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Grade 7

Fred Schimmel

Springboards

Why look at art?

looking, reflecting

Activities

Drawing the line

drawing, line, marks

Activities

Lines of gesture

drawing, line, marks

Springboards

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

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

Springboards

Traditional masks

African masks, identity, photography, symbolic

Springboards

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

Springboards

Artists and the human body

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

Artists

Jonah Sack

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

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

Themes

The things I love

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

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

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

Springboards

Many “truths”

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

Springboards

Artists and walls

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

Springboards

The origins of art: the spirit world

heritage, symbolic language

Springboards

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

Springboards

Art, ritual and religious beliefs

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

Springboards

Ritual, tradition and change

heritage, societal issues, symbolic language

Activities

From darkness into light

charcoal, contrast, emphasis, tone

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