This vintage-style travel poster captures the architectural elegance of Kyoto, Japan. Displaying a pagoda framed by traditional buildings and intricate power lines, the black and white graphic design highlights the city's cultural essence and bustling ambiance. Ideal for those interested in Asian architecture and travel art, this Kyoto poster brings a classic touch to any space.
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This resource provides background information and a step-by-step art project o teach about the Hmong people���s traditional culture through printmaking and fabric design.
Chinese Porcelain Art Craft with Symmetry Grid Drawing PracticeWith different skill level options, you can do engaging activities around Asian American Heritage or Chinese Culture related lessons according to your student's needs. * Easy Level options give enough clue for students to complete their ...
This is a nature weaving lesson I found on the Crayola website (they have lesson plans!) called "Weaves of Gold". which I've modified a bit. You essentially paint some paper, then paint the underside of leaves to create leaf prints, then weave twigs or grasses through the painted paper. So we started off with a sheet of heavy/sturdy white paper. Fold it in half both ways so you have 4 equal sections. Paint the sections whatever colours you like. We used tempera cakes. Any paint will work. Gather some interesting leaves of various shapes and sizes; make sure they have strong veins on the backside, otherwise you won't get a decent print off of it. Paint the underside of the leaves with a thin, even coat of paint- we just used tempera and it worked fine. Just make sure the paint is not watery. You want it nice and opaque. Have students practice on scrap paper first until they get the hang of it. I like to use black for the dramatic contrast, but students chose whatever colours they liked. Make a leaf print in each section. I encourage the students to keep it fairly symmetrical or at least have the opposite sections match. Let this paper dry. Once it's dry, fold it in half and cut some thin strips through it. I draw a line across the top, about 3 cm thick, that I don't cut through. This keeps the paper all together. You can measure the strips with a ruler or not- it's up to you. It doesn't have to be perfect. The thinner the strips, the longer it takes to weave, FYI. For the nature weaving part, I gathered some long, dry grasses (I think they're decorative landscaping grasses) that were outside the school. You could have the students gather twigs or grasses outside as well, of course. We used about 15 'blades' of grass (weeds?) per artwork. You may need to cut them down to be just slightly longer than the width of your paper. Then weave the grass through the paper: over, under, over, under and alternate for the next row. After it's finished, we paint the back with white glue for extra strength and to keep the grasses all in place. You can trim off any ends that are too long or leave it au natural. Here are some Grade 7 results. Ta da! See my newest version of this lesson HERE.
In this Ming Vase Art Lesson, students will design their own Ming Vase while learning about this valuable art form, and it's place in history. Grades K-1.
While everyone just finished welcoming in the New Year, my family and I are awaiting another New Year’s celebration. January 28th is the Chinese Lunar New Year and for my Vietnamese family it is Tết . *This post contains affiliate links* I have been talking to my daughter about the upcoming holiday, so over the weekend, we made […]
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This dynamic pagoda art project for middle school students is a great curriculum connection to the ancient cultures of Asia!
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These scrolls start with a chalk pastel blended background and india ink branches blown out with a straw. Students then used Craypas to create their blossoms and used a small red foam square to create their signature seal. (I wanted to purchase a real signature seal but could not find one so instead I created a seal using an exacto blade and an old pink eraser!) Some classes ended up with extra time so we drew "Stillwater"the panda from the book "Zen Shorts" by Jon Muth. For displaying these lovely projects, I used hot glue to attach popsicle sticks together to ack like a dowel on the top, and glued a single popsicle stick to the bottom to give the scroll a bottom weight. A small red string to hang was the finishing touch.
