RIC-6584 Exploring Visual Art (Upper)
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Snowflake<br />
DURATION<br />
Two lessons<br />
TASK<br />
Create a colourful collage background for a Christmas snowflake centrepiece.<br />
Materials<br />
✓✓ A4 cartridge paper<br />
✓✓ coloured origami paper<br />
✓✓ glue<br />
LESSON 1<br />
Cut squares, approximately 2 cm x 2<br />
cm, from various colours of origami<br />
paper. Glue onto the cartridge paper,<br />
leaving no gaps. Ensure all edges of the<br />
squares are glued down flat.<br />
Evaluation<br />
Variations<br />
✓✓<br />
✓✓<br />
scissors<br />
white paper circle<br />
(approximately 15 cm diameter)<br />
folded segment<br />
edges<br />
<strong>Art</strong>s ideas <strong>Art</strong>s skills and processes <strong>Art</strong>s responses <strong>Art</strong>s in society<br />
• Develops ideas<br />
to create images<br />
based on a<br />
particular theme.<br />
• Uses shapes to<br />
create a collage<br />
image.<br />
Lesson 2<br />
1. Fold the white paper circle in half, three<br />
times (eighths). Cut shapes from the<br />
folded segment edges.<br />
Open out the snowflake shape and glue<br />
onto the coloured square background.<br />
• Evaluates own<br />
artwork and that of<br />
others.<br />
• Discusses the<br />
different artwork<br />
that can be created<br />
at Christmas time<br />
(e.g. cards, wrapping<br />
paper).<br />
• Use coloured paper in only cool colours to create the background, reinforcing knowledge<br />
of cool colours or to support learning about the seasons (winter), climate or harsh<br />
environments.<br />
• Use tissue paper instead of origami paper to create a more ‘subtle’, softer background.<br />
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