Contemporary Philippine Arts

from the Region

Quarter 1- Module 4
Local Materials and Application of
Art Techniques

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 CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
Module 4: Local Materials and Application of Art Techniques
Second Edition, 2021

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La Union Schools Division
Region I

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 Senior High School

Contemporary Philippine Arts

from the Region
Quarter 1- Module 4
Local Materials and Application of
Art Techniques

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 Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear
learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities,
questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for
you to understand each lesson.

Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-
by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each

SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module
or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better
understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to
answer the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided
for each activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on
how they can best help you on your home-based learning.

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If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering
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 Target

Contemporary art differs from modern and traditional art; thus it is

relevant to ask if different methods should be used for teaching.
For example, which should be the guiding methodological principles?
Which methods are effective and coherent for teaching and learning different
practices of contemporary art?
In your previous lessons, you have already learned about materials and
techniques integrated in different contemporary art forms and made careful
judgments on their applications.
This module will provide you with information and activities that will
give you a better view on how materials and techniques are incorporated in
Philippine contemporary art form.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 Explicate the use of materials and the application of techniques
(CAR11/12TPP-0c-e-13)

Specific Objectives:
1. Explain how a technique is applied in a particular artwork.
2. List down available local materials in the community.
3. Describe how the local materials were used in an artwork.
4. Make use of these local materials to come up with a sample artwork.

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 Jumpstart

Activity 1: My Origin

Directions: Below are pictures of different contemporary arts created within

the locality. Identify what raw materials were used in making them. Choose
your answer from the box below and then write your answer on the blank
after each number.

1. _______ 5. _________

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2. _______ 6. __________

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3. _______
7. __________

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8. __________
4. _______

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 Narra Tablecloth Palm Leaves Rattan Coconut Shell

Bamboo Metal Plastic Clay Abaca

Tiger grass Stone Glass Cement

Activity 2: Define Me!Directions: Supply the diagram below with words,

phrases, or sentences that are related to the word at the center. Write your
answers inside the circles.

Technique

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 Discover

Material is what the artwork is made of. It can also be a combination

of objects used in art.
These days, contemporary artists do not rely solely to raw materials,
rather they have improved their skills by experimenting on the materials they
use with the help of technology and shared knowledge from
other countries (www.coursehero.com).

Some artists utilize materials that they

can still use and transform to another kind of
creative artwork. It is already common today
to see more than one material being combined
to form a new one. An example is metal and
wood, used to make music. There are some
who use items that are abundant everywhere
like plastic cover for food, paper for sculpture,
mirror, or yarn. Some may use their personal
things like clothes or accessories
(www.coursehero.com).

In outdoor sculpture, there is

a lot of use of brass welded together
and mounted on concrete. Wood
and glass combination are used for
indoor sculpture. Found objects are
combined and are covered with
resin.
Painting has also changed over
time. We used to see canvass hung
on the wall before but with the
creativity of artists, painting can
also already be found on ceilings
and floors. Some are
done outdoors. Many local artists lead the community or students in painting
murals on walls to make a more pleasant environment and raise
consciousness towards environmental protection.
In architecture, there is an intensive use of glass and steel. Color
combination is either complimentary or strong contrasting, such as orange
and blue, red and white (www.coursehero.com).

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 These changes are also evident in
other forms of arts such as drama, and
literature.
Technology has also redefined arts in
many ways. Because of the usefulness of new
materials to artmaking, artists must advance
their skills and learn the use of computer
programs and its applications.
The availability and variety of
materials and possibilities offered by
technology expand the choices of artists. This
is essential to the development of
contemporary art (www.coursehero.com).

