![]() Again, I kept all my roofs the same, then used a variety of bright colors to fill in each house. Your kids should (and will!) use their creativity here and create their own unique houses or shops.Ĭolor the houses with crayons, in any color scheme you like. I gave all my houses the same scalloped roof line, but added variety in the shapes and number of windows. Now, draw embellishments to make the shapes look more like houses. Fill the paper completely, including any partial shapes around the edges. Carefully line-up the stencil side-by-side with each traced shape and continue adding houses.Ĭontinue to trace the tessellating stencil, making rows above and below the center row. Then, I fill-in on both sides of the first shape to complete the row. I like to start tracing near the center of the paper. Now, trace the tessellation stencil on a large piece of drawing paper. Cut it out, and then tape the roof piece to the top. Draw a roof shape on the bottom part of the rectangle. Start with a rectangle of sturdy paper, such as card stock or an index card. I love the rows of little houses all nestled together. So cute! Instructions:įirst, make a stencil that can be traced repeatedly, with no spaces or gaps between the shapes. Don’t worry – these tessellating houses are a perfect beginner project!įor this mathematical art project, the tessellated house shape is translated, or slid, across the paper and traced repeatedly. My kids love exploring this art form!Ī tessellation is an arrangement of repeated shapes, without gaps or overlapping. Tessellations can be very complex and intricate, with shapes that are flipped or rotated to create a pattern. Escher’s artwork featuring these interlocking shapes and patterns. Despite that, I am very pleased with the creativity the students had with their shapes.Tessellations are an intriguing combination of math and art. When demonstrating the steps to create their tessellation template, I would stress more on drawing their line deeper into their square rather than keeping their line close to the edge of the square. There isn't much I would change in the lesson itself, but I found that many of the students were very conservative when drawing their lines which resulted in a less interesting shape. What I would do differently if I taught this lesson again: Give the lesson a try and leave in comments what you think. ![]() This is such a fun art project, and I like how unpredictable and unlimited the outcome is. (my example of the rotating tessellation) (My example using the above step by step process) One like the steps above and the other called rotating tessellations (for the 6th - 7th grade students) I did a couple examples for my students using two types of tessellations. Be creative and design and color your shapes. Continue to slide and trace your shape up, down, left, right until you completely fill the page.ħ. After tracing, slide your shape to the right and trace. Begin tracing your shape onto a separate sheet of paper. At this point you can examine your shape to see what you think it looks like or you can wait until after the next step.Ħ. Cut the second line you drew from the side corner to corner making sure to only cut from corner to corner and slide it to the opposite side like you did in step 3.ĥ. So if you cut the top side then you will slide it to the bottom of the square and tape in place.Ĥ. ![]() Cut the first line you drew making sure to cut only from corner to corner and slide to the opposite side. Draw another organic line from corner to corner on either the right or left side of the square.ģ. Using a square ( I cut a 3"x3" for the size of paper we were using, but you can go bigger) draw an organic line on either the top or bottom from corner to top corner.Ģ. ![]() I decided that tessellations would be a fun lessons for my art students while also challenging them because in the least, it requires a bit of precision and imagination.ġ. (Click here to read more about MC Escher) In fact, MC Escher (1898 - 1972) is the artist that comes to mind when I think of tessellations, and he was inspired by the geometric patterns of the Moorish tiles. ![]() Tessellations in its own right is like a puzzle, where all the pieces fit tightly together leaving no gaps.think of mosaic tiles. Needless to say, she wasn't the only one that would give into the temptation to spend time scouring the pieces to find a few that could be put in place. Tesselations | Art Lesson | Beverly Gurganus Fine Artĭo you like a good puzzle? When I was little my mother would have the pieces of a large puzzle stretched out on her dining room table so that when she passed by she could stop and put a few pieces together. ![]()
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