4th graders had time for one last quick project after their CD weaving project.. The idea came from about a million different blogs and all the billions of examples on Pinterest. We began by talking about positive and negative space, symmetry, contrast, shape, and variety. Students learned that Notans are a traditionally Japanese art form and are also used in graphic design and advertising. The word “notan” in Japanese means “dark-light.”
Students chose contrasting colors of construction paper and cut out a variety of shapes to design bold and graphic abstract images.
Drumroll please — what you are about to see is crazy talent that might just knock your socks off. . . .
I know right?! These kids are so awesome!
May 23, 2013 at 12:56 pm
They even explored contrasting colors… the artworks are each amazing in their own way but I am truly blown away by the last one. How did she/he get the details so perfectly cut?? If I were to guess, I’d say they used an X-acto knife! (But I’m sure that wasn’t the case!) Wonderful work.
May 23, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Thank you! That last one is indeed incredible. He used regular old kid scissors and worked really diligently. I let him stay after his class time was over and well into the next period so he could finish. The amazing part is, he didn’t even sketch it out — he just went for it! Given an x-acto blade I’m sure that kid could rock out some amazing art🙂