LOCAL MATERIALS IN THE COUNTRY

Materials Products

Abaca belongs to banana family. Its fiber has a slippers, ropes,

natural luster with colors ranging from pure twine, hammock,
white to ivory and dark brown. frame, display jar,
jars, Chelsea chair
Bakbak is the outermost covering or leaf sheath mat, bangkuay bin,
of the abaca stalk. It is a flat thick durable sheath boxes, bin, display,
as twine or braided. The strong brown fiber used jar, Cecilia dining
to make furniture. table, and armchair
indoor or outdoor
Coir is the fibrous material surrounding the fruit fiber carpets, wall
of the coconut tree. covering, doormat,
trellises, and geo
textiles
Pandan is a tropical plant. It is processed and
transformed into splints that are being used as baskets, hats, picture
raw material. frames and bags
baskets, picture
Rattan belongs to the palm family. There are frames, furniture,
different types of rattan palms, such as high or and other novelty
low climbers, single stemmed or clustered rattan items, Zoya lounge
species. chair, Valencia queen
size bed

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Bamboo is used a raw material in creating many kubing, bungkaka,
products. It is used in construction, textile, tongatong, angklung,
musical instruments, weapons, and many more pateteg, gabbang,
bags, shoes,desk
accessories like pen
Buntal is a cylindrically shaped fiber. The supple holder, picture
ivory white strands are quite durable, pliable, and frames, file trays,
have good dyeing qualities. wallets, place mats,
braide, lampshades,
window blinds
SOURCE: Morales, A. (n.d.)
Now, study the pictures below and analyze how raw materials were
applied and transformed to produce contemporary art work

Figure 1

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t/231996086/Sabel

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 Figure 2

“Cloud Canyons No.3” by David

Medalla

This work is a kinetic sculpture

consisting of wooden boxes arranged
in a circle on the floor with a tall
plastic tube placed at the center. At
the bottom is a soapy liquid that is
formed into foams which results the
foam being projected upward and
out of the tubes forming a jet of
bubbles.

The foam was allowed to follow

its own path, emerging, and forming
according to its own energy
interacting with gravity, air current
and atmospheric pressure, thus
shows the transformation of matter
into energy.
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avid-Medalla-Cloud-Canyons

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TECHNIQUES

Mixed media art is precisely what it sounds like—the combination of two or

more artistic mediums into one piece of art. So, instead of just creating a
watercolor painting or an ink drawing, you might create something that
combines both in surprising new ways! You can even integrate items that might
not be considered traditional art materials—like scrap paper or found objects—
into your mixed media work (Greenawald, 2021).
New media art is an umbrella term for art made with new digital technologies,
including video, film, computer animation and the internet. It can exist both on
and off-line, on web pages, computer screens, film and video monitors.
Collage came from the French verb coller, which means 'to glue”. It is the artistic
process of gluing and assembling various materials to a flat surface. Collage can
refer to both the actual procedure of cutting and pasting (the verb), as well as to
the final artistic product (Francis,n.d.).
Decollage refers to a form of art made from torn public posters without any
further intervention on the part of the artist. Some artists left their artwork
outside on walls, and others tore layers of posters completely from the walls and
presented them in another context as art (Barnhart, n.d.).
Earth art, also referred to as Land art or Earthworks, is largely an American
movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art
forms, and sculptures.
Printmaking is an artistic practice that transfers ink from a matrix onto
material—typically paper—making multiple impressions of the same image.
Matrixes can be made of different materials, including wood, metal plates,
linoleum, aluminum, or fabric. While there are different printmaking techniques
(each having its own distinct characteristics), the result is the ability to make
several impressions of a single image (Stewart 2020).

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 Explore

Here are some enrichment activities for you to work on to master and
strengthen the basic concepts you have learned in this module.

Enrichment Activity 1: Exploring your place!

Directions: Identify the most abundant raw material in your town and how it is used.
Write it in the column under materials. On the other side, give one product to which
the material was used and then explain the technique applied.

Materials Products

Enrichment Activity 2: TRUE or FALSE.

Direction: Tell whether the statements below are true or not. Write TU (Thumbs Up)
if it is true and TD (Thumbs Down) if it is false.
__________1. Rattan is only used in making baskets.
__________2. In contemporary arts, artists do not combine one or more materials in
their artworks.
__________3. Collage and decollage are the same concepts of arts.
__________4. Engraving names on stones is an example of printmaking.
__________5. In making collage, one can use other materials than paper.
__________6. “Chime Halo” is a masterpiece of BenCab.
__________7. BenCab used different colors in “Sabel” to portray assortment of
emotions.
__________8. One of the materials used in “Cloud Canyon No 3” is wooden box.
__________9. Land art is the creation of site-specific constructions, art forms, and the
like using natural landscapes.
_________10. Buri, pandan and rattan can be used in making baskets

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Activity 3: Identification

Directions: Identify what technique is applied in the pictures. Choose your answer
from the techniques discussed in this module.

