We made 3D Art based on the study of Hundertwasser. Using recycled materials, paint, cardboard and vivids, we created our own “Hundertwasser” houses. 

I showed resilience, because I kept trying even when things got hard. I especially showed resilience when I had to make a fence, which was very hard. 

My favourite part of our creation is the roof, which has a fence, a trapdoor, and a funny shaped roof with a tree.

  It was a sunny summer afternoon, and the kings hunting party just returned to the castle. In this party there were multiple warriors, professional hunters, a few knights, and the king himself. The first person to welcome back the hunting party was the king’s son, Charlie, who was a smart and curious boy. He asked his dad “How did the hunt go?” To that, the king answered ” 3 deer and 1 boar. Not much, which is rather worrying, because at this time of the year, we usually come back with at least 4 deer and 3 boars”. Charlie was also worried about this, so he decided to find out the decline of food.

A few days later, a merchant’s cart came driving, with the merchant very unhappy. H claimed that highway robbers took all his merchandise, and, sure enough, there was nothing on the cart except the merchant. Charlie was sure this had something to do with the missing animals. After asking the merchant a bit more, he figured out how he could set them a trap.

The next day, he told his father his plan, and his father agreed. So, a bit later, the king, disguised as a merchant with Charlie, disguised as a normal boy, was driving along the road in the woods, with barrels and other things loaded on the back, but inside the barrels were warriors. Then, suddenly, a gang of unkempt men jumped on the road and shouted “merchandise or  death”. Then, the warriors jumped out of the barrels and overpowered the bandits. The king said “good job Charlie”.

For art in the last 2 weeks, we have been making siapo, which are a type of Samoan tapa cloth. There were many different patterns we could use.

For my design, I chose a starfish, because it was the only one I practised. The starfish is sometimes mistaken for the sun, even though  it doesn’t look much like the sun. I especially like the shape of it. First we drew it in pencil, then we drew over the pencil lines in vivid.  Have you ever seen a tapa cloth?

Introduction

Chinese New Year is the most celebrated festival in China. It marks the start of the new year and is celebrated by millions of people around the world, not only in China. It lasts 15 days and usually falls between January 21 and February 20, depending on the lunar calendar. It is a time for celebrating, especially with family, and it has many different traditions.

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To start the Chinese new year, families clean up their houses to sweep away bad luck, and make space for good luck. They then decorate their houses with red lanterns, banners, and paper cuttings for good fortune. They also wear red clothes, because red is the colour for luck.

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Feasting is an important part of the festivals. At the so-called family feasts, people travel from far away to be with their family, bringing many different foods.  Different foods represent different values, like fish for abundance, noodles for a long and healthy life, and dumplings for wealth because they look like old Chinese gold ingots. They use firecrackers and fireworks to scare away bad spirits, and children get Hongbao, red envelopes with money in them for good luck.

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At the end of the festival, there are lion and dragon dances. These dances symbolise strength and wealth. The longer the dragon dances, the more good luck it brings. Right at the end, there is the amazing lantern festival, to lead good spirits to them.

Conclusion

So, the Chinese New Year is a very amazing and important festival, especially for the Chinese people and their culture. It is a time for family, good luck, happiness, success in the new year, and a fresh start for the new year.

For art in the last few weeks, we made art based on Hundertwasser. Hundertwasser is an Austrian artist, who made very interesting pieces of art. He made them by letting his imagination flow onto the paper, so basically a pick-a-path piece of art. I find Hundertwasser is a very talented artist.

To draw our Hundertwasser, we first drew a line two thirds up from the bottom of the paper. Next, we drew houses, so very easy rectangles/squares with triangles on top. Then, we added trees, swirls, another layer of bigger houses behind, raindrops, windows, doors, etc. After that, we used pastels and coloured pencils to outline a few houses, and fill in a few areas, Finally, we used watercolours to fill in all the other left over shapes and areas.

I found it a very interesting process of painting art, But I really liked it. I especially liked how you were allowed to draw basically anything you liked, other than humans and other living creatures. I enjoy painting this art very much.