Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBALES
District of Subic
SUBIC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Mangan-vaca, Subic, Zambales
School I.D. 301036

Name: ______________________________________ Grade/Section__________

School: _____________________________________ Date: __________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Visual Arts 10
(Quarter 1, Week 1-2)
I. Introduction
Art is everywhere; we can see the richness and influences of this in our
surroundings as well as to our daily lives, from the colors of the walls, to the
art pieces decorated in every corner of our house, from the mix and match
color schemes of our own fashion styles to arts and designs that we can see
outside of our houses.
Art is a mixture of different influences not just in our own locality but
also with the help of our neighbouring Asian countries. Before the colonization
of western countries, Philippines have an active relationship with other Asian
nations in terms of commerce, wherein they do barter economy. As they
exchange products, they also give chance and opportunity to showcase
valuable things from their own locality such as jars, handicrafts, painted art
pieces, fabrics and the likes. Through this, Filipinos were exposed to different
art influences brought to them by Asian countries that up to this day, we can
see the remarkable contributions and influences in the Philippine arts.
Are excited to learn and discover the influences of other Asian countries
in our Philippine art? So what are you waiting for! Let’s start to turn back time
and have our journey for our lesson!

II. Learning Competency

Identifies Asian influences on various art forms both local and
international. (SPA_VA-AC10-Ia-1).

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III. Objectives:
At the end of this learning activity sheet, you are expected to:
1. identify the Asian influences on various art forms in our country;
2. describe the influences of Asian countries the Philippine
contemporary art; and
3. appreciate the importance of these influences in the development of
Philippine contemporary art.

IV. Discussion

ASIAN INFLUENCES ON PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

The trading and cultural contact of the Philippines and other neighboring
Asian countries greatly affect the art development of our country. Among those
Asian countries that influence our Philippine contemporary art the following:
Chinese, Japanese, India and Indonesia.

The Chinese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern,

originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists. The Chinese art in
the Republic of China (Taiwan) and that of overseas Chinese can also be
considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on Chinese
heritage and Chinese culture. Traditional Chinese painting involves essentially
the same techniques as Chinese calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in
black or colored ink; oils are not used. As with calligraphy, the most popular
materials on which paintings are made of paper and silk.
The two main techniques in Chinese painting are:
 Gongbi meaning "meticulous”. It uses highly detailed brushstrokes
that delimit details very precisely. It is often highly colored and
usually depicts figural or narrative subjects. It is often practiced by
artists working for the royal court or in independent workshops.
Bird-and-flower paintings were often in this style.

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  Ink and wash painting or Shui-mo or also loosely termed water
color or black-ink brush painting, Ink wash painting uses tonality
and shading achieved by varying the ink density, both by
differential grinding of the ink stick in water and by varying the ink
load and pressure within a single brushstroke.

Aside from paintings, they also had a great influence in pottery making,
aside from its aesthetic content it was also used in many ways including jars
for the urn of their love ones.

The Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including
ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper,
ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, and more recently
manga which are modern Japanese cartoons and comics along with a myriad
of other types. Painting is the preferred artistic expression in Japan, practiced
by amateurs and professionals alike. Japanese wrote with a brush rather than
a pen, and their familiarity with brush techniques has made them particularly
sensitive to the values and aesthetics of painting. The subject matter that is
widely regarded as most characteristic of Japanese painting, and later
printmaking, is the depiction of scenes from everyday life and narrative scenes
that are often crowded with figures and detail.
 Ukiyo-e painting- is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from
the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock
prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki
actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales;
travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.

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Ukiyo-e paintings Ancient Japanese Pottery and porcelain

The Indian Arts- in India, all art like all life, is given over to religion.
Indian art is life, as interpreted by religion and philosophy. Indian art features
spirals and curvaceous lines, vines and tendrils or Kolams. They also use the
traditional folk art usually decorated on floors called Rangoli. Indians also
used the fresco painting technique with water based pigments and painted on
walls or ceilings using plasters.

Kolams Rangoli

The Indonesian Arts- the Indonesians belong to the Malay race but
most of them are Muslims. Although the Indonesians have embraced the Islam
religion, they still pay tribute to the Hindu Gods of the epics in the Wayang
Kulit. The Wayang Kulit stories are mostly taken from a Hindu epic,
Ramayana. Tells the story of Rama whose wife Sita is abducted by the king of
Sri Lanka, Ravana. Thematically, the Ramayana explores human values and
the concept of dharma. One of the famous art style used in Indonesia is the
Batik. It is made by allowing wax to drift on the cloth to produce different
designs. The designs make use of horizontal and vertical geometric patterns,
leaf and flower motifs, and birds and animal motifs.

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 The Traditional Indonesian Batik patterns
Because of the influences of these Asian countries in Philippine art, it
highly contributes on the development and flourished a different sense of
artworks. The use of decorative jars of the Chinese is highly recognizable in
every Filipino household; even the decorative paintings hanging on the walls for
aesthetic appreciations, the Japanese porcelains are also noticeable in every
special occasion as functional art pieces. The Indian Kolams and Rangoli were
usually used as decorative patterns in parol making in Pampanga as well as
the Batik textile patterns were used as decorations on fashion industries.

