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African ArtTinga Tinga
Tinga Tinga Art
Tinga Tinga art is an art movement that began in Tanzania and spread to most of east Africa.
The paintings are bright and colourful and usually show the elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion or leopard.
They are designed to appeal to European and American tourists.
Edward Tingatingabegan the art movement in 1968 but died 4 years later. His style of work is now copied across Eastern Africa.
He became one of the most famous artists in Africa.
Tinga Tinga Tales A whole series of children’s TV programs was
based upon the paintings by Edward
Tingatinga.
They told stories of different African animals and
used the bright colours and bold patterns that
Edward Tingatinga had used in his original
artwork.
Making our own Tinga
Tinga art
Lots of bold bright colours
Simple shapes
African animals
Lots of different patterns
Patterned boarders
Look at the pictures and talk about the shapes, patterns and
colours you can see
Now create your own
Choose opposite on the colour
wheel and black to make your
patterns bold
Think about the different
patterns you could use