1 / 58

Creating Tessellations With Paint

Creating Tessellations With Paint. Open Microsoft Paint. Go to: Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint. Change the view to zoom in: Click on View, Zoom, Custom…. Then, select 600% and click OK. Turn the grid on to see the individual squares: Click on View, Zoom, Show Grid.

axel
Download Presentation

Creating Tessellations With Paint

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Creating Tessellations With Paint

  2. Open Microsoft Paint. Go to: Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint

  3. Change the view to zoom in: • Click on View, Zoom, Custom…

  4. Then, select 600% and click OK

  5. Turn the grid on to see the individual squares: • Click on View, Zoom, Show Grid

  6. Select no outline mode. Select the a fill color. Select the rectangle draw tool.

  7. Click on the Draw (rectangle) tool and draw a small rectangle in the middle of your screen.

  8. Fill in the rectangle you drew by selecting the Paint Bucket key, and clicking in the middle of the rectangle

  9. Modify the Top and Bottom Choose the Select Tool Start outside the black top edge of the rectangle and select a section of the rectangle

  10. Modify the Top and Bottom Drag the selected section of your rectangle to the opposite side of the rectangle and place it exactly in line with its starting position.

  11. Modify the Left & Right Edges Choose the Select Tool Start outside the black top edge of the rectangle and select a section of the rectangle

  12. Modify the Left & Right Edges Drag the selected section of your rectangle to the opposite side of the rectangle and place it exactly in line with its starting position.

  13. At this point, if you haven’t already, Save your work !

  14. Make a “Mirror” Image You need two copies of your shape. One Black and one Red (or whatever color you want). Choose the Select Tool

  15. Make a “Mirror” Image • Draw a selection box around your shape. • From the Edit menu, select Copy (Ctrl C) • From the Edit menu, select Paste (Ctrl V)

  16. Make a “Mirror” Image • Move the copy of your image to an appropriate spot. • Change the color of your copy to another color • Now move both of your “originals” to the top of the screen

  17. Create the Tessellation Check the settings:*make sure that the transparent background is still selected*make sure background color is set to White

  18. Piecing it Together Using the Select tool, make a copy of the one of your shapes and place it in the middle of the screen.Next, make a copy of the different colored shape. It should fit exactly next to the other shape.

  19. Piecing it Together Continue placing copies such as black, blue, black, blue…to build your tessellation like this

  20. Completing the Design Can you fill in the space right to the edge like this? Can you think of any other ways to “finish” the edges of the tessellation?

More Related