Have you enjoyed our journey on the influences of Asian neighboring

countries in the Philippine art? Can we have a simple drill on what you have
learned on our journey?
Will you please BOX the place where the following pictures originated?

1. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

2. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

3.
( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

4. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

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5. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

V. Activities
A. Matchee Matchee!!!
Match Column A with the correct description on Column B. Use
the designated colors for each items. Red for Chinese, Blue for Japanese, Green
for India and Yellow for Indonesia.

Column A Column B

1. Batik Pattern * The traditional folk art usually decorated

on floors.
2. Ukiyo-e
* It is often highly colored and usually
depicts figural or narrative
subjects.
3. Shui-mo
* Woodblock prints and paintings

4. Rangoli * Termed water color or black-ink brush

painting

5. Gongbi * It is made by allowing wax to drift on the

cloth to produce different designs

High five!!!…You really know your thing! You passed the first level
of this activity sheet. We can now continue on the second activity…Enjoy
and have fun!!!

B. Are you ready to UNRAMBLE???!!!

Using the pictures on the left side, guess what kind of art style was being
used by unscrambling the clues on the right side.

1. 2.

A-T-B-I-K O-M-U-S-H-I

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________________________ __________________________

3. 4.

N-P-O-C-R-E-I-A-L O-U-K-Y-I-E

___________________________

5. A-K-L-O-M-S

____________________________

Kudos! You and your family really did a great job! This is a great
time to bond with them working with this activity sheet. Hoping that you
will get along well doing the next activity…Best of luck!

C. Collect mo to!
Collect the words and place them on their proper containers. Are
you ready? Let’s go!
Batik Ukiyo-e Shui-mo Rangoli Gongbi
Kolams Origami Hindu Gods Fresco Woodblock

Chinese Japanese India Indonesia

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 Hooray!!! That was a nice. You really did a good job. Let us
continue to our next activity…

D. The TRUTH will set you Free!!!

Let us test your retentive mind in doing this activity. There are
statements on each items, you have to analyze if the statement is true
then write Hooray! if not write Hep-Hep and underline the word/s that
makes it incorrect. You may ask help with you family members in doing
this activity. Ready? Let us work in this together!
___________1. Rangoli is a traditional folk art usually decorated on the
hands of a bride.
___________2. The subject matter that is widely regarded as most
characteristic of Japanese painting, and later printmaking, is the
depiction of scenes from everyday life and narrative scenes that are often
crowded with figures and detail.
___________3. Traditional Chinese painting involves essentially the same
techniques as Chinese alibata and is done with a brush dipped in black
or colored ink.
___________4. Batik pattern is made by allowing wax to drift on the cloth
to produce different designs.
___________5. Indonesians belong to the Malay race but most of them are
Muslims.
___________6. Ukiyo-e painting is a genre of Japanese art which
flourished from the 15th through 16th centuries.
___________7. Gongbi painting uses tonality and shading achieved by
varying the ink density, both by differential grinding of the ink stick in
water and by varying the ink load and pressure within a single
brushstroke.
___________8. Indians also used the fresco painting technique with water
based pigments and painted on walls or ceilings using plasters.

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___________9. Gongbi painting is often practiced by artists working for the
royal court or in independent workshops. Bird-and-flower paintings were
often in this style.
___________10. The Chinese also had a great influence in pottery making,
aside from its aesthetic content it was also used in many ways including
jars for the urn of their love ones.

E Ang ARTe….ARTe mo!

Make an artwork/painting using the styles from each Asian
country, Use the current situation of our country as your subject or
inspiration. Be sure that you follow the art styles of each country.

 Arts: In a separate sheet of paper, you will make an artwork

following the styles from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and
Indonesian art styles. One artwork for each country.

Category 4 3 2 1
Completed
Completed Completed
Completed artwork has
artwork is artwork is
Neatness artwork is some parts
exceptionally extremely
very neat. that are
neat. messy.
messy.
The
The
One or two illustrations The
illustration
illustrations are somehow illustrations
used reflects
Creativity used reflect creative but are not
an
creativity in based on the creative at
exceptional
the creation. idea of all.
creativity.
others.
Most parts of
All parts of the
the illustration
Relevance Some parts
illustration are related to The
on the art of the
are related to the theme illustration
style of each illustration
the theme but there are is irrelevant
Asian are
that makes it parts that at all.
country. irrelevant.
easier to are
understand. irrelevant to
the theme.

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VI. Assessment
In assessing your artwork, it is nice to get help with your family
members. Using the rubrics for your artwork, four of you family
members will rate each of your masterpieces. Ask them to write their
name and personal assessment about your creation.

