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• Painting is the process of applying paints or colours on an object or drawing to make it appealing to the eye
• Painting materials include: Paint-dry or wet, brush, canvas, easel, donkey bench, palette, sketchpad, apron, frame
• Painting techniques include: still-life, abstract, fluid art painting and nature
• Still-life describes a work of art that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world, such as fruit, flowers, pebbles, vessels like baskets or bowls
• Abstract art does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect
• Fluid art, also known as acrylic pouring art, involves pouring layers of thin, liquid acrylic paint onto a canvas to create interesting organic shapes
• Items needed for fluid art painting:

  • Acrylic Paint
  • Pouring Medium
  • Pour Painting Supplies for Mixing
  • Canvas or Panel
  • Glue or Heat Gun
  • Silicone Oil & Other Cells Additives
  • Pour Painting Supplies & Tools like disposable plastic cups
• Steps in Creating Fluid Paint Art:

  • Mix the Paint: In a plastic cup, add one colour of acrylic paint and a pouring medium
  • Prep the Canvas: Prop your canvas up on a few plastic cups or painter's tripods
  • Pour the Paint
  • Manipulate by tilting the Canvas into different angles
• Calligraphy is a visual art that involves creating beautiful symbols by hand and arranging them in a cursive manner
• Calligraphy involves skills for positioning and inscribing words, ranging from functional inscriptions to fine-art pieces
• Purpose of Calligraphy:
• Calligraphy and painting highlight the beauty and history of written words, allowing for unique expression of each word and phrase
• Used to mark occasions or accomplishments worth remembering, such as university diplomas, certificates, plaques for sports achievements
• Used to give more impact and attract more readers, often used in quotations
• Used to make an impression and create an income for paying bills
• Helps promote a product brand or single it out among others
• Creates a special feeling in people, especially new graduates, awardees, newly married couples, etc.
• Helps achieve life balance or feeling of fulfillment
• Creates an entrepreneurial skill, such as making general purpose cards through DIY
• Can be used for beautification
• Calabash crafts are works of art produced skillfully by hand, especially in a traditional way
• Crafts in Africa are associated with different genders (female and male)
• Knowledge of a craft is mostly transferred from one generation to another
• Calabashes are made from the gourd plant that belongs to the cucumber plant family
• Natural color of calabashes is yellow with a shiny skin
• After harvesting, calabashes are soaked in water to soften and allow the seeds to rot, then scraped and dried
• Calabashes come in varied sizes and shapes
• Patterns on calabashes are created with pencil, heated tools, or markers and then painted
• Local names of calabashes in Nigeria:

  • Hausa and Fulani: 'Duma or Kwarya' used as a bowl for 'Fura-do nunu' drink and as a musical instrument
  • Igbos: 'Ubele'
  • Yorubas: 'Igba'
  • Calabash carrier is called 'Arugba'
  • Significant craft among the 'Iseyin' people of Oyo state
• Functions of a calabash:

  • Round and flat base calabashes are used as water containers, grain storage, cosmetic boxes, and serving food bowls
  • Elongated shape gourds serve as palm wine jugs and for pouring libations during traditional worship
  • Bowl-like shape calabashes are used by Fulani women to serve raw-cow milk
  • Used as a musical instrument 'sekere'
  • A beautifully decorated calabash is presented to a newly crowned king during coronation containing 'salt' symbolizing peace and good fortune
  • Used to package an engagement ring
  • Used to bury the placenta of a new-born baby
• • Given to a newly wedded bride as a gift to be smashed to determine the number of children she will have
• Calabash decorative techniques:

  • Scraping
  • Carving
  • Scorching
  • Pyro-engraving
  • Pressure-engraving
  • Engraving method: using heated tools to carve out unwanted areas to form a desired pattern
  • Pressure from using a sharp knife to create patterns with motifs like geometrical shapes, reptiles, fish symbols, bird symbols, etc.
  • Outer surface can be completely scraped off, then apply industrial black paint before carving with motifs like cowries, comb, lizard, lines, etc.
• Theatre


  A building with a stage in it, on which plays and other performing arts take place before a live audience
• Visual aspects of a theatre production

  • Lightings
  • Sound systems and acoustics
  • Properties or Props
  • Costumes
  • Curtains, drapes or arch
  • Audience sitting arrangements
• Four types of stage

  • Thrust stage
  • Arena stage
  • Traverse stage
  • Proscenium stage
• Thrust stage


  • Extends into the audience, in such a way that the audience is seated around three sides of the stage
  • Also known as platform or open stage
  • Most times used by fashion models runway show or musical performers
• Arena stage


  • Also known as theatre-in-the-round stage
  • Finds the audience seated all around the stage
  • Examples include: the football stadium, wrestling and boxing stage
• Traverse stage


  • A form of theatrical stage in which the audience is predominantly on two sides of the stage, facing each other
  • Also known as an ally or corridor stage
• Proscenium stage


  • A type of stage in which the audience seats (facing) directly opposite the stage
  • Usually surrounded on the top and sides by a physical proscenium arch/curtain
• Materials needed for stage construction


  • Straw board
  • Chip board
  • Glue
  • Fabric
  • Match boxes
  • Accessories
  • Ribbons
  • Flat board (plywood)
  • Paint colours
  • Brushes
  • Scissors