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Basic 1 · Creative Arts · Appreciating and Appraising

Talking About Our Own Artworks

In this topic you will use the agreed guidelines to talk about your own artworks.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Describe your own artwork
  • Say what it is made of and how it was made
  • Say how you could make it better

What you already know

  • Looking at art and talking about it

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
Visual Arts & Performing Arts
Sub-strand
Appreciating and Appraising
Indicator
B1.1.4.6.1 – Use the agreed guidelines to examine and derive meaning from own displayed artworks

Introduction

You have made drawings, collages, posters and dances this term. Now you will talk about your own work like a real artist.

1. Talking About an Artwork

Example – a clay pot
GuidelineAnswer
ThemeUnity
SubjectOur history
MaterialClay
MethodCoiling
UseFetching and storing water
Make it betterAdd handles
A traditional Ghanaian clay pot
Figure 1: Talking about a clay pot Draw the clay pot.Photo: Ibn Shiraz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2. Talking About Your Own Work

  1. Say the title of your work.
  2. Say what materials you used.
  3. Say how you made it.
  4. Say what it means.
  5. Say one way to make it better.

Remember: Every artist can improve. Be proud of your work.

New words

appraise
To say how good something is.
material
What an artwork is made of.
method
The way something is made.
improve
To make better.

Summary

  • We use guidelines to talk about our own art.
  • We say the material, method, meaning and use.
  • We say how we can make our work better.

Class activity: Artist Talk

  1. Choose one artwork you made this term.
  2. Use the appraisal card to talk about it.
  3. Say one way to make it better.

You need: Learners’ own artworks, Locally made drum, Locally made appraisal cards

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. What material is a clay pot made of?

    • A. Clay
    • B. Paper
    • C. Glass
    • D. Plastic
    Show answer
    Answer: ClayPots are made from clay.

  2. 2. Coiling is a way of…

    • A. Making a pot
    • B. Playing a drum
    • C. Singing
    • D. Dancing
    Show answer
    Answer: Making a potPotters coil clay to build pots.

  3. 3. Every artist can improve their work.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TruePractice makes work better.

  4. 4. We should not say how our work was made.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseSaying the method helps others learn.

  5. 5. To make something better is to ______ it.

    Show answer
    Answer: improveThat is the meaning of improve.

  6. 6. Write one way you could make your poster better.

    Show answer
    Answer: Answers will differ, e.g. use brighter colours.Every work can be improved.

Homework

  1. Tell your family about your favourite artwork from this term.