GRADE 8 CREATIVE ARTS & SPORTS APRIL 2025 EXTENDED ACTIVITIES.                                     Beauty of Art......
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Watch carefully the video below on Visual Arts still life drawing. Note the elements and principles of Visual Arts like line, shape, tone, colour, texture, depth, proportion and others.

¶ Tell your parent/guardian to buy for you two 2B (Not HB) Staedtler pencils for shading and a A4 Drawing book.

QUESTION 1 : Put a jug, a cup and a fruit near each other on a table or stool about 2 metres away from you. Draw and shade well as you have seen in the video, observing the elements of Visual arts. The picture should be big enough on a A4 page. Bring the book to school on opening day for marking. The BEST 3 drawings shall attract a reward.

NB: REMEMBER TO COME WITH YOUR DRAWING BOOK AND 2B PENCILS FOR LEARNING IN SCHOOL.

QUESTION 2. Below is the first line of a common nursery melody in Solfa notation.     

           4/4   m:m:m:-/m:m:m:-/m:s:d:r/m:-:-:-//

a) Draw a G-Clef staff in you book and place the notes correctly using C Major scale.

b) Try to sing the melody using the correct pitch. Which song is it? ___________.

QUESTION 3 : Answer the following questions ONLINE.

i) How many sharps are in the key signature of D Major scale?

ii) Which rest sits on the third line?

iii) It is important to toss the ball in volleyball game when _

iv) The picture above shows a lady able to lift her head for a long time during an exercise. It is a representation of _______

v) Which form of Visual Arts is shown in the picture above?

The End, Congratulations!