Showing posts with label Ndebele Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ndebele Art. Show all posts

Friday, 30 May 2014

Ndebele Extension Question & Competition: Grade 8

Extension Question:
Images from:
http://local-moda.blogspot.com/2013/10/traditional-dress-and-adornments-of.html




 Link to more visual clues for the extension question.

How does Ndebele art inform popular culture? Describe some examples and designer's work to support your answer. [5]
Can you design your own fashion object? [10]

"Fashion - any mode of dressing or adornment that is popular during a particular time in a particular place among a particular group of people" (Concise Encyclopedia )

2014 Grade 8 Ndebele Art Revision Exercise


Image 1: http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2013/12/ndebele-manala-ndebele-and-ndzundza.html




Image 2:


Image 3: 

http://local-moda.blogspot.com/2013/10/traditional-dress-and-adornments-of.html

Image 4 

http://hood-lum.com/20-March-2011-Ndebele


http://artenormal.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html

Image 1 & 3: Clothing Revision questions: [6]
1. What type of apron is the woman in image 1 wearing? [1]

2. How is it different to the apron that the woman in Image 3 is wearing? [2]

3. How is the woman's clothing in Image 3 symbolic? Is this woman married? How do you know? [3]

Image 1, 2,3 &4 &5: Application of Elements and Principles of Art Revision [8]

4. What form has the woman decorated  in Image 1? [1]

5. Draw a geometric pattern that you can identify in image 1 [2]

6. How has the artist used line in image 2? You can draw an examples to support your answer. [2]

7. Identify a negative shape in this image 3. Circle it in a bright colour. [1]

8. Draw an organic shape that you can identify in image 5. [2]

Image 3 & 4: Ndebele Home Design Revision [6]

9. Name the entrance way in image 3 and describe its defining feature. [2]

10. Name the cultural object that inspired the artist in image 4. Draw an example from the image to support your answer. [2]

11. Ndebele artists are often inspired by everyday life. Write down your version of story being told by the images image 5.  [2]

Link to extension question if you finish early

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

2014: Some Design inspiration for the Grade 8s from the learners of 2013.



 Here is Shayne Laing's example from last year's design.

Remember the shapes can't touch when you are creating a stencil, so Shayne changed her design.  The black areas are where she cut out shapes from the plastic.


Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Grade 8 Design Practise

Dear Grade 8s, 

Task 1: See if you can design a Stencil Pattern using 2 elements from the images below. 

Task 2: Now Create your pattern using Geometric shapes and objects that inspire you.

Remember a pattern should have repetition, contrast and balance to be effective.
http://nkosiafrica.com/gallery.html

SOME EXAMPLES AND NOTES ON STENCILS

Below is an example drawn by Victoria Berry in 8G in 2013.


Below is an a example of a design using geometric shapes.  It was drawn by Shanae Govender in 8R in 2013


Remember that stencils are slightly different to creating patterns, as you have to leave spaces between your shapes.



http://abduzeedo.com/tips-and-tricks-creating-stencils