South African Art #1

1. Your initial reaction to the artwork can be very interesting. You may not think that this is an important step, but it provides the foundation on which to build the rest of your knowledge. Some questions to consider while looking at the artwork include:

• What is your first impression of the art work? Describe what you see.
• My impression of the first artwork is it looks like a group of people living in a little village. This makes me think they live close together so they would act as a family. The second painting gives me the impression that this is how they get their food. They fish. It gives me the impression that a group of people go out together to catch fish for the village (in the first artwork).
• What does it remind you of?
• The first artwork reminds me of a little village in South Africa. It reminds me of South Africa because of how simple the houses are and the sand also reminds me of it. The second artwork reminds me of 
• How does it make you feel?
• The paintings don't really make me feel any emotion. The first artwork is so simple that it doesn't give me an emotion. The second artwork kind of makes me feel an emotion. When I look at the painting i feel as if they are a family or community working together to get food for everyone. 
• What questions do you have?
• QUESTION FOR MRS ROSE - In my final painting I want to incorporate a little bit of each of the paintings. Can I ?
• Feel free to elaborate on these questions and explain your thinking process.
  
  
  
  
  It was hard to decide between these two artworks so I chose them both. Maybe when I create my artwork I will incorporate both of them into one. 

Fishermen Drawing Nets - Walter Battis
Houses in the Hills - Gladys Mgudlandlu