People from different places
Art Making Activities
Activity 1: Drawing body tattoo designs (Stage 3 students)
Look at the artwork titled, No koora te cigaretti, you will see the man has markings on his face. If you can try to check google images on the internet to find some more images of traditional Maori tattoos. Use these to help you design your own tattoos. Draw a face shape on a piece of paper and then add the eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows. Draw your tattoos with coloured/ black markers, or crayons inside the face shape. Often tattoos are placed on the chin or cheeks but this is different for men or women. Alternative activity: You could put on a clear plastic disposable surgical glove on one hand (the one you don’t write with) and draw the designs directly on the glove with a black felt marker or black biro. Keep the plastic fairly tight so it makes it easier to follow your lines. When finished you could stuff with soft cloth rags, tissue or cotton wool and pin it to a wall.
Activity 2: Poster Painting (Stage 2 or 3 students)
Look at the artwork titled, Burning Fire and Children, you will see a number of instruments. Imagine you and some friends have formed your own music group, what would you call yourselves? What instruments would you play? What kind of music would you like to perform? Create a poster advertising your first public concert. You could begin by drafting the design in pencil and then use acrylic paints and brushes to fill in the spaces with colour. When paint is dry outline your painted shapes/objects with black felt pen and add the text with the information you would need. Tip: It might be nice to use the colours that you see in the original artwork and leave some blank spaces that are not filled with text or painting.
Activity: Profile Portrait Silhouettes
The person in the yellow turban painting has been painted in a profile position and in this activity you will also be doing profile shots.
Using a overhead projector lamp or strong table lamp shine the light onto a wall or blackboard. Tape a piece of black card or white card paper on the wall with the light shining exactly over the paper. Ask another student to stand between the lamp and the paper so that you get a profile silhouette shot of them to appear on the paper. You might need to have them stand very close to the paper to get their whole face shadow inside the paper frame. Trace the outline of their shadow with pencil following the contours of the face from the tip of the head to the neck. You can ask the person posing for you to open their mouth or tilt back their head back or forward to get an interesting portrait. When you have finished tracing take it back to your table and cut out the head/face shape starting from the edge of the paper. You can then paste the black/or white cut out face (the positive shape) onto white/ black paper with glue (think about where it is placed on the page). You can also use the paper that has been cut away (the negative shape) and paste this on another sheet of paper. Display the positive and negative profile portraits side by side. Alternatively: If you want you can use your cut outs as a stencil, tracing around them onto different colour papers. You can then overlap your colour paper portraits leaving a small margin between each and paste them down when you are happy with the design.
