Black and White 2D Radial Symmetry Art at GOPA

At the School of Government, Mr. Jones continues to develop and implement his STEAM inspired art curriculum.  In a series of carefully planned and sequential art lessons, students in his class have produced a large number of artworks based on the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design that integrated concepts from STEM disciplines.

In the photo at the left, an art student carefully uses a ruler to create her composition in Mr. Jones' class.

Students created Zentangles, or drawings using black sharpies on white paper to explore the mathematical properties of patterns and proportions inherent in this drawing technique.  As they advanced through the work, they steadily developed the necessary vocabulary to describe it.

In the photo at the right, students learn about radial symmetry by using a light box to expand their hand-drawn images from a single quadrant to a complete circle.


The stunning results are displayed in Mr. Jones' classroom (see below). 

 

Mr. Jones also conducts classroom critiques with his art students.  During this process students are required to use their vast number of new vocabulary words.

The next step in Mr. Jones' art curriculum is to add the art element of "color" to the students' projects.

Students are thrilled to experiment on their own with their new color knowledge. 



 Recently Mr. Jones, Ms. Scacchetti (Dodge Grant Coordinator,) and Ms. Samaras (Art PIR) discussed the concept of color temperature, which unites ideas of color theory from art with light theory from physics.

Mr. Jones and Ms. Scacchetti discuss color theory before art class begins.