Powerful & Personal Symbol Designs

What is POWER?THREE DEFINITIONS…1. Being able to doing something2. Great ability; strength; might;

force3. Control over others; influence

How can you use your

POWER in Art Class?

1. Being able to create something

original

2. Great ability; expressing yourself

3. Affecting people with your art

We are going to create a POWERFUL & PERSONAL RADIAL SYMMETRY DESIGN• What is a symbol?

•What symbols have personal meaning to you?

•How would you design your own symbols?

•Let’s look at some symbols…

SYMBOL DEFINITION1. A letter, picture, object,

etc… that represents something elsePERSONAL SYMBOL

1. A letter, picture, object, etc… that communicates something about you

SYMBOLS

What ideas or meanings do these symbols communicate or represent?

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Mayan Symbols

Aztec Symbols

N.A.S.A Symbols for Planets

# 1st Row Latin Cross, Star of David, Omkar (Aum)# 2nd Row Star and crescent, Cross pattée, Yin-yang# 3rd Row Khanda (Sikh), Ayyavazhi (Hindu), Triple Goddess (Pagan)

Radial Symmetry is seen in NATURE and MAN-MADE objects…let’s investigate some examples.

Radial Symmetry is a design format that radiates from the center. Designs with radial

symmetry usually form a circle.

Radial symmetry is often found in nature.

The Sun Stone in Mexico

Microscopic Diatoms are a type of phytoplankton

Flowers and Manmade objects have radial symmetry

Radial Symmetry organizes the colors and shapes in this window.

Rose Window, Notre Dame Cathedral, France

A Sand Mandala in Tibet = Radial Symmetry

A Mandala is a map of the cosmos or earth, stars and planets.

Blending: Combining two or more colors to make a new color.

Gradation: The gradual change of a color from light to dark, or dark to light.

Dots & Dashes: A mark making technique that is good for making visual texture.