It is time to travel

 This art class was full. Full of discussion and full of exploring . How do we as South Africans get around? So many answers.....

 The idea was to get to the TAXI as a means of transport. We discussed how people need to use public transport and what that all looks like for children and adults.

 The children had to create NDEBELE patterns on the sides of their own Taxi. We talked about Ndebele art and the history of it and the meaning of the colours.

 The final fun came when each child could create a short little story of things someone might take with them if they traveled from an urban to a rural setting. Chickens, buckets, ladders and the like all came to life on top of the traveling taxi. Delightful!!

This is how art tells a story

We began this series with a look at some South African artists who use art to tell great stories. In reality, all art tells a story, some is a little easier to see and understand than others.

These are our attempts.

 We began this lesson by looking at different South African Artists and how their work told a story. We also looked at children's story book illustrations and the like. The children had a chance to tell what they thought was happening in the art.

Each child had to create their own story art . Each work needed to have 

1. animal

2. person

3. some kind of car / bus etc

4. a place where it was all happening

 We used pictures from magazines like National Geo-graphics to create each piece. We cut them out, stuck them onto larger pieces of paper and then we painted them with watercolour paints

 They were stunning.