North Sumatera Traditional Ornaments in The Form of Educational Comics as a Fine Arts Learning Media

This research is a development research that produces decorative learning media for North Sumatra based on educational comics as an appreciation of material in elementary arts and skills education courses. In the Fine Art and Skills Education course, students are not only required to be able to hone practical skills but also understand the contextual aspects of a work of art through art appreciation activities. Through this activity, students are invited to be able to understand the background of making a work, history and cultural anthropological relations so that students can gain concrete knowledge about works of art which will be a practicum assignment. Based on the results of this analysis, a design (design) of North Sumatra decorative learning media was carried out as material for student appreciation. Once designed, it is followed by the development (development) stage by carrying out 3 main activities, namely: validity test, practicality test, and effectiveness test. Through the development of this learning media, it seems that students are more enthusiastic about understanding the textual and contextual aspects of a work of art. The educational values contained in a traditional ornament are of course a positive aspect for the formation of moral character and love for the nation's culture.