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• Pahiyas


  The time when people in Lucban, Quezon give thanks to San Isidro Labrador for a good harvest. This means "décor".
• When the fronts of houses are elaborately decorated for the Pahiyas Festival

  May 15
• Pahiyas Festival decorations

  • Brightly colored rice wafer called kiping, a type of rice dough made from a traditional recipe
  • Fruits, grain vegetables, and woven palm hats
• Pahiyas Festival


  1. Town's procession

  2. Kalas - romp away the harvests and decorations from the houses as a symbol of joy and merriment
• Saniculas cookies


  Arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas molded on it. St. Nicholas is also known as "the healer" and the people go to the saint for those who need "healing" from illnesses.
• Saniculas cookie moulds


  • Exceptional piece of folk art and a rarity
  • Carved with one of a kind designs
  • Have the initials of the owner monogrammed
  • Made of hardwood in different shapes and sizes
  • Have a carved piece and a wooden presser
• Pabalat


  On a literal note, it pertains to the pabalat as a product (paper cut-outs). On a metaphorical level, it connotes the state of the art practice. Pabalat is also a folk art or in Filipino term, siningbayan.
• Taka


  Lightweight paper mache alternative to wooden sculptures, pioneered by Paete local Maria Piday. Piday was also a maker of local toys such as the yoyo and the small acrobat hand puppet.
• Making Taka


  1. Brown craft paper is used as a final layer for taka made for export, providing a thicker base and smoother finish

  2. Traditionally painted using primary colors, simple flower motifs and repetitive lines and shapes

  3. Gold finish, usually used in angel, reindeer and huge taka, is accomplished by using gilded paper
• Common and traditional Taka subjects

  • Manok, kabayo, kalabaw, dalaga (chicken, horse, carabao, maiden)
  • European-influenced paper mache toys for export, such as Santa Claus, reindeer, giraffes
• Pagbuburda (Embroidery)


  The art of embroidery is happily alive and flourishing in Laguna, mostly done by women who are wives of farmers and fishermen, but also by some fishermen and farmers during their "off-season".
• Taal embroidery


  • Has always made an exquisite presence in the highlights of Philippine history, adorning garments of former presidents and first ladies
• Singkaban


  Local term for bamboo arches elaborately designed with kayas, used as welcome signage of a town, city or village, and widely used as decoration during town fiestas in Bulacan.
• Singkaban

  • Artfully-made entrance arches used during fiestas and other important events in Bulacan
  • Bamboo is primarily used in creating a singkaban, and the art is most prevalent in the old towns of Hagonoy and Malolos
• Puni or Palm leaf folding


  Puni is a Tagalog term from the province of Bulacan which means to beautify or decorate with the use of coconut leaf. Coconut leaves are fashioned by folding, plaiting, braiding and simple weaving, which may have functional as well as aesthetic uses.
• Puni designs

  • Toys such as birds, fish, grasshopper
  • Food containers for suman, rice and various kakanin, the most commonly known is the "puso"
  • Paraphernalia for religious rituals especially during Palm Sunday when these designs are used to accentuate the "palaspas"
• former presidents seen with taal embroidery

  Diosdado Macapagal & Ferdinand Marcos
• Different Eras of Arts

  • Renaissance Era
  • Modern Era
  • Contemporary Era
• Renaissance art


  Established the basis for Western art after the Medieval era
• Renaissance ideas and rules

  • Disseminated across Europe through various Academies of Fine Arts
  • Academies taught art according to an unvarying set of canons, which artists had to follow in order to earn a living
  • By the early 19th century, this academic approach had ceased to be relevant
• Italian Renaissance Art/Humanism

  • Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"
• Modern Art

  Ushered in by Edouard Manet in the early 1860s along with the French Impressionists, whose revolutionary subjective style of painting
• Modern Art Movements

  • Expressionism
  • Cubism
  • Surrealism
  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Op-Art
• Modern Era

  • Fernando Amorsolo's "Rice Harvesting"
• Contemporary art movements


  • Focused on "how" art was created and disseminated, rather than "what" was produced
  • Emphasized ideas and concepts rather than precious objects and the skills needed to make them
• Contemporary Era

  • Ang Kiukok's "Fishermen"
• Techniques to become an artist

  • Google and explore
  • Learn the basics
  • Be inspired
  • Flex your art muscle
  • Leave the comfort zone
  • Clear the canvas
  • Seek the inner voice
  • Evolve
  • Stick to it
• Google and explore


  Visit the local art gallery in your area. You will discover more artsy masterpieces at your Provincial Capitol or private museums.
• Learn the basics


  Understand the rules of creating a visual art. Learning the basics of drawing, such as pen-stroke techniques, shading and drawing with perspective, will set you on your path. That way, when your own style starts to emerge, you'll have the skills to back it up.
• Be inspired


  Plagiarism is a crime. But when you're just starting out, copying other artists just for practice stretches your skills as you explore your own ways of expressing yourself. What might start out as mimicking can evolve into a style that's uniquely yours.
• Flex your art muscle


  Learning how to draw is like working out: If you want to be fit, you need to exercise regularly. Daily drawing practice will strengthen your skills and bring out your style.
• Leave your comfort zone


  If you are a fan of line drawing or fond of using charcoal, start exploring other medium like water color or mixed media.
• Clear the canvas


  Mistakes do happen. When things didn't turn out the way you expect to, you can always clear the canvas and start from zero. Draw the same thing again and again.
• Seek your inner voice


  Even if you start out a drawing with a certain idea in mind, give yourself the freedom to change course. Pause for a minute, and be honest about what's working and what's not.
• Evolve


  Now that you pick a style that is artistically comfortable for you, you will be tempted to stick with it forever and ever. That may be great for some artists, but many others develop their styles over time. See where your instincts lead you. Continue to evolve in style, colors and in your subjects.
• Stick to it


  Sometimes you might get frustrated and this piece of artwork is going nowhere, don't give up. It's totally normal to feel that especially for beginners like you. For some people, developing a personal style will come quickly and naturally; for others, it can take lots of time and experimentation. And you might have more than one style in you. Stick with the process.
• Collage


  The technique of an art production primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole

  
• Collage materials

  • Magazines and newspaper clippings
  • Ribbons
  • Paints
  • Bits of handmade colored papers
  • Portions of other artwork or text
  • Photographs
  • Other found objects

  
• Decollage


  The opposite of collage, a French word which means "will take off" or to become "unglued" or to become "unstuck" some parts of existing images
• Decollage techniques

  • Cut-up technique
  • Lacerated poster