 and 3 you also had to do a dialogue for marks.
• Read scene 19 on page 207 in your textbooks.
• A dramatized prose is the performance of a piece of writing from a
book, magazine, newspaper or any source which is not a play.
• In dramatized prose the performers use narration as well as direct
speech and performers can play a number of different roles.
• Prose is only one person.
• Indigenous storytelling is a traditional form of performance where
people tell stories.
• Storytelling is the traditional way in which myths and family history
were passed down from generation to generation before people
could write.
• It is still used widely today as a form of performance.
• There is less focus on movement and more focus on using the voice
to create characters.
• Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe (born 24 October 1958), also known as Gcina
Mhlophe, is a South African anti-apartheid activist, actress, storyteller, poet,
playwright, director and author.
• Storytelling is a deeply traditional activity in South Africa, and Mhlophe is
one of the few woman storytellers in our country dominated by males.
• She does her work through charismatic performances, working to preserve
storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and encouraging South
African children to read.
Formal
Assessment
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