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Mosaics

Mosaics. Art Masterpiece 3 rd Grade Lesson 6. Vocabulary Definitions. Shape: When lines meet to enclose a space. Geometric (square, triangle, circle) Organic (irregular in outline) Color: Hue is another word for color. Examples: yellow, yellow-orange, blue-violet, green

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Mosaics

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  1. Mosaics Art Masterpiece 3rd Grade Lesson 6

  2. Vocabulary Definitions • Shape: When lines meet to enclose a space. • Geometric (square, triangle, circle) • Organic (irregular in outline) • Color: Hue is another word for color. Examples: • yellow, yellow-orange, blue-violet, green • Color spectrum: A band of colors produced when white light passes through a prism and is broken into separate wavelengths. • A color wheel shows the approximate visible spectrum arranged in a circle.

  3. Vocabulary Definitions (cont.) • Value: • The darkness or lightness of a surface • Depends on how much light a surface reflects • Space: • The empty or open area between, around, above, below or within objects • Shapes and forms are defined by space around and within them

  4. Vocabulary Definitions (cont.) • Texture: • Texture is perceived by touch and sight • Examples: rough, silky, soft, smooth, jagged, hard

  5. Mosaics • History dates back some 4,000 years + • Used by the Romans to decorate their cathedrals and churches • Created by using different-colored tiles (or other objects) to make an image • “Tiles” can include brilliantly colored bits of glass, stone, gold and other objects

  6. Taj Mahal Original Image and Mosaic Representation

  7. Mosaic Floor of Ancient Roman Villa What SHAPES do you see?

  8. In what color, do you see light VALUE to dark VALUE? Mosaic Table Top

  9. Do you see positive or negative SPACE here? Mosaic Lily

  10. Do you see positive or negative SPACE here? Mosaic Frog

  11. Van Gogh’s Starry Night in MosaicMade with Legos What COLORS do see?

  12. Queen Esther Revealing her True Identity - 2006 Lilian Broca What TEXTURES do notice?

  13. Using Paper Tiles (Squares) To Create a Mosaic

  14. What We Will Be DoingCreating Your Own Mosaic • Pick a simple topic – animal, person or a simple design • Lightly sketch your design on the black paper • Choose the colors of cut paper squares • Place the squares on the black paper to create your image • Leave a black border around each tile • After the squares are laid out, glue your pieces in place

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