Notan

STEP ONE - Artist Research in Sketchbook

This should take at least 1-2 pages in your sketchbook and include writing, sketching, and possible glued in examples

• Watch video --------------------------------->

• Look at Examples

• FIND INFORMATION

  • What Does Notan mean?

  • What are symmetrical & asymmetrical compositions?

  • Explore how have other artists used this technique

    • What symmetrical notan is most successful? Sketch and explain Why.

    • What asymmetrical notan is most successful? Sketch and explain Why.

    • Sketch 1 ORIGINAL Notan idea

STEP TWO - Pick a Theme & Develop your Idea

WHAT will you visually communicate?

Base Level

• energy of a song (Aggressive Jagged Edges vs. Smooth Flowing)

• Creature in its habitat (Ex: Bird in Tree, Duck in Pond)

ChallengE Extension

• Social Issue (Cause and Effect shown visually)

• scene from book, Poem, or Fable (Ex: The Raven)

HOW will you visually communicate that idea?

Plan your work in your Sketchbook - 1-2 pages

• Sketch shapes that support your theme - at least 20

• get a critique - record in sketchbook

  • Does your theme "read" through the shapes?

  • What shapes should be main subject (Larger) and which should be smaller (secondary or context)?

• Sketch out shape placement within a square - thumbnails

• Turn planning in to Ms. Bailey

STEP THREE - Create your Idea as Artwork

Start your Final design project

• • consider mixing up the scale (relative size) of shapes

  • Remember that you can cut shapes out of shapes

  • Draw shapes with color pencil on black paper

    • at least 15 cut out shapes of differing scale

    • Shapes MUST touch a side of the paper

    • Fold the paper over and glue it down

    • be sure not to lose any pieces

STEP 4 - BLOG REFLECTION

respond to the following in paragraph format 5 sentence minimum.

• What is Notan? What did you learn about positive/negative balance in a composition (Placement on paper)?

• WHAT NOTAN DO YOU FEEL IS LEAST SUCCESSFUL? EXPLAIN WHY.

• WHAT NOTAN DO YOU FEEL IS MOST SUCCESSFUL? EXPLAIN WHY.