Te Tuhi Reflection

WALT: Reflect on our experience at Te Tuhi gallery
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Today, half of the Kia Manawanui syndicate went on a trip to Te Tuhi gallery. This was to learn and create our own abstract art. Our learning focus today, was learning about abstract art and what it looks like. To create is art piece, we used different colours, shapes, patterns and scales to create our abstract painting, which was inspired by technology. We also used stencils to help us create our abstract art.

During our lesson, I learned that abstract art is made up of different colours, shapes, patterns, textures, scales etc. etc. and is not necessarily realistic. This means : What you think the art piece is, is what you think it is. Because there is no right or wrong answer. Here is an example :
 
 ME : I see leafs. Like its autumn. Because in autumn, when the leafs fall off the tree, they have a nice yellow,orange,green texture in the leaf.
But, we all see art differently ! What do you think this art piece is? , leave a comment below.

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Technology is obviously important to creating an art piece. Without technology we wouldn't be able to create any artwork. For example, a pencil is used to help artist sketch their work out before painting, bolding, etc. etc. The technology in the example I used was a pencil. Which obviously helps to give artist ideas of what to create, by sketching their work out.

To make something abstract :
1. Pencil out any four simple patterns/objects around the paper. Make sure they are all over the place.
2. Draw lines going down portrait and landscape. There should be 4 lines.
3. Go over every line and shape you drew with a vivid.
4. Colour/paint the shapes any 4 colours. Make sure the colours ain't next to the same colour. Example : IF you did one box yellow, the next bow won't be able to be yellow.

Have a try!
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Something I really enjoyed about our experience at Te Tuhi, was exploring the different exhibitions around the gallery. 2 exhibits I enjoyed visiting was  the - Siliga David Setoga and Jasmine Togo-Brisby exhibitions.

SILIGA DAVID SETOGA:
I enjoyed visiting Siliga David Setogas art because there was an art piece/ photo that shared a story about a Maori lady who walked from Auckland to Wellington. From what I've been told from my grandfather, this lady 'Dame Whina Cooper' took the courage to walk from Auckland to Wellington as I told you before. Although, there were cameras, cars and people around who asked her if she wanted a car ride, but she said NO. Because how much courage she had, made her walk a far distance.


Name : Dame Whina Cooper
Sunrise : 9 December 1895, Te Karaka
Sunset : 26 March 1994
New Zealander - Maori Women
Dame Whina Cooper was a respected Kuia, who worked many years for the rights of her people and to improve the lot of Maori women.

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 JASMINE TOGO-BRISBY:
I enjoyed visiting Jasmines exhibit because share designed a sugar art piece that spelled out 'JESUS'. She used sugar because her family used to work at a sugar cane farm, and also used the name JESUS because back in her days, they always use to talk about JESUS. She is also a christian who comes from both countries New Zealand and Australia.


This is the art piece she had created.
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Before visiting the exhibitions in the gallery, we all created our own abstract art.
I will be sharing with you the process of how I created my own abstract art.
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The technologies I had in my art work were : A game control, Television, Pencil and a computer.
Firstly, I stenciled the technologies listed above, everywhere around the paper.
Next, I drew lines going up portrait and also landscaped.
Then, I started to bold the lines using vivid.
After bolding my lines, I then started to pick 4 light colours that matched each other.
I started to paint in the lines using different colours in each triangle.
I also made sure that two of the same colours weren't in the same triangle.
I then let it dry!
After it was dried, I went back over with a vivid.

YOU ABSTRACT ART IS NOW COMPLETE!


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TE TUHI 

Technology People Use for Abstract Art : Te Tuhi L2

WALA: Technology people use to make abstract art.
Greetings everyone and welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be reflecting on what I've learned for today's second lesson of technologies. Our learning extension is about 'What technology people use to make an abstract art'.

The types of technology artist use commonly to make an abstract art are:
Pencils, Felts/Vivids, Rulers, Colouring pencils/pens, Pastels, Watercolour, jovies, scissors etc. etc.
If you look at this art you can already see that this artist has used several technologies to make up his art piece. In this piece of art, already I know the technologies this artist has used, such as : Paint - to make the art bold)(Hot and cold colours), Felts - To make the whole art stand out etc.


Something I am looking forward to at Te Tuhi is creating my own abstract art. This is would be my first time every, creating this type of art. Have you ever tried painting an abstract art ?
Besides this, if I ever get the chance to make an abstract art beyond technologies, I would like to create something the represents - Me, my culture, and the things that I like doing.

Throughout the years, technologies have been getting smaller and some are starting technologies have started to change. Take a camera for example : In the past times, a camera then use to be grey and small. Nowadays, our cameras are bigger, coloured in black, can sometimes print photos out from the camera, and we can even use our devices to take photos.

Past time camera

 

What we now use!

    












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Abstract Art - Te Tuhi

IALT: Reflect on what I've learned today about abstract art
Kia Ora everyone and welcome back to my blog!

Today, in class we were learning about how to make something abstract.
If you don't know what abstract means. Abstract is a type of art that uses several shapes, colours and textures to make a creative type of art. In an abstract art, you would probably see other types of pictures in this art to other people. Abstract art is also about seeing what you see, example :


In this abstract art, I see a heart rate monitor. But, it may seem different to what you think this art looks like.

Our learning focus for today was how to make something abstract. To make something abstract you would need to throw in some different types of shapes, colours and textures. Important message, you would also need to draw in the type of picture you see instead of drawing anything random.

Would you like to learn how to make something abstract?
Well, you would need to remember to look for the basic shapes and objects,
the outlines and curves around the design, and the size of the art. Also, try have a meaning in the art, so that your viewers know why you drew this particular design.

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Something I enjoyed about this lesson was designing my own iphone and using my comparison skills to help me look deep into both pictures. One picture will have an original phone, and the other will have basic shapes and colours, without any details being used. Here is an example I have created:

Simple phone with basic shapes. 

Original phone with details

The goal here for you is to find the basic shapes and colours you see in both pictures.
A basic shape I see the both pictures above is a circle for the home button. What other basic shapes do you see ?

I would say that the challenging part about this lesson was trying to keep up with the learning as I wasn't here yesterday. But it was great learning about abstract art !

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My meaning of abstract art :
When I hear the word abstract art, the first thing that comes to my mind is - 'Thinking beyond art, using different and all sorts of shapes, colours, textures and sizes to create a creative and engaging art. Also having meanings in the art for the readers to find out'.

Web meaning of abstract art :
When I search up the meaning of an abstract art, it means - 'Abstract art is an art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms, and texture to make an effective piece of art.' Yes! This is the meaning I found online. But, if you don't understand, I think that my meaning would help you understand more about abstract art.


Here are some photos of abstract art :

Click the link below to explore more abstract art :
ABSTACTART

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THANK YOU!