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Bell Ringer (5 minutes!) What is your first response to this drawing?

Discover the world of tessellations with an art project inspired by M.C. Escher. Learn how to create intricate designs using repeated elements and color schemes. The activity involves painting a modified color wheel and crafting a tessellation pattern around it to enhance color transitions and value scales. Recommended for art enthusiasts and students alike.

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Bell Ringer (5 minutes!) What is your first response to this drawing?

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  1. Bell Ringer (5 minutes!) • What is your first response to this drawing? • Describe what you see in complete sentences. • Do you like this drawing? Why or why not.

  2. M.C. Escher &Tessellations • Name: Date: Per

  3. Pattern • Principle of Art; Repeated elements to create a design or surface texture

  4. Tessellation • A type of pattern where each piece fits exactly into the next like a puzzle

  5. M.C. Escher • An artist who used optical illusions, “impossible spaces” and tessellations to create ‘mind bending’ imagery • 1898-1972

  6. What will I do next? • Draw out and paint a modified color wheel on a square piece of paper • Create a “tessellation” pattern around your color wheel • Practice color transitions and value scales. • Use 2 color schemes together to paint the shapes around your color wheel • Time: approximately 2 weeks

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