NAC-AEP 2011 (Trigger Creations by Composite Art & Design)

 Images of Food

This course taps on ‘Food’ as the main theme for Art-making. After all, Singapore is a Food Paradise with a wide variety of food from different cultures and that is a great inspiration for ideas in Art making.
Students will be exposed to Art based on subjects of ‘Food’ such as those done by Wayne Thiebaud, Sanchez Cotan, Claes Oldenburg etc. They will study chosen type of food before conceptualizing their work using various Principles of Design. Work could be realised in 2D/3D with chosen media such as Acrylic paint, Collage, Mixed Media, etc. with certain Art style adopted.


Faces in Cubism

In this course, students will be introduced to Portraiture in Cubism. They will be exposed to some Cubist Artists’ work such as those by Pablo Picasso & George Braque.
Upon practice on sketching and drawing of human faces, students will then manipulate and distort portraits done in cubist forms. Finalwork will be assembled in Collage and Mixed Media with understanding of Shape, Texture and Pattern.


Cultural Masks

 





In this course, students will learn techniques of Mask-making with understanding of Form, Texture and Depth in creating Artwork based on theme of Culture & Ethnicity (national education/NE).
Final masks could be realized using techniques of Paper Sculpture, Paper Mache and/or Mixed Media.


Figurines in Paper Mache

Students will learn techniques and skills of Paper Mache in forming 3D figurines. All figurines will be made from scratch using recycled materials. They will be guided throughout the whole Paper Mache making process.
Final-work will be hand-painted using Acrylic/industrial paints. Possible themes to work on could be Animals, Imaginative Creatures, Human Forms and even Non-living Things.


Plasticine Relief Art

Students will learn to use plasticine in creating relief picture. They will be introduced to Principles of Design in creating interesting compositions for their work with possible themes such as Patterns, Nature, Animals, Sea World etc.
Elements of Art such as Form and Texture will be emphasized in these lesson to effectively relief the pictures. Final-work could be grouped to form a ‘panel of tiles’.


*Above courses are eligible for 60% Tote Board Art Grant.
For more information, do log onto http://www.nac.gov.sg/aep/
Go to category of Visual Arts, type 'Trigger Creations by Composite Art & Design' under 'Art Group' and proceed to 'Go', you will be able to access infomation of our courses.

Mural Presentation (of Masks)

Tao Nan School / CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)

Masks created by pupils were selected and gathered as a mural installation. They were framed and put up as a mural complementing with decorative motifs.

Mixed Media Work (P5)

Concord Primary School

Pupils from Young Artist Club were led to develop work on theme of 'Urban Cityscape' using Mixed Media.
They worked in small groups to come up with ideas such as 'a colourful city with dancing buildings', 'redevelopment of city due to pollution' and 'city with fast communications'.

Introduction to Mixed Media (Sec 3)

Temasek Secondary School

Students were taught to use different media like dye, acrylic, Collage and scrap-materials collaboratively in this course. It taps on the nature of each medium and the creative inputs of students in forming their Mixed Media work.
Contextual references for this workshop include work by these artists:
Jackson Pollock & Wassily Kandinsky (1st lesson)
Thomas Yeo & Goh Beng Kwan (2nd lesson)
Frank Stellah (3rd lesson)

Masquerade Masks (P6)

CHIJ (Toa Payoh) Primary

Pupils learned pop-out techniques of paper sculpture and mask-making with understanding of Form, Texture and Depth in creating Artwork based on theme of Masquerade Masks. They have referred their creations largely to gatherings, festivities of Carnival, such as those from dynastic events of Renaissance period. Inspirations from other cultures and folk festivals are also brought in for the design of their masks.

Reflection Journey (P6)

Kranji Primary School

Pupils were taught Scrapbooking and Paper Sculpture techniques in presenting their reflective journals. Class photos and reflective write-ups were compiled, decorated and composed according to themes such as Garden City, Carnival, Outerspace, Christmas Wishes etc. Finalwork are presented in reflective board and booklet for each class.

Plasticine Relief Work (P1)

Edgefield Primary School

In this course, pupils learned to use plasticine in creating relief patterns based on theme of Nature. They were introduced to idea of tile-like patterns and textures in creating interesting composition for their relief work.

Paper Sculpture/Collage (P4)

CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)

Pupils learned techniques of Paper Sculpture and Collage with understanding of Shape, Form and Texture in creating Artwork based on theme of Owls on Trees as inspired from work by Helen Musselwhite.