Abstract:
This is the descriptive research, the purpose was to study the art instruction based on post-impressionism for higher secondary school students. The sampling group of this study were 20 students. The research instruments were: 1) Three lesson plans of drawing and painting activities included pointillism landscape, brush stroke landscape, and distortion landscape 2) The Achievement test for pretest and posttest, concerning content knowledge, 3) The Attitude test for pr, 4) Student products evaluation form, concerning students art creation skill of Post-impressionism. The obtained data were analyzed by means, standard deviations, frequencies and t-test. The results are as follows: 1. Cognitive domain: The achievement scores of art knowledge of students in issues of pointillism, brush stroke and distortion from post-test were higher than pre-test. 2. Affective domain: The attitude scores of students in issues of pointillism, brush stroke and distortion from post-test were higher than pre-test. 3. Psychomotor domain: The achievement scores of art skills from student products evaluation, all three lessons were rated at a good level. The additional research suggestions, the art teaching, by using the techniques art creation of post-impressionism, upon the methodology are able to develop the art teaching-learning competency in different aspects whether development of knowledge and attitude changing towards art learning and to promote the learner at different levels to have creative thinking on art by using the techniques art creation of post-impressionism by themselves.