WEEK 10

ACTIVITY SHEETS

Name of Learner:______________________________________Date:

Grade Level & Section: _ School:

Teacher: __

ACTIVITY NO 1.

Direction: Study and analyse the two pictures below by answering the guide questions that follow.

Guide Questions:

1. What materials were used in each artwork?

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2. Describe how the artwork was made.

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ACTIVITY NO 2. Word Scramble

The letters of the word below are jumbled. Figure out what the word is and write it on the blank
space provided below.

UHETQEINC

ACTIVITY NO 3: The following article illustrates the value of technique in the field of art. Read the
article below and answer the guide questions that follow.

The Importance of Technique 7/11/2017 9:31:48 AM by Mark Brockman This post is by guest author,
Mark Brockman. This article has been edited and published with the author's permission.

The Pacific coast of Washington State, a cold grey morning, just ripe for pirates.

Technique, style, your look, whatever you want to call it is as individual as your signature. Yes your
paintings might look a bit like some other artist, and so long as it's not contrived, that's OK. We all
strive for originality but with so many artists out there it would be hard for one artist's work to not,
somewhere in the world, have their work resemble another artist's work.

But just how important is Technique and how does an artist go about creating their technique?

I believe Technique, the artist's style, is important. It lets viewers know that (insert artist's name
here) painted that painting. It helps us artists to have a cohesive body of work. That doesn't mean
though that your technique must stay the same your whole life. As we age, we grow, we change, so
why shouldn't our work as well. Some artists have various techniques at the same time, this is
generally looked down upon by galleries and collectors, but then maybe they lack imagination. I say
an artist should paint what and how they paint anyway they want at any given time. My paintings
often look a bit different from each other, not because of my using different techniques but rather
because I use different surfaces which my pastels and watercolors are painted on and that can give
paintings a different look as you often have to handle a medium a bit different on different surfaces.
Plus it's a given that an 6 oil painting would look different then a watercolor.

So how does one find or create their technique? You don't. You already have it, again, it's like your
signature. You don't need to find the technique, you need to recognize your style and then nurture
it. I spent years looking for my technique, years. Yes I learned a lot doing so as I tried various ways of
handling the many different media I have worked in. I tried diff
Impressionism, abstract Impressionism, expressionistic representationalism (say that five times fast)
and even abstraction. I studied hundreds of artists trying to paint like my favorite artist of the week.
Again I learned a great deal. What I learned most though, what was most important, was that I am
who I am and I paint as I paint.

Okay, now comes the hard part, recognizing what is your technique. In this I can only speak for
myself and how I finally realized my way of painting, and I am sure there are thousands, perhaps
millions of ways to do so. There were times I would do a painting and there would be passages that
seemed to beautiful for me to have painted them. No way I could have painted that even if I tried.
But I did! I didn't plan those passages, they just sort of happened. They were what many artists call
'happy accidents' but maybe they are not accidents at all but rather my technique trying to come
out. When I realized that these accidents were not accidents I began to build on them, nurture
them, collect them, they became my 'look'. Another aspect of my painting technique is lack of
thought.
Yes, you read that correctly. You see when I think or analyze my painting as I paint I always screw the
painting up, it's a given. But when I paint without analyzing, paint instinctually, I will have, not
always, more success. I believe my hand and gut know more of what to do than my brain, so I let
them have at it.

Technique, finding it or recognizing it can be difficult and frustrating. It's not unlike just trying to
learn to create in whatever medium you choose. To learn how to handle a particular medium takes
practice, many hours of trying. So finding and developing your technique requires practice too. One
needs to open their mind (or shut it off as I do), open their heart, their emotions, to feel what is
right, to let intuition take over, to listen to their gut, let your hand(s) do the work, technique will
come.

Guide Questions:

1. In your own words, define technique.

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2. Why is the use of technique valuable to an artist?

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ACTIVITY NO 4:

What arts or products can be made by using the given materials and what technique will be used in
the creation?

ACTIVITY NO 5: Short Answer

Answer the questions briefly and concisely.

1. How do materials affect the technique used in making Philippine art?

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References:

https://www.artmajeur.com/medias/standard/m/a/mari9art/artwork/9870331_horse-head-metal-
art-2-mari9art.jpg

https://lucenacityonlineshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wooden-Curved-Carabao-with-
Rider.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/f9/7b/86f97bcbc5cb47f0086b573c95e9479b.jpg