Extensive Reading Comprehension Project

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• Extensive Reading Comprehension Project

Art Leisure Activities
viann tsui (26) vicki wong (29) bonnie wu (30)
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Content

• Introduction of Art and Leisure
• Introduction of western painting
• Sketching
• Watercolor
• Oil-painting
• Acrylic paint
• Print making
• Western painting in Hong Kong
• What have the Hong Kong Government done?
• Survey

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Introduction of Art and Leisure

• Definition of Art
• Art (from the Latin ars, meaning skill or
  craft) is the product or process of the
  application of a body of knowledge, most often
  using a set of skills.
• The process or result of making material works
  (or artwork) which, from concept to creation.
• Serving as a method of pure creativity and
  self-expression.
• As a form of cultural expression, art may be
  defined by the pursuit of the usage of narratives
  of liberation and exploration.

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• The history of art
• Refers to the history of the visual arts, such as
  painting, sculpture and architecture. The term
  also encompasses theory of the visual arts.
• Attempts an objective survey of art throughout
  human history, classifying cultures and periods
  and nothing their distinguishing features and
  influences.
• Artist
• a person who engages in an activity deemed to be
  an art.

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• Art form
• Visual art and design
• decorative arts, plastic arts, and the
  performing arts.
• Artistic expression
• painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture,
  music, literature and architecture.
• The advent of modernism
• photography, film, animation, video art,
  installation art, conceptual art, performance
  art, community arts, land art fashion, comics,
  computers art, art intervention and most
  recently, video games.

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• Characteristics of art
• Encourages an intuitive understanding
• Created with the intention of evoking such an
  understanding
• Created with no other purpose or function
• Elusive
• Demonstrates a high level of ability or fluency
  within a medium.

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• Art criticism
• The study and evaluation of art.
• Though art criticism can be applied to any
  artistic field
• To have a rational basis for the appreciation of
  art and avoid subjective opinions of taste but
  this is not always achieved.

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Definition of leisure

• Refers to the time spent in or free for
  relaxation or enjoyment.
• Encompassing a wide range of activities and
  emotions.
• Examples drawing, television viewing, sports,
  attending movies, listening to music, etc.
• As a form of a self-meditation and
  self-improvement.

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Introduction of western painting

• The practice of applying pigment suspended in a
  carrier
• Used in an artistic sense it means the use of
  this activity in combination with drawing,
  composition and other aesthetic considerations in
  order to manifest the expressive and conceptual
  intention of the practitioner.
• E.g. sketching, water color, oil painting,
  acrylic paint, printmaking.

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What is sketching?

• Sketching is drawing it is a means of making an
  image, using any of a wide variety of tools and
  techniques. It generally involves making marks on
  a surface by applying pressure from a tool, or
  moving a tool across a surface.
• The main techniques used in drawing are line
  drawing, hatching, crosshatching, random
  hatching, scribbling, stippling and blending. An
  artist who excels in drawing is referred to as a
  draftsman or draughtsman.
• The sketch is "the idea" "IDEA". Also is all
  graphs behavior foundation, in particular drawing
  foundation. To the present, the sketch had been
  considered is one kind of special performance
  technique including line description, light
  shade, key, melody and so on.

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Tools for Sketching

• 1. Graphite pencils
• 2. Pen and ink
• 3. Inked brushes
• 4. Wax color pencils
• 5. Crayons
• 6. Charcoals
• 7. Pastels
• 8. Markers

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The types of sketching

• Sketching Interiors
• Sketching Flowers
• The Use of Landscapes in a Sketch
• Drawing in Three Dimensions
• Still-Life Sketches
• Styles of Sketching
• Heads and Faces
• Sketching Eyes with Expression

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Watercolor

• Watercolor paints are painted by water, saran,
  and melt limpid color. Watercolor is easier to
  bring with instead of oil paint, and it is faster
  to get dry. Watercolor is easier to use than oil
  paint or acrylic, and they are less expensive.
  Watercolor is usually used for sketching and
  drawing illustration.

