1. Thank you for using this pre-visit resource. We believe this will help strengthen student learning leading up to and during your gallery visit. Due to the different versions of PowerPoint schools may use, please check for, and correct any formatting issues before you use this presentation with your students. Please check by viewing in slide show format before making any necessary changes. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Welcome Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts Phone: (09) 577 0138 ext 7703 jeremy@tetuhi.org.nz Jeremy Leatinu’u Education Coordinator

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3. Welcome to now loading During the next few lessons we will explore… The kinds of technology people use How to make something Abstract What abstract painting can look like Image: http://findicons.com/icon/69366/close_box_redhttp://findicons.com/icon/69366/close_box_red

4. Let’s begin by exploring what abstract painting can look like… Image; http://www.artquotes.net/masters/josef-albers/untitled.htmhttp://www.artquotes.net/masters/josef-albers/untitled.htm

5. 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 Painting Abstract artists would paint different shapes and colours to help show the world in a different way.

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

7. Abstract Painting 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? Are there any shapes that look like things we know? Or remind us of anything in particular? I see 4 shapes that look like familiar things Can you see them? In this painting I see shapes that look like cups and others that are shaped like a bottle and glass Image: http://www.midcenturia.com/2011/04/ben-nicholson-paintings.htmlhttp://www.midcenturia.com/2011/04/ben-nicholson-paintings.html We can see how colour and shape can show familiar things in a very different way Let’s look at another abstract painting…

8. Abstract Painting Abstract painting can also use shape, colour and size to look very similar to something 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 What things have made this painting look like a 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 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

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

10. Abstract Painting 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? 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… The red colour, large size and being attached to the wall has helped make this painting look like a fire hose cupboard What things have made this painting look like a fire hose cupboard?

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. Image: http://www.myonlineruler.com/ http://www.socialstrategy1.com/2011/04/11/data-drives-social-media-success/ http://www.schooluniformshop.co.uk/product.php/342/36/helix-metal-compass-and-pencil-set http://thespiritualcoach.com/2010/09/do-you-measure-up-spiritually/measuring-tools-05/ http://www.fredshead.info/2006/12/measuring-tools-for-blind-using.html http://virtualmathtutor.blogspot.co.nz/2010/11/how-to-draw-circle-without-compass.html

12. Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far… Now that we know what abstract painting can look like…

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

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