Art 207-05, Group 5
Adrienne Sulger, Robert Bowers Jr., Rose Lenhardt, & Carolyn Havens
Objectives:
- The students will learn the history and culture of Japanese Fans.
- The students will learn the purpose of Japanese Fans (and fans in general).
- The students will learn the technique of using watercolors.
- The students will learn the subject matter of nature.
- The students will learn different brush strokes (short and long).
- 12 x 18 inch whit paper
- Watercolors
- Watercolor paint brushes
- Tape
- Scissors
- Popsicle sticks
- Pencils
- Water
- Containers (for water)
- Previous student artwork
- Pictures of Japanese fans ( http://www.japaneseculture.about.com )
- Watercolors
- Brush strokes (short and long)
- Round fan
- Screen fan
Procedure:
- Introduction - discuss use of fans (functional use, artistic use and history).
- Fold paper in half horizontally.
- On the folded side draw half of a fan shape and cut. (The piece should resemble
- the shape of a rainbow).
- Draw a simple sketch of nature: flowers, trees, birds…
- Fold the paper back and forth, creasing each time. Then lay out paper flat onto table.
- Using watercolors, make bold brush strokes. Use several colors to paint with the seasons. Let dry.
- Once dry, gather the paper together to form the fan. Staple the bottom with Popsicles sticks inserted in the bottom.
- Tape the Popsicles sticks together to form the handle.
- Closure - Clean up, hang projects on wall and discussed what children learned.
- Source of Lesson Plan: ( http://www.kinderart.com/multic/japfan/.shtml )
- History of the Japanese Fan:
- Japan is the homeland of the modern folding fan.
- Early Japanese fans were of two types: round fan and the screen fan.
- The latter was any rigid fan which could be conveniently held in the hand.
- It was traditionally made of feathers and silk stretched over a round or oval frame.
- The ceremonial fan differed essentially in that it was of a larger size, and was mounted on a long pole and used by attendants in the ceremonial entourage of high officials at important functions or processions.
- Originally, only the emperor was permitted to use the fans though, in time, it was used by all levels of the court aristocracy.
- The fan face was painted with bright colors with carefully prescribed designs of pines, chrysanthemums, plum or cherry blossoms and sometimes, birds on a white ground surrounded by stylish clouds in gold and silver, variously outlined in red, blue, and green and purple.
- The fan became firmly established in Japan as an essential item or daily use during the hot summer months through all levels of society.
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