CHINA: CREATING A HAND_MADE HANGING SCROLL WITH A CHINESE LANDSCAPE
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
- Students will be able to identify the three different types
of Chinese scrolls (hanging scroll, hand scroll and the album leaf).
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Students will be able to learn about the historical
background of a Chinese scroll, and understand the role and functions of a
scroll in the Chinese society.
- Students will learn about and understand the Chinese artist
and what is his role in china.
- Students will be able to read a scroll and identify the
different elements that make -up a scroll.
- Students will be able to explore the relationship between a
visual image, poetry, and calligraphy in one work of art (Three Perfections)
and the interaction of the creator of each.
- Students will be able to learn and apply the foundations of
Chinese landscape drawing and painting.
- Students will be able to utilize a paintbrush, ink, and
watercolor
- Students will be able to create a hanging scroll with a
Chinese landscape using pen, ink, brush and watercolor.
MATERIALS:
- one large sheet of heavy weight poster paper in any neutral
color.
- two large sheets of construction paper for backing of scroll
- black drawing ink
- Chinese brush or round brush
- colored pencils, water colors
- one piece of ribbon or yam for each scroll
VISUAL EXAMPLES:
Chinese landscape paintings of the Tang dynasty
Renaissance landscapes
Impressionist landscapes
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- How do we compare and contrast the use of space in the works
of Renaissance and the Tang dynasty Chinese landscape painters?
- How can we read a hanging scroll?
- How does the Chinese artist draw and paint clouds,
mountains, trees and water in their landscape paintings?
- How can we learn from them?
- How can we create the illusion of space in a hanging scroll?
- How can we utilize different values in color to create the
illusion of distance?
ACTIVITIES:
- Teacher will introduce students to works of art by artist who have painted landscapes.
- Teacher will discuss how an artist's interpretation reflects the skill of the artist,
the wishes of the patron and the culture in which it was created.
- Teacher will have students perform a series of painting, drawing, color exercises using
a Chinese paint brush, ink, color pencil, and watercolor; to develop their Chinese
painting skills.
- Students will sketch a Chinese landscape using various materials and techniques.
- Students will create a traditional Chinese landscape painting on a hanging scroll.
SUMMARY QUESTIONS/ FOLLOW- UP ACTIVIEIS:
- Describe a Chinese artist and how he paints landscapes.
- Where does a Chinese artist get his ideas for his paintings?
- How does a Chinese painter organize his painting when painting a hanging scroll?
- Compose a short poem about your landscape painting?
- What season should your hanging scroll be displayed and explain why?
