DRAWING WITH DOTS - Huichol Art.

The dot is THE SMALLEST element that we can use to draw and paint. 
There are different types of dots according to their shape, size and colour. 
If the dot is very big we consider it as a plane. For example, at night, we can look at the sky and see different types of dots: the stars- which are small dots- and the moon. In this case the moon is a plane because it’s the biggest dot in the sky.

Let´s look at some examples of use of dots in Art:
HUICHOL PEOPLE is one of most ancient mexican cultures. They adore painting with dots. Sometimes they use crystal beads to make drawings and sculptures:

And some more Huichol examples where LINES are used:

In this work we are going to paint with dots:

Choose an animal or plant first: a frog, a flower, a fish or whatever. 

Draw it with pencil, and rule some lines to divide it into different colours.

Then, start colouring it, DOT BY DOT, COLOUR BY COLOUR.

It takes some patiente to get this result...

Once finished, blacken the background, to make it even more interesting. (You might also cut i t down and stick on a dark cardboard).

BASIC ELEMENTS OF DRAWING: DOTs, LINEs and PLANEs

http://www.slideshare.net/noeliacalle/dots-lines-and-planes-29317558

WORKING THE CUBIST WAY

TO TRANSFORM a composition into a CUBIST WORK

you´ll need to pay attention to these three hints:

1) There isn´t a single viewpoint , 

but many: 

you may draw a portrait FRONTALLY and LATERALLY at once.

2) Background and shape are usually confusing: 

there is not much logical space in this style. Perspective is also illogical.

3) The CONTOUR is never complete: 

as the shapes are "mixed" with the background, the CONTOUR will disappear sometimes.

Here you are going to watch an example made (digitally) for you:

-Can you follow on the CONTOUR?  Why?

-Can you easily distinguish the SHAPE  from the BACKGROUND? Why?

-Is there a lot of different colours? Why?

DIVIDING A CIRCLE INTO 8 EQUAL PARTS

How Do You Divide a Circle into Eight Equal Parts?

To divide a circle into eight equal parts,  divide the circle into HALF, with any diameter. Continue and fold the resulting half-circle shape in half again to give QUARTERS. 

Fold again the quarters into a wedge shape (bisector).

 This will  give 8 equal parts, but you need to fold the paper...

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DIVIDING A CIRCLE INTO 8 PARTS USING 

BISECTORS:


USE BISECTORS to have 8 equal parts (2 squares). The process and result are the same, but you will NOT fold the paper sheet.

DRAW the circle with the given radius: r=8cm. Do not miss its center!

DIVIDE the circle into 2 equal parts, using one diameter: this will give you 2 HALVES.

DIVIDE again those two parts into 4 (quarters), USING BISECTORS.

And DIVIDE again those quarters into 8 equal parts (eights), drawing 2 new bisectors.

The result may look like this:

CREATING WITH TRIANGLES

This will be the first CREATIVE work you do with Geometry this year:

How can you express yourself when drawing triangles?

You now know the difference between ABSTRACT and FIGURATIVE.
You also know the difference between MEANING and SENSATION.

So, get ready to express yourself with a drawing with triangles.


There are many ideas you can choose:

-A landscape (FIGURATIVE):

 

-A sensation (ABSTRACT)

-A pattern (used to cover surfaces: it is usually abstract, but can also be figurative)

-A word (you will have to transform shapes into triangles)



You can do this work in several ways: painting with colours, or just pencil.
Col-lage is also a thecnic you may use.
Crayons, markers,,,every materials for colouring are welcome.


FEEL FREE to do whatever you want...USING TRIANGLES.

ROTATED POLIGONS

This is a ROTATED POLYGON: it is not so complex:

CAN YOU recognize the shape? HOW MANY sides does it have?

You need a REGULAR POLYGON to start with.

 We are going to use an EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE:

1-Draw an equilateral triangle. The side is 10 cm long.

2-With the compass (2cm wide) divide each side in 5 equal parts.

3-JOIN the first division in the first side with the first on the second side.

4-JOIN the second division with the third: THIS WILL CREATE ANOTHER EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE.

5-Repeat this until you do not have any divisions left.

Once you know how to draw polygons, youĺl be able to discover many outstanding shapes:

RECTANGLE:::::::::::::::::::::

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANGLE TRANSPORT