Nōtan (濃淡) is a Japanese design concept involving the play and placement of light and dark elements as they are placed next to the other in the composition of art. This use of light and dark translates shape and form into flat shapes on a two-dimensional surface. Nōtan is traditionally presented in paint, ink, or cut paper, but it is relevant to a host of modern-day image-making techniques, such as lithography in printmaking, and rotoscoping in animation. We can also look at it in terms of positive and negative space. These were created by junior high students. The biggest challenge is keeping track of all the small pieces and not losing them! They create a large heart shape from coloured paper. Then they cut out shapes from the edges and flip them over and glue them in a mirror image outside of the heart shape. I found the idea for the project HERE on the Apex Elementary Art blog. Some finished notans:
Experience the elegance of traditional East Asian art with the "Day-Lily" poster by Xiang Shengmo. This sumi-e painting features a delicately rendered day-lily, its vibrant petals contrasting against subtle green leaves and an artfully depicted rock. The minimalist design highlights Chinese calligraphy, adding cultural depth to any space. Ideal for enthusiasts of traditional Japanese and Chinese artwork.
De waaier tattoo toont een elegante waaier versierd met delicate bloemmotieven in een traditionele Japanse artistieke stijl. Dit verfijnde, geraffineerde ontwerp symboliseert schoonheid, gratie en vergankelijkheid en roept de Japanse kunst en cultuur op met zijn vloeiende lijnen en bloemmotieven. De waaier, een emblematisch accessoire van de Japanse esthetiek, dient als canvas voor een poëtische viering van de natuur en nodigt uit tot contemplatie en bewondering van schoonheid in haar puurste vormen. Wees met de waaier tattoo zeker van jezelf en draag je elegantie met trots op je huid.
Are ya'll familiar with the Japanese holiday called Children's Day? I think sometimes my students are convinced that everyday is Children's Day which is why nearly every night is Grape-Flavored Grown-Up Drink Day for this art teacher. But I digress. The real Children's Day is celebrated in Japan on the 5th day of May which, in case you didn't know, is the 5th month. It's a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. Which, seriously, that part should be everyday in an art room, don't you think? On this day, all children fly a carp kite called a koinobori on a flag pole, along with the koinobori of those in their family. The father's koinobori is usually at the top, followed by the mother with the children's kites, from oldest to youngest, flown below. I had big visions of flying the kids' koinobori outside of our school for the occasion and for our upcoming art show (which is in 10 days, people! Not that I'm freaking out at all). However, we had some pretty Big, Bad and Ugly weather at the start of last week that lead me to believe that keeping these lovelies inside would be a better bet. The last time I hung something in these windows, it was a pretty big hit so I thought I'd do it again with our koinobori. Along with a sign, of course. Otherwise everyone just thought they were super cool fish kites. Which they are but there's also a super cool story behind them as well. So just how did my friends in First Grade Land create these awesome koinobori? Dude, it was so super easy and, like, the World's Fastest Art Project (which for me is a total rarity). Here's a list of the supplies we used: Roylco's Japanese Carp Wind Sock Kit For about $8, you can get your kitten mittens on a set of 24 die-cut fish with tag board strips that get glued into the mouths (if you look at the orange fish above, you'll see the tag board propping open the mouth.) Sharpies. This is optional. I had the kids use these to add details that they wanted to remain permanent. Watercolor Paint. Boy, talk about an End-of-the-School-Year-We-Are-Almost-Outta-Supplies Limited Palette, ya'll. But, we're artists, kids! We can make do! Or something like that. A Spray Bottle Full of Water. Yarn. Hole Punch. How the lesson went down: My kids have been learning about Asia, with an emphasis on Japan, all year. In fact, we'd just finished off this sushi lesson not long ago and had just completed making a ceramic koi fish. I needed a short and quick tie-in lesson while our clay projects dried and fired. These koinobori were just the perfect thing. After chatting about Children's Day, the kids were given a tray of warm and cold colored Sharpie markers. We chatted about the parts of a fish (fins, gills, scales, tail, etc.) and how we might emphasize those with either warm or cool colored Sharpies. That took up our first 30 minute session. For the next 30 minute session, we reviewed correct use of water color paint (which obviously doesn't include cleaning the tray, ew!). I also told the kids that they were again to use warm or cool colors but that they didn't have to stick with the same color family as they used last art class. Once the kids had collected their supplies (a paint brush and two ziplock bags -- the two things I forgot to mention in that above supply list, doh!), they were to raise their hand and I came over and squirted their fish with water. Because the paper is made from the same stuff as coffee filters, a wee spritz of water really helps the water color paint to spread out. The kids thought that was pretty rad. Once the kids had painted their entire fish, they were given the option of splatter painting. I don't think a single kid opted out of that one. To dry, the kids gingerly carried