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PROJECT
To use Mailing Art to motivate the learning of transversal and key-competences of students with difficulties. _ To write messages and compose painted envelopes on the theme of the garden inspired also to the rich international repertoire of works of Artist of the Mailing Art, in a specific context : participation in a competition promoted by the Association Paysage et patrimoine sans frontière.
PUBLIC Students from the Pre-primary up to the High school
KEY COMPETENCES
Communication in the mother tongue
Social competences and citizenship
Humanist culture and expression of sensitivity
OBJECTIVES
Oral communication to present the project. Written communication for sending the envelope.
Writing minding spelling
To use the envelop as a support as well as visual tools and materials,
To enrich the repertoire of painting techniques.
To discover the Mailing Art
GARDENS EXPLORED
The ’ Jardin des Arts’, an ephemeral garden implemented within the framework of the project by the young of the local Mission and the Agricultural High School students of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
MATERIALS
Envelopes
Magazines to be cut out
Various elements to be pasted like textile, wool, pearls, vegetal materials and motifs, photos of gardens, leaves, etc.
Painting tools : gouache, ink, acrylic
Glue, scissors, crayons, watercolours, paintbrushes, etc.
DEVELOPMENT
1.Beforehand, exploration of the garden and use word to express one’s perceptions.
With a notebook and a camera at hand undertake the exploration of the garden
reporting it in all forms : words, photos, materials (ground, plant elements..). Write down the words in the notebook or a card to build up a vocabulary progressively enriched and used again.
2.Implementation and communication of a project employing mail
Discover the Postal Art in its multiple forms linked to nature or gardens. It has sometimes been implemented by famous artists like Henri Matisse. Many websites are devoted to Postal Art. Express your thoughts about this pop art through images and written messages.
About the Mailing Art
3.Realization of some palettes of colours, sampling of motifs starting from images and photos of the gardens. These palettes will then be utilized to implement the envelopes.
Using inks, first soak the surface of the envelope, then spread blotches of colours or impressions of dried leaves. Let everything dry and afterwards draw the profiles of each plant motif, first using a pencil and then a thin felt pen.
With cut out motifs, make up an image that will be photocopied in black and white on each envelope, one by one. Colour some motifs with crayons or watercolours.
EXTENSION To write some words, a sentence, a little text to put in each envelop, linked to the topic of the garden.
EVALUATION
It will assess the ability to :
Master the mother tongue orally and in writing
Communicate one’s own project
Speak purposefully using the correct vocabulary
Get motivated to writing
Enrich one’s repertoire with writing techniques
Write minding spelling
Develop awareness, culture and expression
Expand one’s repertoire of graphic techniques
Re-use it, expand cultural knowledges
Become an enthusiast of the Mailing Art
Develop social and civic competences
Communicate one’s project
Uphold reasons and choices
Get motivated about maintaining a correspondence
AUTHOR
Aline Rutily
Association Paysage et Patrimoine sans Frontière . Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
TRANSLATER
Mary Gino
Association Acquamarina, Trieste, Italie