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- STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS Visual Arts – SOSE combined lessons  Wassily Kandinsky

 Vincent Van Gogh

Over the next few weeks you will be following a series of steps to create some Artwork based on Kandinsky and Vincent Van Gogh so that at the end of the term we can hold a family auction of your artwork to raise money for your chosen local charity.

To begin your task you will need to research local charity groups and decide as a class which one based on what you consider the most worthwhile charity that you wish to donate the proceeds of your artwork auction at the end of the term. To help you make this decision you may wish to ask yourselves the following questions:


 * Do you want to help animals or people?
 * How much money would you like to raise?
 * Who would you like to be your group spokesperson to approach your chosen charity?
 * Who else could you ask for information about local charities?
 * How will you decided which artwork you will put up for auction?
 * Who will you invite to this auction?
 * When would you like to hold the auction and where? (for example: during last school assembly for the term or in the classroom)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once you have brainstormed and decided on the above we will than go on to learn more about the artists and begin to work on creating our artwork for the charity auction. Please remember to keep your notes and decisions saved somewhere safe so that you can refer back to them throughout the term when we are discussing our task. We will use Evernote to compile our notes so that we can all access the information wherever we would like including from home.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Each week we will work on different techniques for our artwork from pencils, crayons and paint and learn different ways of creating our artwork.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the course of the term you will need to also design invitations to send out to those you wish to attend our art show auction. You will be placed in groups of four to spend time researching invitation designs and the method you wish to send your invites out and then each group is to design an invitation they like and send them out to each of their personal lists of guests. As a suggestion you could look at some of the following websites :
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Smilebox
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My Invites (free online invites)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will need to nominate one member from each group to be in charge of handling the invitation RSVP and keep a record of the people who are coming so that after the auction you can then send a thank you note.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After we have completed all the tasks and created our artwork we will all vote for the art we wish to put up for auction and remember you need to vote for others not including your own. To assist you in ensuring you have completed all tasks for this please us the attached checklist as you go along.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On completion of the art show and auction you will need to do a personal reflection on how you feel the art show went and how you feel you contributed to the activities set. Some things you could reflect on could be:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Did I enjoy learning about the artists?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Which technique did you the most with using pencils, crayons or paint?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Was there anything you did not enjoy about the task?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you feel you were listened to when designing your invitation?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Were you happy with how your invitation turned out?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you feel the auction of the art went well?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What was your favourite part of this terms assignment?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Feel free to download this printable copy of this overview for students


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KADINSKY ART EXAMPLES <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">: **

Kandinsky - Composition VII

Kandinsky Composition VIII


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">VAN GOGH ART EXAMPLES <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">: **

Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night media type="youtube" key="dipFMJckZOM" width="420" height="315" align="center" Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean