CREATIVE ARTS:
GRADE 8
SECTION A: VISUAL ARTS
• Elements of Art and Principles of design
• Creative lettering
• World of fashion
• Social issues
• Arts in Society
• Following instructions
SECTION B: DRAMA
• Elements of Playmaking
• Making up stories
• Using symbols in a play
• Developing tension
• Dramatic skills development
• Analysing poem
• Styles in Theatre
• Technical Elements in Theatre
• Staging conventions
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,Creative Arts – Mam Zahné Struwig (Notes)
Visual arts
Elements of Art
LINE: Begins with a dot and ends with a dot. Is straight or curved,
soft or hard, organic, or geometric.
SHAPE: The 2-Dimentional appearance of an object.
TONE & SHADING: How dark or light an image is. Tone is used to
show depth and space.
COLOUR:
Primary Colours (Can’t mix any other colour to make primary colours).
Secondary Colours:
• Blue + yellow = GREEN
• Yellow + red = ORANGE
• Red + blue = PURPLE
TEXTURE: The surface feeling of an object. How rough or smooth
it is.
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, Principles of Design
BALANCE: is the way in which the art elements are arranged. 3
types.
• Symmetrical: Mirror image. The same on either side.
• Asymmetrical: Opposite. Not the same.
• Radial: Distributes the elements from a central point
(Mandala).
TECHNIQUE/MEDIUM: Is the material an artist uses to create an
artwork. Like pencil, paint, oil paint, print.
CONTRAST: Is made by arranging opposing elements next to each
other.
EMPHASIS: When an artist uses contrast to make a part of the
work stand out. This is sometimes called the focal point. (Don’t
draw something in the middle of a page: Slight right or slight left).
The blue dot is bigger, and it is the
opposite colour of orange.
Creative lettering
Graffiti
❖ When did the style of graffiti start?
1980’s
❖ State TWO reasons why people do graffiti.
To spread ideas and messages through spray painting on public walls.
So, people who drive/walk by can see it.
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GRADE 8
SECTION A: VISUAL ARTS
• Elements of Art and Principles of design
• Creative lettering
• World of fashion
• Social issues
• Arts in Society
• Following instructions
SECTION B: DRAMA
• Elements of Playmaking
• Making up stories
• Using symbols in a play
• Developing tension
• Dramatic skills development
• Analysing poem
• Styles in Theatre
• Technical Elements in Theatre
• Staging conventions
Page 1 of 17
,Creative Arts – Mam Zahné Struwig (Notes)
Visual arts
Elements of Art
LINE: Begins with a dot and ends with a dot. Is straight or curved,
soft or hard, organic, or geometric.
SHAPE: The 2-Dimentional appearance of an object.
TONE & SHADING: How dark or light an image is. Tone is used to
show depth and space.
COLOUR:
Primary Colours (Can’t mix any other colour to make primary colours).
Secondary Colours:
• Blue + yellow = GREEN
• Yellow + red = ORANGE
• Red + blue = PURPLE
TEXTURE: The surface feeling of an object. How rough or smooth
it is.
Page 2 of 17
, Principles of Design
BALANCE: is the way in which the art elements are arranged. 3
types.
• Symmetrical: Mirror image. The same on either side.
• Asymmetrical: Opposite. Not the same.
• Radial: Distributes the elements from a central point
(Mandala).
TECHNIQUE/MEDIUM: Is the material an artist uses to create an
artwork. Like pencil, paint, oil paint, print.
CONTRAST: Is made by arranging opposing elements next to each
other.
EMPHASIS: When an artist uses contrast to make a part of the
work stand out. This is sometimes called the focal point. (Don’t
draw something in the middle of a page: Slight right or slight left).
The blue dot is bigger, and it is the
opposite colour of orange.
Creative lettering
Graffiti
❖ When did the style of graffiti start?
1980’s
❖ State TWO reasons why people do graffiti.
To spread ideas and messages through spray painting on public walls.
So, people who drive/walk by can see it.
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