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October theme : Asian Art

10/8/2016

 

Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa

We started the first Asian art project with Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1830~1833).
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The children were very interested in the fact that this intricate work is actually a print work. 
Long time ago, Hokusai carved the wood blocks for each color and made this beautiful master piece. 
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C made the background color dark  and black clouds because he thought it should show the  stormy weather. The upper left corner is the Mt.Fuji. He exactly understood the artist's story in the original piece. 
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E always loves to draw hearts on her work.  "This is me and I am happy because this boat will become an airplane when the great wave comes." That's why she made those hearts. What an optimistic view!

The children first practiced a lot of times to draw the great waves.  
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Bravo to our 2nd grader L! He practiced to draw the waves a lot of times and finally came up with this awesome piece. He was very proud of his work. 

The preschoolers did the same theme as well. It was the collaboration work with the teacher. The waves were drawn with the white oil pastel so they could see the waves as they were painting and the teacher made this roaring waves with the oil pastel. The children were so excited to see how their work has been transformed to something like the original work in a large scale. They were very proud of their contribution in this collaboration piece!
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