their zip locked fish to the floor. The reason I kept the bags on the bottom was that I found that the color will often run off the paper and on to the surface that it is sitting on. However, if the paper is allowed to "sit in it's own juices" so to speak, it dries much more vibrant. Now, normally, I woulda had the kids add the tag board and attempt to tie the string. But I was in a bit of a time crunch. So I set aside about 15 minutes every afternoon to hot glue the tag board at the top, hot glue it into a tube, hole punch the top and add the yarn. By the end of the week, I had all of my classes finished. To hang, I bent a paper clip so that it looked like some sort of scary prison shank and stuck it into the foamy ceiling tie. I added the top fish to that paper clip. Then I hole punched the bottom of that fish and added a bent paper clip to that hole where I attached the second fish. If I'm not making any sense it's because I'm deep into that aforementioned Grape-Flavored Grown-Up Drink Day and I simply cannot be held accountable for my incoherentness. I managed to get 'em all up and ready for Monday, May 5th on Friday. I can't wait for the kids (and the grown kids) to see them and celebrate all things children -- especially during our standardized testing week! Until next time, enjoy Children's Day! Or Grape-Flavored Grown-Up Drink Day. Your choice.
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Provide a zen moment in your classroom through some mindful colouring/coloring of samurai helmets, kabuto. This would complement topics on Japan, Feudal Japan, Bushido, Asian Studies, World History, Warriors and Art. Here are some other supporting resources you maybe interested in - Japanese Castles/Feudal Japan: Stock Photos - Sensei-tional Japanese Castles Bundle 21 Sensei-tional Feudal Japanese Castles Photo Bundle Printable/BLMs - Knowing Japan (Language, Literacy + Culture) BLMs for Japanese Language, Intercultural & Literacy Activities: Knowing Japan 日本
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In my previous post I took a photo of some Japanese paper dolls or otherwise known as Ningyogami that I had made for my daughter. I haven't made them for a while but I wanted to teach my daughter how to make them to give to her friends and teachers at school. It's her last year in primary school and next year she'll be going off to study back home so the dolls were just little gifts to give away. Anyway, this is my first step-by-step tutorial so here it goes. What you need. * Wrapping paper (not too thin)a few different types. The best paper to use is "chiyogami", traditional Japanese paper. You can download and print some chiyogami paper from Creative Canon. * White card paper for the body and head. It's a slightly thicker paper than print paper. * Black paper for the hair but you can also use the white card paper and just colour it in with a black pencil. * Scissors * glue Dimensions * Kimono: 2 1/2' x 4' * Kimono Sleeves (Optional): 1 1/2' x 2 1/2' (cut 2) * collar: 1/2' x 1 1/2' * obi sash: 2 1/2' x 7/8' * obi sash back: 1 1/2' x 7/8' * obi jime: 2 1/2' x 1/8 * body: 2/8' x 5 * face: roughly 6/8'diameter oval 1. Fold the collar into half and fold over the top of the body. Fold the left side first facing you. 2. Fold 1cm of the top part of the kimono facing the non-printed side and then fold in half facing the printed side. Place the body and collar on the kimono and glue down the middle of body. 3. Fold the left side of the kimono over the collar but not the full side just the top part.Fold the rest of the paper over to so that there is a straight edge of the kimono lined up along the body. 4. Repeat this for the right side of the kimono. Glue down the straight edges down. 5. The sleeve is optional. Glue the 2 pcs of sleeves together and press in half and cut one curve corner. Place down just below the outer collar. 6. Cut the sleeve along the body up to 3/8 to the top. At the back trim the portion of the sleeve on the back into a V shape. Glue down the sleeve to the back. 7. Place down the middle of the obi/sash onto the kimono and fold over the back and glue down. 8. Fold the obi sash back to form a small roll and glue ends together. Place the obi jime along the middle of the obi sash and glue down. Place one end of the obi jime through the obi sash back and glue down the end and repeat with the other end. 9. Glue down the face onto the body and attach the back of the hair to the face. Glue the hair onto the face and body. 10. Attach the fringe to the face and glue down. You can play around with all different hairstyles and decorate the hair and obi with flowers. This is the back of the paper doll.You can play around with the different paper and add layers to the kimono. Give each doll a personal touch with lots of different hairstyles. It's fun and you can give them as bookmarks, tags or just little gifts. I made a few of them and now my son wants a boy paper doll so I'll be post that soon too. What's new on this blog.... 22 March, 2011 The Giveaway! I've reached another 25 new fans on my Facebook page and so this is my little giveaway to say thank you. I'm giving one of these clutches for the giveaway and you can have the chance to pick one if you are the winner. Just become a fan of my "This Side Of The Island Shop" page on Facebook and make a comment below this photo of the clutch purse giveaway. This offer ends on 31st March and I'll be using a random generator to select the winner of this giveaway. The winner will be announced on 1st April. Become a fan of This Side Of The Island Shop on Facebook , leave a comment and WIN!
