Digital Learning Day
January 15th
Shapes and YOU!
I heard that you folks are learning about geometry in your classrooms, so I thought it would be fun to do some art that's all about SHAPES.
Choice #1 - Tessellations
In this assignment you will learn how to create your own tessellation. For this assignment you will need:
--A pencil
--An eraser
--A pair of scissors
--A square* piece of thick paper or cardboard. The cardboard from a box of cereal would work great!
--Some tape
*the thick piece of paper/cardboard has to be an exact square. Get out the ol' tape measure!
Examples of Tessellations
Choice #2 - Geometric & Organic Shapes
Geometric shapes are shapes that have names. You know lots of these!
Organic shapes are shapes that don't have names. Sometimes we call these "freeform" shapes or "blobs".
When we create art we use both kinds of shapes and sometimes different shapes give their artwork a different feel.
Let's test this! Download the app Colorfy. You will create two works of art.
One work of art will only use geometric shapes.
One work of art will only use organic shapes.
Come prepared to share them your art with your class. Check out the examples below!
Artist's Hint: If you want your artwork to REALLY stand out, try using just 3 or 4 or 5 colors. When an artist chooses a couple of colors and then sticks to them it's called a color scheme. Try it out!