EARTH - YOUTH

Collection

Work

Quote

Intentions

Think

Example

Videos

Material

Summary

Practice the basics

Expose

Appreciate

Celebrate !

Theme

QUOTE FROM JEAN PAUL

" I see everything I do as being a part of what I see, of what I've seen, today, yesterday, last year or even as a child… close to the earth. "

Helen Duffy, “L’art de Jean-Paul Riopelle, une alchimie de la vie”, Décormag, Montréal, May 1977, p. 36-39.

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EARTH COLLECTION

This collection gathers works and photos of archives around the theme of the EARTH.

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LES ROIS DE THULÉ

Jean Paul Riopelle, Les Rois de Thulé, mixed media on paper, 64 x 49 cm (1973) © Estate of Jean Paul Riopelle / SOCAN (2022)

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INTENTIONS

• Become acquainted with Jean Paul Riopelle through the theme of the Earth;
• Develop an ability to appreciate works of art;
• Develop an ability to create;
• Experiment with printing and washing techniques;
• To appropriate the disciplinary vocabulary.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Create an emblematic stamp that pays homage to First Nations in Canada and shows off a plant or an animal using an explosion of colour reminiscent of beading techniques among certain Indigenous peoples and the works of Jean Paul Riopelle.

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MATERIAL

• Sketchbook

• Pencils

• Eraser

• Thick white Bristol board

• Thick white Mayfair style cardboard

• Sheet of white paper

• Glue stick

• Different colours of liquid gouache (gouache with metallic colours can be used)

• Objects with a rounded tip for printing (old pencils, cotton swabs, etc.) or a squeezable container of gouache that allows students to work with small dots

• Black drawing ink

• Square brush

• White oil pastel

• Masking tape

• Scissors

• Sink with running water

• Internet access

• Access to the GLOSSARY

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EXAMPLE

CREATE

• Create an emblematic stamp

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PRACTICE THE BASICS

Experiment with printing and masking techniques.

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APPRECIATE

• On paper;
• By playing the art appreciation game online.

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VIDEOS

• 1 - RIOPELLE, A CHILD COMING INTO HIS OWN
• 5 - EARTH
• 13 - PRINTING WITH DOTS
• 14 - RESERVE WITH OIL PASTEL

THINK

• Come up with a title for your piece;
• Observe your creation;
• Fill out the Integration sheet.

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EXPOSE IN RIO GALLERY

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CELEBRATE!

To celebrate the end of this project, play around with the creative online game MUTANTS OF THE EARTH.

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EARTH

There is a widely shared understanding among Indegenous people, the original inhabitants of this land, that the Earth does not belong to humans; rather, it is humans who belong to the Earth.

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