Year 9 Moana Art

Students will learn how to visually communicate ideas related to a theme. During the two term course, students will produce artworks related to the theme of the ancient Polynesian navigators who sailed across the Pacific Ocean to settle in Aotearoa. 

Students will research various aspects that aided the ancient navigators, including;

• use of the star compass as a navigation tool

• development of the ocean going canoes to cover vast distances

• knowledge of migratory seabirds and marine animals

• natural elements such as sea swells and wind patterns that guided their journeys. 

Processes and techniques include pencil, water colour, acrylic paint, print, research, concept drawing, artist models and image analysis. 

 - How contemporary Pacific Artists incorporate/translate traditional motifs into their work - will be a key focus along with the intention of self expression.