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Oil painting

• Oil painting is done on surfaces with clothes
  ground into a medium of oil. Oil paint has a long
  history of used for painting. Its even almost
  the oldest kind of paint. Artists who draw great
  oil painting are usually the who well-known in
  today, such as Da Vinci.

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Acrylic paint

• Acrylic paint is fast-drying paint which major is
  soft and washable. Acrylic paint can be used with
  water or without water. When the acrylic paint
  was dried, it becomes water-resistant. People who
  want to learn oil-painting, they mostly will try
  acrylic painting first. As it is quiet similar
  with the oil paint and it is cheaper.

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Printmaking

• Printmaking is a process for producing additional
  copies of artwork. Prints are created on a flat
  surface called a plate. They are commonly made of
  plastic, metal or wood. Making print is fun and
  you may have tried you when you study primary
  school, dont you remember the small prints you
  made by using potatoes?

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Western Painting in Hong Kong
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Governments resource

• What's New
• Hong Kong Visual Arts Appreciation
  International Museum Day 2006, Hong Kong Homage
  to Fang Zhaoling"The Art of Mark Rothko
  Selections from the National Gallery of Art,
  Washington, D.C. "On-line Kit "Hong Kong Art
  Biennial Exhibition 2005" On-line Kit.
• Special Features
• Docent Award Presentation Ceremony 2005 A
  Hundred Years of Chinese Painting (1900-1999)
  Key Events "Festive Hong Kong" Selected Items
  from the Chinese Antiquities CollectionYear of
  Chicken" Festive Hong Kong" Selected Items from
  the Xubaizhai CollectionChong Yang (Chung
  Yeung) Festival Vermillion Impressions - Chinese
  Painting and Calligraphy Seals Behind-the-Scenes
  - Central Conservation Section Hong Kong Museum
  of Art Birth of the Logo.
• Join Now
• The Museum Pass Scheme Art Demonstrator and
  Workshop, Instructor wantedLCSD e-MagazineThe
  Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art

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Information about the art workshop

• Art Workshop
• The deadline for application of all workshops
  in April to June 2006 is on 18.4.2006 at 530pm.
  In case of over application, participants will be
  decided by lot drawing on 19.4.2006 at 1200 noon
  in 1/F lobby, Hong Kong Museum of Art. Please
  refer to the terms and notes of discount in
  Programme Application Notes .
• Workshop for Adult
• Associated programme of Auspicious Emblems
  Exhibition Application of Auspicious Motifs in
  Ceramic Creation (in Cantonese) Course
  noA06201Instructor Ms Wong Mea HanDate
  24 Apr 19 Jun 2006 (Mondays, except 1
  May 2006, 8 sessions)Time 630
  930pmVenue Ceramic Workshop, B/F, Hong
  Kong Museum of Art Course fee HK600 each
  (plus material fee at about HK200) Quota
  15 persons only
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• Workshop for Family
• Associated programmer of The Art of Mark
  Rothko Exhibition Prints on T-shirt -
  Inspirations from Mark Rothko (in
  Cantonese)Instructor Ms Leung Chi-waiCourse
  no F06202 Date 29 Apr 2006 (Saturday) Course
  no F06203 Date 20 May 2006 (Saturday)Course
  no F06204 Date 3 Jun 2006 (Saturday)Time
  200-600pm (200-300pm Guided Tour,
  300-600pm Workshop)Venue Printmaking
  Workshop, B/F, Hong Kong Museum of ArtCourse fee
  Adult HK75 (Special discount for Children
  HK37.5) (Please bring one T-shirt and
  material fee at about HK20)Quota 10 pairs
  only (child aged 6 or above in the company of an
  adult as a pair)
• Workshop for Children
• Playing Games with Colors and Shapes (in
  Cantonese)Instructor Mr. Gaylord Chan and Ms
  Chow Suk-fan Course no C06205 Date 30
  Apr 2006 (Sunday) Time 200-500pm
  (200-300pm Guided Tour, 300-500pm
  Workshop)Venue Painting Workshop, B/F, Hong
  Kong Museum of ArtCourse fee Special discount
  for Children HK25 (plus material fee at
  about HK10 )Quota 18 persons (child aged 8
  or above)

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