Use your Sharpie to add more symmetrical designs to your paper if there are any areas that look empty.
You can expect excited gasps from your students as they see their symmetrical design come to life! If you trace exactly what you see, you’ll end up with a bird with two heads! Because you’ve already drawn the face and beak on the side, you’ll only need the back of the head on the other side, so draw a simple half circle. The only tricky part to this step is the head of the bird.
Just make sure the black side is facing you.īegin tracing the lines that you see through the paper. The light will enable you to see your original marker lines through the paper.ĭon’t worry of you don’t have a lightbox a plain window works wonders! If you are using a window though, it can be helpful to use a small piece of tape to tape the paper to the window to hold it still. Place your drawing over a lightbox or hold it up against a window. Here comes the fun part! Flip your drawing paper over to the blank side. This is where the floral design handout will come in handy! Think about adding stems and leaves as well. Add floral designs around your main image. Once you have the center drawn, draw the rest of the visible half of your design. You can cover up all sorts of mistakes just by adding some extra designs later on. When you’re drawing with a Sharpie marker, don’t worry too much about making mistakes. The following steps will only be successful if you have nice, dark lines so don’t be tempted to use a pencil. For my example, I drew the head and body of my bird first. Starting with the center of your image, use a waterproof black marker, like a Sharpie to draw the parts of the image that touch the fold first. This is an important step, so do a double check! Sometimes opening up the open ends like a book can be an easier way for students to visualize this. Make sure that the folds on both the source image and drawing paper are aligned on the same side. We’ll use the floral designs later on, so hold onto that handout as well.įold both the source image and your drawing paper in half. You can use either the bird of the roosters as a source image. Watch a quick video tutorial here to follow along…Ĭlick the button below to DOWNLOAD the Mexican Folk Art Handouts:ĭownload the accompanying handouts to this lesson and print them out. Top that off with some bright, punchy colors and you have a lesson that is sure to delight your students while also reinforcing the concept of symmetrical balance. The secret ingredient to this lesson is using a folding and tracing technique for creating symmetrical balance that is simple to teach and your students will love. Inspired by the beautiful symmetrical floral designs found in Mexican Folk Art, this lesson uses the simplest of materials, but the end result is anything but simple!
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