Metallic Mandalas Gallery

Submitted by: Gina Grant, Clifton Hill Primary School, Australia
Medium: White and metallic colored pencil on black
Grade Level: Sixth

 

Materials:

• Tru-Ray Black Construction Paper

• Metallic Colored Pencils

• Compasses

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From Gina:.... "I gave them some black paper, some Crayola metallic pencils, told them to trace a circle, and using only one colour, create something meaningful to themselves. First they had to trace their hand coming into the circle and then to imagine a light source somewhere behind it. I told them how to use the pencil (points for sharp lines, the side of the pencil for shading, drawing small ellipticals with more or less pressure from their shoulders to create depth of shading). If they came to me to ask WHAT to draw, I turned them away, saying that it was up to them as it was a Personal Mandala. They actually got off on it so much they were saying it was like a meditation. As the other students saw them complete these wonderful artworks they actually tried harder to finish their own stuff to do the same."

 

Mandala Gallery

     

     

For more information about this project, see work done by Sharon Kennedy's students.

BACK TO GINA'S STUDENTS' SELF PORTRAITS | SEE GINA'S WAYNE THIEBAUD POP ART UNIT

 

The Mandalas below were submitted to the Art Education list group:

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