Te Ika A Maui - Peter Gossage

Step 1:  Warm up - practising koru styles/shapes.

Step 2:  Read and listen to the maori myth text by Peter Gossage called 'The  Fish of Maui.'

Step 3:  Make links to New Zealand culture and heritage.

Step 4:  Create outline of the different shapes.

Step 5:  Bold shapes and koru patterns using black vivid and crayon.

Step 6:   Dye the sky and sea.

Step 7:  Admire and be proud!

Art Focus:  media - crayon, black vivid, dye

                     art elements - 'the law of thirds'/ arrangement of ideas on page

                     colour - hot / cold / blending

                     pattern - maori pattern work for decoration / texture / ideas

Acknowledgement : Mrs. Gaylene Smith (Expert Art Teacher)