- Do you know what a secret is?
- Have you ever had to keep something really nice a secret?
- Do you find it difficult to keep fun secrets?
Something exiting is going to happen.
It's still a secret, but I’d love to share it �with you
A secret club!
A secret club is a group of people who
together keep or invent one big secret.
The secret club:
- What monsters do you know?
- What do monsters look like?
- What else do you know about monsters?
And you can join!
What can you tell about these monsters?
What would Museum Monsters be?
Every year in November, the Glow light festival takes place in Eindhoven.
Dozens of national and international light artists show their work in various places
in the city of light. This year Glow will take place from the 12 to 19 November.
This year the theme is 'Urban Skin'.
�- Have you ever looked at a GLOW artwork?
- Which one do you remember and why?
- What else can you say about GLOW?
GLOW
Graffiti
We will first explain something about Graffiti and street art, because you can see it everywhere in Eindhoven.��Of course you’ve seen the large letters, illustrations and bright colors before. On walls, poles, train cars and probably more places.
You may have even heard different names for it. graffiti.
Street art. Vandalism. Tagging.
Graffiti is a collective term for images or texts that
have been applied with paint on the street or in another place.
The Van Abbemuseum is a museum in Eindhoven where a lot of art can be seen.
Can you explain what a museum is?
What kinds of art do you find in a museum? �Can graffiti also be found in the museum?
Van Abbemuseum
Graffiti is often sprayed on something without permission, that's what you call illegal.
Especially because it is sprayed on someone else's property.
There are places where graffiti is allowed. Those places are legal.
Spray cans are used for graffiti. �Special paint markers are also sometimes used.��
Did you know that there is a lot of graffiti to see in Eindhoven?
Beautiful works can be found in various places in the city.
- Where in Eindhoven have you ever seen Graffiti?
- What do you think of the artworks?
- What do you see in the pictures?
- What kind of artwork would you come up with?
Famous graffiti artist
The works below are by Banksy. Nobody knows who Banksy actually is.
To remain anonymous, he uses stencils so that it takes less time to finish a work.�
A stencil is a piece of paper, plastic or cardboard with a shape cut out of it. You can smear
or spray paint on this, so that the shape appears on the surface.
The children from Eindhoven are going to make monster drawings and these will be presented as graffiti at the Van Abbemuseum.
To Work!
In the next lesson we will all make 1 large monster with crayons.
Today we are going to draw different monsters with pencil to
discover what kind of monster you would like to make in lesson 2.�
�Next time we'll look at your
drawings and make a plan for
making your final Monster.
To Work!
To Work!
- What different monsters did we make?
- Which one is funny?
- What kind of noise do they make?
- What would they prefer to eat?
- How would they walk?
- What do you remember from last time?
- What were we going to make for GLOW again?
- Look at the artworks of the Van Abbemuseum. What can you discover?
- See something you'd like to cut out to use?�- What part of your monster would it become and why?
As a member of the Museum Monsters, you will
design a monster that will be displayed in and maybe
even on the outside wall of the museum during GLOW!
To Work!
1: Look at the monsters you drew last time. What parts do you want to use for the monster you are about to make?
2: Which part of the artwork will you use and what will it be? Teeth, eyes or a tail? You may just see something completely different.
To Work!
3: Cut out the piece from the artwork.
4: Decide where you will stick the piece of artwork.
NB! The rest of your monster has to go on
to suit.
To Work!
5: Draw a monster with crayons. Make sure your monster is the same size as your black piece of paper and leave the edges of your piece of paper 1 cm free.
6: Color your monster nice and thick!
Only use light, bright colors to make your monster
stand out!
To Work!
To Work!
Put all the monsters in a circle or hang them up.
- What stands out about the monsters?
- How did it go?
- What do you like about it?
And Now?
But that's not all…
�We are filling the museum with our own art! So bring your
own monster drawing to GLOW and give it a nice place in the museum.�
Show that you are a Museum Monster and make a Monster Button for your jacket! �You can see how on the GLOW site.
And remember….It's still a secret….
Send a photo/scan of your drawing to GLOW. An artist chooses a lot of them, with which he makes one
large work of art on the walls of the museum. That looks like graffiti!