1. _________ 2. _________

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3. _________ 4. _________

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5. _______________

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 Deepen

At this point, design a contemporary art and then describe the materials and
techniques to be applied.
What you need
Pencil, coloring materials, glue/paste, pair of scissors
What you have to do
1. Select materials from the basket.
2. Carefully think of a contemporary artwork that can be a possible product of
the materials you have chosen.
3. Make a sketch/ drawing of the artwork you have in mind on an A4 bond paper.
Briefly answer the questions that follow.

MAGAZINE
STONES S WOOD
RATTAN
CLAY
CEMENT DRIFTWOOD

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Questions:
1. What materials did you choose? Give your reason/s.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. What contemporary product did you plan to create? Why?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Explain how each of the local materials will be used in your artwork.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Which technique will you apply to achieve the desired outcome of your plan?
Justify your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Activity 2: The Artist in Me

Directions: Make a collage that will depict the emotions you have during this COVID-
19 pandemic. Post your artwork on the space provided and then answer the
questions that follow.
What you need

 Magazine/ any paper cut-outs

 Glue
 Pair of scissors

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The Artist in Me

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 1. What is your artwork all about? Explain.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. In what way did the technique help you express the theme?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. What other techniques can be used to show the theme? Explain.

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Scoring the Output

Criteria Excellent (5) Good (3) Poor (1)

The content of the

Relevance of The content of the The content of the
output is
output is very relevant output is not
Content somewhat relevant
to the topic. relevant to the topic.
to the topic.

The output is unique. The output has

The output is copied
Originality No signs of copied signs of copied
from the internet or
concept from other concept from other
from other outputs.
output. outputs.

It shows good
It shows somewhat
It shows excellent sense of art and
sense of art and
sense of art and creativity.
creativity.
creativity.
Creativity The output shows
The output shows
The output shows somewhat
little representation
clear representation of representation of
of the student’s
the student’s effort. the student’s
effort.
effort.

The output shows The output is

The output is
organization of input organized and
Neatness disorganized and
and very neat. There somewhat neat. It
very dirty. It has too
are no signs of has sorts of
many erasures.
dirtiness. erasures.

Total points 20/20

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 Gauge

Directions: Analyze the questions below then choose your answer by encircling the
letter of your choice
1. Which of the following greatly contributes to the changes in the use of
materials and application of techniques in contemporary art?
A. Climate B. Preference of Society
C. Technology D. Techniques
2. What strategy do Philippine artists use to transform raw materials into a piece
of contemporary art?
A. Go abroad and bring home foreign arts
B. Duplicate the strategies of the foreign artists
C. Browse the internet on the origin of the material and how it is used
D. Combine more than one material and experiment through techniques
3. What technique is needed if you want to transform your plain small garden
into a contemporary creation?
A. Collage B. Landscape C. Mixed Media Art D. Printmaking
4. Why did Ben Cab use different colors in his artwork “Sabel”?
A. To portray the different emotions of the subject
B. To make the art more colorful and appealing to teenagers
C. To show that his contemporary paintings have also adhered to changes
in arts
D. To show that contemporary arts make use of combination of different
colors to portray a subject
5. In what way do local contemporary artists promote the resources found in
their regions?
A. By passing through words of mouth about the benefits of those
resources
B. By transforming available resources into artistic products
C. By exchanging these raw materials to other basic resources
D. By selling the raw materials to foreigners

Congratulations! You have finished the activity! Keep up the good work!

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 Answer Key

Jumpstart

8. tiger grass
7. rattan
6. metal Activity 3

5. narra 1. landart
4. cement 2. decollage
3. bamboo 3. print-making
2. clay 4. collage
1. stone 5. new media art

Activity 1

Explore Gauge

Activity 2
5. B
10.TU 4. A
9. TU 3. B
8. TU 2. D
7. TU 1. C
6. TD
5. TU
4. TU
3. TD
2. TD
1. TD

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