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Chinese Art
Teacher's Resource
Lesson Plan: Traditional Chinese Painting
Lessons submitted by: Patti Burkhardt
Xieyi
(free brush)
Grades PreK-5
Sunshine State Standards: VAA111, VAA112, VAA113, VAA114, VAA121, VAA122,
VAA123, VAA124, VAB113, VAB121, VAB122, VAB123, VAB124, VAC111, VAC112,
VAC121, VAC122
Goal:
This free brush activity will ready Grades PreK-5 students
for their visit to the Naples Art Museum where the Gow
Collection will be explored. The following two links are related
to this lesson:
Additionally, two
on-site lessons in techniques for viewing Chinese art, in fact, any
art collection, are included for use by students while touring the collection
at the museum. They are titled Thoughts,
teaching students how to question the meaning of art, and Perspective,
a discussion of the different manner of handling relative distance in
Chinese versus Western art.
 Objective:
Student will explore the Chinese painting method of xieyi
(free brush) and produce a piece of work utilizing this style.
Materials: (a
source: http://www.ningyeh.com/oas/video.htm)
- medium watercolor
brushes,
- large, black
tempera cakes,
- containers filled
with ice water,
- cups for tempera
cakes,
- manila paper
and/or
- 'Brush Up' practice
paper, a renewable paper surface that can be reused 2,000 times with
plain water, which can be ordered through Sax Arts & Crafts.Teacher
Preparation:
Study Chinese freestyle painting techniques using various books, kits,
and/or videos on the subject.
Vocabulary
Activity Description
The students
will:
- listen to a
presentation and observe demonstrations on Chinese painting using
free brush techniques.
- demonstrate
the correct way to hold the brush and explore the various positions
and brush strokes.
- create their
own artwork reproducing the free brush style and technique using a
given subject matter.
Suggested Resources:
The book Oriental Painting Course by
Wang Jia Nan and Cai Xiaoli which was published by Watson Guptill in
1997 is an excellent resource with many visuals.
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese
Caligraphy Lesson.html [yes, calligraphy is misspelled in this URL]
Assessment of
Effort / Perseverance
Rubric
- 4- The
project was continued until it was as complete as the student could
make it; the student gave effort far beyond that required; the student
took pride in going well beyond the requirement.
- 3- The
student worked hard and completed the project, but with a little more
effort it might have been outstanding.
- 2- The
student finished the project, but it could have been improved with
more effort; there was adequate interpretation of the assignment,
but the student neglected the finishing touches; or the student chose
an easy project and did it indifferently.
- 1- The
project was mostly completed with a few loose ends left off; the student
displayed minimum involvement and lackadaisical effort.
- 0- The
student did not adequately finish major portions of the work.
The following links are related to this lesson:
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