KALEIDOSCOPE DRAWING HOW TO

Demonstrate for students how to trace over the lines, using enough pressure to make an indentation on the foam.

Help students tape their designs on the scratch foam.

Explain that their unfolded triangles will make a square.

Show students how to flip the triangle paper over so the blank side is facing up and trace over the design.

Give students a few minutes to complete this step on their own. Instruct students to start at the dot and end at or near the top corner and draw an interesting design that touches both sides of the paper in several places.

Use examples and your own demonstration to show students how to draw the design.

Show students where to make a dot on the bottom corner.

Demonstrate how to fold the light paper square in half to form a triangle.

Distribute supplies and paper to students.Students will be able to say, “Today I learned about symmetry so that I can draw a symmetrical image that is reflective. I used printmaking to create radial symmetry. I’ll know I have it when have four prints and I can point to the center point of my image and point to the line of symmetry.” Instructions for Lesson Reflection Point (Assessment of Learning Objectives) A “printing plate” is the surface you design, carve, and ink. For this project the “printing plate” is the scratch foam.Another example of rotational symmetry is a Ferris wheel or the Great Wheel in downtown Seattle. As the wheel moves, the image remains symmetrical.Have the class notice that the image (the student’s position) is the same for each quarter rotation. It is an image rotating around a center point in a circular fashion.To illustrate this,have four studentscome to the front of the class. Have each child put their right hand in the middle and their left hand in the air. Have them rotate a quarter turn.The image is exactly the same. Have them rotate a quarter turn, 3 more times. Rotational Symmetry is also like a kaleidoscope.Line of symmetry is the line you can invisible draw down the center of a piece of art to show reflection.Point out that the line of symmetry is between the two students. To demonstrate, have two students come to the front of class, stand side by side with one arm up and one arm on their hip.This shows reflective symmetry. Reflective symmetry is two images facing each other.To make clean up easier, use Styrofoam trays for inking the brayers.Displaying this artwork in a hallway as a mural looks particularly good (if you choose this option, offer students color choices from a palette that will look good together).Putting a black dot on a corner of the back of the scratch foam plate is essential for making this project a success.This project looks most like a kaleidoscope image if students use only one color for the four prints. Have students choose one color they will use for their project.Line tables with newsprint for easier clean-up.

The inspiration for this project is ceramic pottery and kaleidoscope images. Radial symmetry is used in tile mosaic, pottery, jewelry and ceramic dishes. Symmetry is used in many ways including but not limited to building, architecture, tile-work, math, and industrial design. Symmetrical/Formal Balance: having balance exact appearance on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane. Radial Balance: a type of balance that is equally symmetrical from the center point throughout. If a composition appears top- or bottom-heavy and/or anchored by weight to one side, it is not visually balanced. Principles of Designīalance: a principle of design the arrangement of elements that makes individual parts of a composition appear equally important an arrangement of the elements to create an equal distribution of visual weight throughout the format or composition.

The important thing about lines is that one end of the line does not connect to the other end. Lines can be zig-zag, wavy, rounded, horizontal, vertical, diagonal. Line can also be defined as drawing from one point to another point. Line: an element of visual arts the flat path of a dot through space used by artists to control the viewer’s eye movement a long narrow mark or stroke made on or in a surface a thin mark made by a pencil, pen, or brush.

Kaleidoscope drawing