Japanese Notan Art
You Will Need:
1. A pencil
2. An eraser
3. 2 pieces of a paper (1 color, 1 black)
4. Scissors
5. Glue
Vocab To Know:
Positive Space, Negative Space, Organic Shape, Geometric Shape, Composition, Notan, Balance,
Goal:
To create an interesting pattern of a shape of your choice to create positive and negative space.
Directions:
1. Select a colored square and ziplock baggie for your project from Miss Warner.
2. Put your name on the ziplock baggie with a permanent marker. (This will be used to collect your paper pieces.)
3. Begin to LIGHTLY draw your designs from the edges into the center of the square.
Things To Remember:
Think of the designs as shapes.
You MUST cut from all 4 sides.
Your design needs to be balanced!
You must have at least 8 cuts (2 per side) on your square!
4. Once you have your design, begin cutting shapes from the sides of the square. Go slowly to make sure your lines are clean.
5. IMMEDIATELY put all shapes into your ziplock bag. DO NOT THROW ANYTHING AWAY!!
6. See Miss Warner to get the black piece of paper for gluing.
7. Put your name on the back of the black paper and turn over!
8. Glue down the main square in the middle of your background either straight or diagonally. You may use a ruler if you are not sure if your square is exactly in the middle.
9. Place all the cut shapes back into the square.
10. Flip shapes & glue down in the mirror image from where it was cut. The basic idea is to cut out the piece, flip it out so that it mirrors the cut out space, and then glue it down.
1. A pencil
2. An eraser
3. 2 pieces of a paper (1 color, 1 black)
4. Scissors
5. Glue
Vocab To Know:
Positive Space, Negative Space, Organic Shape, Geometric Shape, Composition, Notan, Balance,
Goal:
To create an interesting pattern of a shape of your choice to create positive and negative space.
Directions:
1. Select a colored square and ziplock baggie for your project from Miss Warner.
2. Put your name on the ziplock baggie with a permanent marker. (This will be used to collect your paper pieces.)
3. Begin to LIGHTLY draw your designs from the edges into the center of the square.
Things To Remember:
Think of the designs as shapes.
You MUST cut from all 4 sides.
Your design needs to be balanced!
You must have at least 8 cuts (2 per side) on your square!
4. Once you have your design, begin cutting shapes from the sides of the square. Go slowly to make sure your lines are clean.
5. IMMEDIATELY put all shapes into your ziplock bag. DO NOT THROW ANYTHING AWAY!!
6. See Miss Warner to get the black piece of paper for gluing.
7. Put your name on the back of the black paper and turn over!
8. Glue down the main square in the middle of your background either straight or diagonally. You may use a ruler if you are not sure if your square is exactly in the middle.
9. Place all the cut shapes back into the square.
10. Flip shapes & glue down in the mirror image from where it was cut. The basic idea is to cut out the piece, flip it out so that it mirrors the cut out space, and then glue it down.
Worksheets:
Shape Practice Power Point:
shape_pp.pptx | |
File Size: | 1834 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Space Practice Power Point:
space_pp.pptx | |
File Size: | 1417 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Japanese Notan Art Power Point:
japanese_notan_art_pp.pptx | |
File Size: | 660 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Japanese Notan Art Worksheet:
japanesenotanworksheet.docx | |
File Size: | 54 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Japanese Notan Art Rubric:
japanesenotanrubric.docx | |
File Size: | 15 kb |
File Type: | docx |