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Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
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Jeremy Leatinu’u
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Te Tuhi pre visit: Lesson 1

3. Welcome to now loading During the next few lessons we will explore…
What abstract painting can look like
How to make something Abstract
The kinds of technology people use
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4. Let’s begin by exploring what abstract painting can look like…
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5. Abstract
Painting
Abstract artists felt that they did not have to paint things realistically.
In their paintings they would often paint people, animals and places using different shapes and colours.
Abstract artists would paint different shapes and colours to help show the world in a different way.

6. Abstract
Painting
An abstract painting can disguise what the artist has painted.
Let’s see what this artist has painted…
The lines used in this painting reflect the shape of the branches and the tree trunk.
However sometimes there are clues that can help us understand what the painting is about.
And the colours in this painting reflect the leaves on the tree
Let’s look for clues in this painting. What different colours can you see?
Let’s look at another abstract painting…
What different shapes and lines has the artists painted?
Do we think of something natural when we look at the colours and shapes in this painting?

7. Abstract
Painting
In this painting I see shapes that look like cups and others that are shaped like a bottle and glass
Using what we have learnt so far, lets see what this painting could be about…
Let’s start by looking at the kinds of shapes in this painting?
Can you see them?
We can see how colour and shape can show familiar things in a very different way
Are there any shapes that look like things we know? Or remind us of anything in particular?
Let’s look at another abstract painting…
I see 4 shapes that look like familiar things
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8. Abstract
Painting
What things have made this painting look like a television
Abstract painting can also use shape, colour and size to look very similar to something
The black frame, the bright green screen, the large size and being attached to the wall have helped make this painting look like an actual television
What do we see in this image?
We see what looks like a television on a wall
This is actually a painting made to look like a real television
Let’s look at more abstract paintings that use shape, colour and size
Here is an image of an actual television on a wall

9. Abstract
Painting
What things have made this painting look like a fire alarm switch?
Let’s start by looking at the colour. What colour has the artist used in this painting?
What size do you think this painting is? Does this painting look big or small?
The red colour, small size and being attached to the wall has helped make this painting look like a fire alarm switch
Could this painting be copying an object that is small?
Let’s look at one more abstract painting that uses shape, colour and size
What things can we think of that look like this painting?
Let’s see what object this painting has copied…

10. Abstract
Painting
What things have made this painting look like a fire hose cupboard?
Let’s start by looking at the size of this painting. Does this painting look big or small?
How high is this painting hung on the wall? What colour has the artist used?
The red colour, large size and being attached to the wall has helped make this painting look like a fire hose cupboard
What things can we think of that look like this painting?
Do you have some ideas of what this painting looks like?
Let’s see what object this painting has copied…

11. Matt Henry
activity
The artist behind these three artworks is NZ artist Matt Henry.
As we saw, each painting focused on colour, shape and size.
Using this style of painting create colour drawings of objects from home or in the classroom.
These drawings have to be the same size as the objects you are drawing, so using measuring tools are important.
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12. Now that we know what abstract painting
can look like…
Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far…

13. So what have we learnt so far?
Abstract painters decided to use colour and
shape to show the world in a different way,
Some abstract artists were so interested in shapes and colour that they would eventually disguise what they had painted,
artists like Matt Henry used shape, colour and size to help make their paintings look like the objects they painted,

14. In the next lesson we will explore “how to make something abstract”
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