Dot Art Design Ideas

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Dot Art Design Ideas – So all of my students, Kindergarten through 4th grade, are participating in International Dot Day. I know many of you art teachers do the same, right? I’ve been having a lot of fun dreaming up projects that will hopefully be (fingers and toes crossed) artistic, creative, unique, and inspiring (our words of the week these first four weeks of school). At the end of the week I will give you an overview of all our projects with full lessons. In the meantime, let’s introduce you to my favorite sewing tutorial to date, Sewn Stitch with Ribbons!

Guy After seeing this 4th grade stitched design, I decided I wanted to make a stitched color wheel! Doesn’t that quite remind you of that? I love her pattern.

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I gave the children three design options to choose from, the freedom to play with their ideas, change them and make them their own. I love how this artist used symmetry and color to create a sunset-like stitch.

Camillus Joyful Rocks

One of the ideas the kids could sew was what we called “circle squares”. This design was not easy to sew but once you got the hang of it, it flew by in no time. None of the children wanted to stop sewing, so many of them thought about how to improve this design idea. I loved how Tony found a way to sew a circle around this square.

On our first art day, after we covered all that junk, the kids painted their pieces of cardboard “thick and fast.” This means that since they had the option of using a texture comb, they had to make sure the paint was thick and wet, as the comb can only scrape the surface and create a super cool finish. Then I had the kids use fluorescent paint to add splatters because let’s face it, splatter painting is a lot of fun. AND pretty much makes the first art day the best everrrrr.

On the second art day, after this week’s word/artist inspiration routine, we had to prepare the board for sewing. For this, I gave the kids these old coffee pot lids that have 16 evenly spaced notches drawn with a silver Sharpie. The kids had to make sure the circle was 2 inches apart from the top/bottom and sides (oh hello, math connection!) before they traced it and drew a notch on the notch.

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The children put pre-holes in their boards using pins where the cuts were drawn. Since they were sewing with thick tapestry needles, I had them go back and push the needles through the board to make the cuts even bigger. From there, the children had to start planning their design…

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They got a worksheet for that. Yes, worksheets! They had to follow instructions for each design (“even if I don’t want another design?!” YES. DO IT. RIGHT. Meow.) They were also given the option to come up with their own ideas or mix and match. the ones I suggested on the right.

I made a lil video clip to best explain this process. There are a few steps so I hope I have some idea. I showed the kids the steps to sew ALL three designs so they could pick and choose/mix when they were on their own.

So on the first day of sewing, as I walk the kids through the steps, I thought it might be less confusing for them if I named each of the 16 hole stars on their sewing board. So they remember, for example, “I sew from point A to point B, from point A to point C, back to A and then to D.” But in the middle of teaching, I may have said this wrong a few times (without my innocent kids knowing!):

“First you start at hole A. Then you go to hole B. Go back to hole A. REMEMBER! When you make a radiant design, you always go back to hole A.”

Mandala Dot Art Painted Rock Stone

And I think it was the phrase always going back to the A-hole that stopped me breathing and caused a red rash to creep up my face. My mind started racing: Did I say the words A-hole to my kids, not once, but several times, and neither I nor the kids noticed?! If I don’t call it an A-hole, what do I call it? “Part A”? What happens when we get to G?! OMGeee what am I doing?!

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And then we started referring to the ticks as numbers. And everything was A-hole vacant in the art world. WOW.

I have to say the kids loved this activity. Especially my boys. I don’t think this is surprising as they always love all our knitting projects. It’s the tactile/mathematical mind that makes them adore this type of thing. Is it gender specific? Maybe. Is that true? Yes.

Coupla guys found ways to incorporate the initial into the design. It kills me, I ask, that this looks like a symbol of anarchy… and this sweet kid is the furthest thing from a punk anarchist.

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And there it is! Dot stitched with ribbon for Dot Day! Think this is a project you might want to try in your art space? I believe your kids will dig it.

For our display, I decided to attach the board with a paper clip. I love how they look as a group…Ready for Dot Day!

And what do you have for dot day? I’d love to know what your kids make, so share the poof-lease, everyone!

Posted by Cassie stephens Tags: basic art, vintage clothing art, art teacher blog, cassie stephens, dot day, easy sewing projects, sew with kids, sew, sew the dot, string art, string art with kids, the dot I am my students learning about art from other cultures and I have always loved that Australian and New Zealand Aboriginal painting. Aboriginal Dot paintings did not exist until the 1970s when Geoffrey Bardon became an art teacher for the Papunya people in Australia. He encouraged Aboriginal people to record their drawings with paint on canvas, not clay. Since the indigenous people had no written language, they used drawings to tell their stories and history. During the ceremonies, the natives cleaned and smoothed the surface to then apply the sacred designs associated with that particular ceremony. These designs were drawn with dancing circles and often surrounded by dots. In the early years of Papunya (dots), paintings, objects, sand paintings and decorated rituals were still clearly displayed. But this style disappeared within a few years. Ignorant men never saw this sacred design where the earth was re-leveled and the painted bodies washed away. This was not possible with paintings. As a result, Aboriginal artists abstracted the sacred designs to hide the meaning associated with them. So the lines were painted with dots. The works have a symbolic language of U-shapes, concentric circles, path lines and bird and animal tracks. Artists used a limited number of motifs to express multiple meanings. For example, a concentric circle may represent a campsite, a waterhole or a corroboree (a corroboree is an event where Aboriginal Australians communicate with the Dreamtime through dance, music and costumes. “Their bodies were painted in different ways and they wore different ornaments that were not used on each day.” ). It can also represent all or part of a person, the stem of a tree, the center of an ancestor of a food plant, or a natural object such as a hill. I encourage my students to use in their paintings the same designs as aboriginals and animals from Australia such as: kangaroo, lizard, turtle, koala bear, snake, platypus, etc.

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Amanda Rocks Dots

The first paintings mostly used earth tones typical of the desert landscape, but over time brighter colors have also been used.

Draw a skewer dipped in white paint on it. You will probably need to water about every 2 points. The narrow side allows you to see more detail in your design, so you can fill in with larger dots.

There is a meditative quality to their creations, as students simply match their designs to pattern and color. It’s a lot of fun and students can easily achieve great results.

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