TOKYO ARTRIP is a bilingual (Japanese-English) Tokyo guidebook series that introduces various cultures in Japan from art and design enthusiasts' perspectives. This book, one of the series, focuses on Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Tokyo. It introduces 23 places based on the advice of specialists in each of the following four categories. See Buddhist Statues and Japanese Art View from the perspective of architecture and urbanism Experience the history and customs of Tokyo Enjoying the worship This book also includes informative articles on festivals, holidays, and annual events, as well as Omamori (talismans) and other gifts from shrines and temples. Published on 2020.7.31 A5 variant size with a bookmark ribbon 128 pages
Still about China, what better way to reproduce the huge Terracotta Army of Xi’an, except through a printing technique? We used the most simple and cheap: – foam engraved with a sharp pencil…
A Hawaiian Lei reminds me of summer... the cool breezes, flowers in bloom and sounds of the waves crashing on the beach. And, whenever I'm doing a craft with my kids, I like to teach them something at the same time. So, here is the definition of "Lei" according to Wikipedia :
After spending 6 or 7 classes on the Chinese Dragon Puppets, my fourth graders needed a quickie project to hold their attention and get another piece of finished work on the walls. These Asian Banners fit the bill quite nicely! Here's the skinny on these skinny projects (har har). Kiddos grabbed a long, narrow sheet of paper and folded it accordion-style. This year, I splurged on Dippity Dye paper.* At one building, we used liquid watercolor (slightly diluted with tap water), which gave us 6 color options; the other building used homemade liquid watercolors made from dried-out markers soaked in water. The homemade colors were far superior! The accordion, still folded, got double-dipped into a set of analogous colors. Papers were unfolded and laid out to dry till next time. On the second day, we watched the following video: Then, everyone fashioned a hanging thingamajig (quality vocab, check) for their banner. A slip knot wedged between some scrap black paper did the trick, as I didn't have enough wooden dowels, chopsticks, or some facsimile thereof and didn't care to mess with them anyway. Students chose several Chinese characters to paint onto their banners in a vertical arrangement. (You could use any Asian language, of course; I opted for Chinese, as I have several students of Chinese descent.) I had one of my buildings use true India Ink, while the other used black tempera. While the India ink soaked into the Dippity Dye paper very quickly and therefore wasn't as easy to work with as the paint, I reeeeally prefer the look of the ink. With black tempera With India ink Some of my kiddos opted to paint their names instead of a few random characters--I provided them with a website where they could look up their names to print out and bring along for the second day, if they so desired. These bright banners will look great hanging around the halls! * Personally, I have mixed feelings about the Dippity Dye paper. I found that thin, student-grade watercolor paper works just fine for this particular project. That being said, the Dippity Dye paper is nice and does a significantly better job of blending of colors and creating a tie-dye effect. It's extremely thin, though, and therefore easily ripped. I'm curious about the name-brand Dippity Dye--I wonder if it could possibly blend and be any more brilliant than our homemade liquid watercolors. P.S. I'm still looking for book recommendations to amp up the art room library! Please help!
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Fourth graders are so enthusiastic about creating these Chinese dragons. We talked about the difference between the European dragon and the Chinese dragon. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of good luck
