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Fred Schimmel

Springboards

Why look at art?

looking, reflecting

Activities

Drawing the line

drawing, line, marks

Activities

Lines of gesture

drawing, line, marks

Activities

Creating secondary colours from primary colours

colour, colour mixing, interpreting, painting

Activities

Creating tertiary colours from primary colours

colour, colour mixing, interpreting, painting

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Face and identities

expressing, looking, portraits, reflecting

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So, what is portraiture?

discussing, expressing, portraits, reflecting

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How does the world see you?

identity, portraits

Artists

George Pemba

listening, looking, portraits, reflecting, talking

Artists

Ephraim Ngatane

listening, looking, portraits, reflecting, talking

Artists

Irma Stern

artist as commentator, listening, looking, portraits, reflecting, talking

Artists

Terry Kurgan

listening, looking, portraits, reflecting, talking

Artists

Marlene Dumas

listening, looking, portraits, reflecting, talking

Artists

Moshekwa Langa

artist as commentator, listening, looking, portraits, reflecting, talking

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Five children and a sigh

colour, composition, describing, expressing, listening, looking, proportion, reflecting, talking, texture

Activities

Making self-portraits: Drawing your face

drawing, form, line, painting, texture

Activities

Back-of-the-head portraits

drawing, form, line, texture

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How do you want to be seen? The construction of identity

global society, identity, mixed media, personal expression, photography, symbolic

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Airbrushed brides and grooms: Photographic colourists

collage, photography, research, sources

Activities

Self-portrait collage

collage, identity, mixed media, personal expression, portraits, presenting, symbolic

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Traditional masks

African masks, identity, photography, symbolic

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The Egungun masquerade

African masks, heritage, identity, photography, symbolic

Activities

Making the mask

African masks, colour, construction, contrast, emphasis, line, mixed media, presenting, proportion, recycled materials, reflecting, shape, texture, tone

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Artists and the human body

3D, artist as commentator, construction, fashion, interpreting, personal expression, photography, reflecting

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Bodies at work

artist as commentator, interpreting, societal issues

Artists

Jonah Sack

drawing, interpreting, line, looking, proportion, texture, tone, wet drawing media

Artists

Gerard Sekoto

artist as commentator, colour, emphasis, line, painting, repetition, rhythm, societal issues, unity

Artists

Deborah Bell

colour, drawing, line, marks, painting, tone, wet drawing media

Activities

Your Own Expressive Body

describing, drawing, interpreting, looking, responding, wet drawing media

Artists

Deborah Bell

carving, draped fabric, form, sculpture

Activities

Making a creature

balance, construction, form, proportion, recycled materials, sculpture, variety

Springboards

Human figurines in southern Africa

clay, heritage, researching

Themes

Taking traditional doll figures further

balance, construction, form, proportion, recycled materials, sculpture, shape, texture

Artists

Bongi Bengu

artist as commentator, looking, painting, pattern, reflecting, responding, societal issues, texture

Artists

Sethembile Msezane

artist as commentator, heritage, identity, public art, societal issues

Artists

Penny Siopis

artist as commentator, colour, draped fabric, interpreting, looking, painting, reflecting, researching, responding

Themes

Bodymapping

colour, line, mixed media, personal expression, proportion, shape, symbolic

Themes

Objects tell stories

looking, reflecting, responding

Artists

Bongi Dhlomo Mautloa

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Artists

Keith Dietrich

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Artists

Jo Ractliffe

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Themes

The things I love

balance, contrast, emphasis, line, shape, texture, tone

Themes

Jeremy Wafer

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Artists

Nandipha Mntambo

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Artists

Walter Oltmann

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Artists

Willem Boshoff

artist as commentator, interpreting, looking, reflecting, researching, responding

Activities

Working with clay

joining, scratching

Springboards

Still Life: Objects of Contemplation

discussing, expressing, interpreting, looking

Activities

Your own still life

balance, colour, contrast, emphasis, light, line, shape, texture, tone

Springboards

Small objects of power

balance, colour, contrast, emphasis, interpreting, light, line, looking, reflecting, researching, responding, shape, texture, tone

Artists

Simon Lekgetho

balance, colour, contrast, emphasis, interpreting, light, line, looking, reflecting, researching, responding, shape, texture, tone

Artists

Objects of Significance

balance, colour, contrast, emphasis, interpreting, light, line, looking, reflecting, researching, responding, shape, texture, tone

Activities

Creating your own museum

construction, emphasis, joining, proportion

Springboards

Pop Art: Artists and the consumer culture

interpreting, looking, presenting, reflecting, researching, responding

Artists

Cameron Plater

interpreting, looking, presenting, reflecting, researching, responding

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Drawing with charcoal

charcoal, line, marks, texture, tone

Uncategorized

Painting the landscape

colour mixing, contrast, emphasis, interpreting, line, looking, painting, proportion, responding, texture, tone, unity, variety

Artists

Karel Nel

interpreting, looking, presenting, reflecting, researching, responding

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Maps and bird’s eye views

interpreting, looking, researching

Artists

John Phalane

interpreting, looking, researching

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Land Art

artist as commentator, interpreting, line, looking, pattern, personal expression, reflecting, researching, responding, shape

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Many “truths”

artist as commentator, compare and contrast, engage and discuss, interpreting, Respond to current events, societal issues, symbolic language

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Three Guernicas

artist as commentator, engage and discuss, interpreting, listening, looking, symbolic language, talking

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Protesting against injustice

artist as commentator, interpreting, symbolic language

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Forced removals: walls come down

artist as commentator, interpreting, Respond to current events, societal issues, symbolic language

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Reading photographs

composition, interpreting, line, texture, tone

Activities

Picturing our lives

balance, composition, interpreting, line, societal issues, symbolic language, tone

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Photography and posters

artist as commentator, balance, composition, interpreting, line, societal issues, symbolic language, texture, tone

Activities

Designing and making a poster

colour, composition, line, shape, tone

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Artists and walls

artist as commentator, colour, composition, interpreting, line, listening, shape, talking, tone

Activities

Design your own Tag

artist as commentator, engage and discuss

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The origins of art: the spirit world

heritage, symbolic language

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Southern African rock art

heritage, societal issues, symbolic language

Activities

Painting with tools from nature

colour mixing, painting, tone

Activities

Making a therianthrope

collage

Springboards

Continuing the story

heritage, interpreting, societal issues, symbolic language

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Art, ritual and religious beliefs

artist as commentator, compare and contrast, interpreting, societal issues, symbolic language

Activities

Looking for clues

looking, reflecting, writing

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Ritual, tradition and change

heritage, societal issues, symbolic language

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Initiation: tradition and change

engage and discuss, interpreting, listening, looking, reflecting, symbolic language, talking, writing

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A cry of comfort for ancient rituals

listening, looking, talking, writing

Activities

Create a ritual for your time

engage and discuss, interpreting, listening, looking, symbolic language, talking, writing

Activities

From darkness into light

charcoal, contrast, emphasis, tone

Activities

Surreal Selfies

mixed media, symbolic language

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