VII. Reflection
Answer the following questions.
a. What can you say about the activity? Is it your first time to use those
art styles?
b. How do the art styles from each country influence you as a visual
artist student?
c. Do you think that using these art styles will enhance the aesthetic
appreciation of the people around you? Explain you answer

VIII. References

Burgos, Stacey. Slideshare.net. February 28, 2012. https://www.slideshare.net/staceyburgos/indian-art-

11783059 (accessed August 20, 2020).

Canete-Trinidad, Marcy. Slideshare.net. November 28, 2012.

https://www.slideshare.net/MarcyTrinidad/asian-influences-on-the-philippines-slide-share
(accessed August 20, 2020).

Google Image. n.d. https://www.google.com/search?

q=rangoli+painting&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiKj9i4oanrAhVowIsBHTu7CBEQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=Rangoli+painting&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAy
AggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADoHCAAQsQMQQzoECAAQQzoFCAAQsQM6BggAEAcQHlDtgwJY0
qoCYOu2 (accessed August 20, 2020).

Google Image. n.d. https://www.google.com/search?

q=shui+mo+painting&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiRsIqkoanrAhXNAKYKHSu1DL0Q2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=Shui+painting&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgYIABAHEB4yCAgAEAcQBRAeMggIA
BAHEAUQHjIICAAQBxAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgYIABAFEB4yBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRA
eMgYIABA (accessed August 20, 2020).

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Google Image. n.d. https://www.google.com/search?
q=gongbi+painting&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje0vaioanrAhWoy4sBHYkCBLg
Q_AUoAXoECBEQAw&biw=1366&bih=625 (accessed August 20, 2020).

Google Image. n.d. https://www.google.com/search?

q=indonesian+batik&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjwlrSzoqnrAhVLdJQKHdHWA1UQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=Indon&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBD
MgQIABBDMgcIABCxAxBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgcIABCxAxBDMgcIABCxAxBDOgIIADoFCAAQs
QNQxDNYyU1gqlt (accessed August 20, 2020).

Mike, X-tian. Slideshare.net. January 12, 2012. https://www.slideshare.net/Christian_Mike/art-of-india-

10883913 (accessed August 20, 2020).

Tafalla, Ulyses. Slideshare.net. September 06, 2012. https://www.slideshare.net/carlysses/art-indonesia

(accessed August 20, 2020).

Wikipedia. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art (accessed August 20, 2020).

Wikipedia. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_art (accessed August 20, 2020).

Wikipedia. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_art (accessed August 20, 2020).

Clarence D. Hacuman Rubrics for arts

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 Prepared by:

ARNOLD V. AGLIGAR
Teacher II
Subic National High School
Subic District

IX. Key to Corrections

1. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

2. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

3. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

4. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

5. ( Chinese Japanese India Indonesia )

A. Matchee Matchee!!!
Match Column A with the correct description on Column B. Use
the designated colors for each items. Red for Chinese, Blue for Japanese, Green
for India and Yellow for Indonesia.

Column A Column B

1. Batik Pattern * The traditional folk art usually decorated

on floors.
2. Ukiyo-e

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 * It is often highly colored and usually
depicts figural or narrative
subjects.
3. Shui-mo
* Woodblock prints and paintings

4. Rangoli * Termed water color or black-ink brush

painting

5. Gongbi * It is made by allowing wax to drift on the

cloth to produce different designs

B. Are you ready to UNRAMBLE???!!!

1. BATIK 2. SHUI-MO

3. PORCELAIN 4. UKIYO-E

5. KOLAMS

C. Collect mo to!

Chinese Japanese India Indonesia

Gongbi Ukiyo-e Kolams Batik
Shui-mo Woodblock Rangoli Hindu Gods
Origami Fresco

D. The TRUTH will set you Free!!!

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Hep-Hep 1. Rangoli is a traditional folk art usually decorated on the
hands of a bride.
Hooray 2. The subject matter that is widely regarded as most
characteristic of Japanese painting, and later printmaking, is the
depiction of scenes from everyday life and narrative scenes that are often
crowded with figures and detail.
Hep-Hep 3. Traditional Chinese painting involves essentially the same
techniques as Chinese alibata and is done with a brush dipped in black
or colored ink.
Hooray 4. Batik pattern is made by allowing wax to drift on the cloth
to produce different designs.
Hooray 5. Indonesians belong to the Malay race but most of them are
Muslims.
Hep-Hep6. Ukiyo-e painting is a genre of Japanese art which
flourished from the 15th through 16th centuries.
Hep-Hep7. Gongbi painting uses tonality and shading achieved by
varying the ink density, both by differential grinding of the ink stick in
water and by varying the ink load and pressure within a single
brushstroke.
Hooray 8. Indians also used the fresco painting technique with water
based pigments and painted on walls or ceilings using plasters.
Hooray 9. Gongbi painting is often practiced by artists working for the
royal court or in independent workshops. Bird-and-flower paintings were
often in this style.
Hooray 10. The Chinese also had a great influence in pottery making,
aside from its aesthetic content it was also used in many ways including
jars for the urn of their love ones.

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(Note: For teacher’s copy only. Don’t include this part in the distribution)

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