Basic 4 · Creative Arts · Planning, Making and Composing
Project: Creating Art from Available Media
In this topic you will create your own artworks for a school-based project using available visual art media.
By the end of these notes you should be able to:
- Plan a project artwork
- Create the artwork step by step
- Record your process
What you already know
- Studying Ghanaian visual artists
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
- Planning, Making and Composing
- Indicator
- B4.1.2.3.3 – Create own artworks using available visual arts media
Introduction
Your group will create artworks about topical issues in Ghana using materials that are easy to find.
1. Planning the Project
| Item | Example |
|---|---|
| topic | plastic pollution in Ghana |
| artwork type | bottle-top mosaic |
| materials | bottle tops, cardboard, glue, paint |
| tools | scissors, brushes |
| time | three lessons |
2. Process Journal
A process journal records each step: sketches, problems and solutions.
| Day | What I did | Problem | Solution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | made a sketch | design too small | made it bigger |
| 2 | glued bottle tops | glue too slow | used stronger glue |
| 3 | painted the background | colours ran | let each layer dry |
New words
- project
- A piece of work done over several days.
- mosaic
- A picture made of small pieces.
- process journal
- A record of how an artwork was made.
- topical issue
- A problem people talk about now.
- sketch
- A quick drawing to plan.
- available
- Easy to get or find.
Summary
- Plan your project: topic, materials, tools and time.
- Use available materials like bottle tops and cardboard.
- Record each step in a process journal.
- Solve problems as you work.
Class activity: Project Work
- Make your project artwork over three lessons.
- Keep a process journal.
- Show your progress to the teacher.
You need: Pencils, Crayons, Old cartons, Manila paper, Kente, Adinkra samples
Exercises
Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.
1. A picture made of small pieces is a…
- A. Mosaic
- B. Mural
- C. Sculpture
- D. Song
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Answer: MosaicThat is a mosaic.2. A record of how an artwork was made is a…
- A. Process journal
- B. Catalogue
- C. Programme
- D. Label
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Answer: Process journalIt records steps.3. Which is a topical issue in Ghana?
- A. Plastic pollution
- B. Clean rivers everywhere
- C. No traffic
- D. Too many trees
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Answer: Plastic pollutionIt is a current problem.4. Bottle tops are available materials.
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: TrueThey are easy to find.5. A process journal records only the final artwork.
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: FalseIt records each step.6. A quick drawing to plan is a ______.
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Answer: sketchThat is a sketch.7. List the materials for a bottle-top mosaic.
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Answer: Bottle tops, cardboard, glue, paint.These are needed.8. Why is a process journal useful?
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Answer: It shows your thinking, problems and solutions and helps you improve.It records learning.
Homework
- Continue your process journal at home.