Created by Alice Vigors - 2017

Year 6 Visual Arts Unit 2017 All About Asia

Term: 1 2 3 4 Weeks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

OUTCOMES SUBJECT MATTER

Making: VAS3.1 – investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses of things in the world VAS3.2 - makes artworks for different audiences, assembling materials in a variety of ways Appreciating: VAS3.3 – acknowledges that audiences respond in different ways to artworks and that there are different opinions about the value of artworks VAS3.4 – communicates about the ways in which subject matter is represented in artworks

People Other Living

Things Objects Places & Spaces Events

FORMS

Drawing Painting & Colouring

Sculpture & 3D Form

Printing & Making

Photography Ceramics &

Fibre

PROCESSES

Make Construct Design Appreciate Investigate Reflect Analyse Interpret

Unit Aims: This unit explores a number of art forms found in the region of Asia.

Learning Experience Overview: 1. Japanese Shibori

□ Theory: What is Japanese Shibori? □ Experiment with tie-die using tissue paper bleeding

2. Asian Pagodas □ Theory: What is a pagoda? What different designs are used? Where in Asia can pagodas be found? □ Create own detailed Asian Pagoda and mount on Japanese Shibori paper

3. Indian Rangoli □ Theory: What is a Rangoli? Why are they used? □ Design own Rangoli pattern

Unit Resources: □ A3/ A4 art paper □ Tissue paper □ Spray bottles □ Water □ Black pens/ textas □ Pencil □ Scissors □

Created by Alice Vigors - 2017

Year 6 Visual Arts Unit 2017 All About Asia

SESSION LEARNING EXPERIENCES RESOURCES

ONE:

Japanese Shibori

VAS3.1 VAS3.2 VAS3.3 VAS3.4

KLA Links: Geography

Learning Intention: We are learning about Japanese Shibori and tissue paper bleeding Display the following image: Pose the question: What do you think Japanese Shibori might be? Discuss what Shibori is:

Shibori is the Japanese word for a variety of ways of embellishing textiles by shaping cloth and securing it before dying. The word comes from the verb root shiboru, "to wring, squeeze, press." Shibori was originally an art of the poor. In feudal Japan, many people could not afford to buy expensive fabrics like cotton or silk, so clothes were often made of cheap hemp fabrics. People could not afford to replace clothes regularly either, so they would repair and redye them, and the art of Shibori evolved as a means of making old clothes look new. Tie-dyeing has evolved in many cultures around the world, and can be seen on fabrics made thousands of years ago in Latin America, Africa, India, China and around Asia.

Explain how we will use tissue paper bleeding to create a Japanese Shibori inspired artwork. □ Lightly spray art paper surface so it is slightly damp □ Place the tissue paper carefully down onto the art paper – either in a pattern or random

arrangement □ Ensure some of the tissue paper overlaps to get colour blending □ Apply more water using the spray bottle to ensure the tissue paper is stuck to paper □ When it is mostly dry pull tissue paper pieces off the art paper to reveal the design left

behind. NB: this artwork will be used as the background to the Asian pagodas design. Reflection on Learning:

□ A3 art paper □ Tissue paper □ Spray bottles □ Water

Created by Alice Vigors - 2017

Year 6 Visual Arts Unit 2017 All About Asia

SESSION LEARNING EXPERIENCES RESOURCES

TWO:

Asian Pagodas

VAS3.1 VAS3.2 VAS3.3 VAS3.4

KLA Links: Geography, English

Learning Intention: We are learning to design a detailed Asian Pagoda Display an informative text about Pagodas Ask: What is a pagoda? Where in Asia can pagodas be found? Examine a variety of images depicting pagodas and discuss the different designs and styles, e.g. upward curving roof, many tiers Draft a rough pagoda design in art books, labelling key details of their design Draw detailed Asian Pagoda on to art paper using a pencil Outline the design using black pen or texta Cut around the outside of the design leaving a slight strip of white Glue pagoda design onto Japanese Shibori inspired tie-dye Reflection on Learning:

□ art paper □ pencil □ black pen/ texta □ scissors

Created by Alice Vigors - 2017

Year 6 Visual Arts Unit 2017 All About Asia

SESSION LEARNING EXPERIENCES RESOURCES

THREE:

Indian Rangoli

VAS3.1 VAS3.2 VAS3.3 VAS3.4

KLA Links: Geography, Mathematics

Learning Intention: We are learning to design Indian Rangoli Display an image of Rangoli floor art what do you see, observe or notice? Explain what Indian Rangoli art is:

Rangoli art from India, is a folk art used during Hindu festivals to bring good luck and welcome the Hindu deities. The artwork is both a religious and cultural symbol, and is found in all homes regardless of income. The details in Rangoli decorations can include lotus flowers, mango leaves, geometric shapes, or other elaborate designs made of rice flour, coloured sand, or even flower petals.

Draft a rough geometrical Rangoli design Draw a Rangoli design on to art paper using a pencil Use colours to enhance the patterns made in the Rangoli Reflection on Learning:

□ Art paper □ pencil □ Colours

Created by Alice Vigors - 2017

Asian Pagodas

A Pagoda, is a tower like, multistorey,

solid or hollow structure made of stone,

brick, or wood, usually associated with a

Buddhist temple complex and therefore

usually found in East and Southeast

Asia, where Buddhism was long the

prevailing religion.

<<<Timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple,

1056, Song dynasty; at Yingxian, Shanxi

province, China.

The pagoda structure

derives from that of the

stupa, a hemispherical, domed, commemorative

monument first constructed in ancient India.

Countries where pagodas are common:

□ Nepal

□ India

□ China

□ Japan

□ Korea

□ Vietnam

□ Burma

□ Sri Lanka