Kaleidoscope Construction

Mandala of Jnanadakini

Advanced Art 2022

Kaitlyn & Jaecey

Presley, Grayson, & Davis

Mary & Cayden

Kai, Valerie, Natalie, & Shyli  

Student Examples 

Teacher Example

HOW TO START

Practice cutting shapes with scrap paper first. 

You have to begin with a square. 

Fold square into a triangle 2 times. 

Cut edges in part, not whole, with designs. 

Open to see what you end up with. 

12 by 12 base paper

9 by 9 or 10 by 10 Largest "Snowflake"

Fold into a triangle 2 times, cut the edges leaving gaps of no cutting. 

WARNING:If you cut too much, the snowflake will fall apart. 

6 by 6 for next snowflake

then 3 by 3 for the inner most flake. 

Make sure they are centered and symmetrical. 

CORNER DESEGNS

 Make a snowflake and cut into 4 sections by cutting folds. 

Add to corners. 

Emphasize and Embellish designs with with markers or Prisma Colors. 

NEXT

Kaleidescope Names!!!

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THEN, Art Deco Symmetrical Bugs

Monochromatic Desert

Teacher Examples: Mrs. Tabitha Morgan

 Student Examples

 from Fall 2022       

Paislee

Eduardo 

Michelle C., Paislee

Kaden, Ajia, Jaidyn, & Kinslee

Kaylee W., Selena M., Kaylee R, 

Melanie C., Maria, & Jazmyn

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 We will start this project by practicing drawing cactus...

Study the different kinds of cactii, 

There are many different kinds of Cactii. 

If you look closely, many of the various kinds use contour lines. 

2 of your cactus need to use the concept of contour line

 (what we used on the Pumpkin Resist and Water Drop).

These are the Sagura & Echino. 

Once you have gotten the hang of drawing the forms of the Sagura and Echino, 

you will plan a desert landscape drawing using these techniques:

1. Showing Space with OVERLAPPING

2. Showing Space with Positioning or PLACEMENT. 

-the closer objects are to the HORIZON LINE, the further they are. 

3. Showing Space with SIZE (further objects are smaller). 

4. Creative Detail to add interest to your drawing. 

5. Monochromatic Shading and Highlighting-

use of only one color, but varying in tints and shades. 

SPACE is an Element of Art.

It means that your picture appears to be going up, down, back, forward, 

and expands past the picture space.  If you add SPACE to your picture, it appears to go on forever. 

How do you add SPACE to your pictures?

From Arte a Scuola

Plan out your COMPOSITION for your desert LANDSCAPE.

Below you see students planning on manilla paper, 

then using their plan to move to the larger final paper. 

Things that are in the foreground will be very big, maybe even go off the page to frame the picture. 

Things in the middleground will usually be fully seen. 

The background could be something on the horizon far away, the sky or things in the sky. 

Layering Monochromatic Paper

Background, middleground, foreground. 

Using value, getting lighter as it goes back. 

Choose your paper and tools. 

Find tools that are the same color as your paper, but a shade or tint of you paper. 

You can also use black and white to alter the paper color. 

After drawing your scene with pencil, begin EMPHASIZING the details

while adding consistent shade and highlights. 

Elementary Version

Middle Version

CHALLENGE VERSION!!!!

I used 3 papers: foreground (darker), middle ground (midtone) and background (lightest). 

I cut the foreground paper lower, the middle ground paper center and left the background paper full