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Drawing a self portrait using a photograph as reference

Introduction to Notan, the Japanese word for the concept between light and dark. Creating a cut-paper design out of a squared colored or white paper and mounting it on a larger white or colored paper. Organic and geometric shapes, symmetrical designs - balance.

Students were to create an abstract paper relief sculpture by taking paper shapes and transforming them into paper forms, and then mounting them to a paper background. By doing this students took a two-dimensional material (paper) and created a three dimensional piece of art that shows space. Students could compose their sculpture by repeating one form or by using a variety of forms.

Introduction to Notan, the Japanese word for the concept between light and dark. Creating a black and white collage out of a black square and mounting it on white paper. Organic and geometric shapes - asymmetrical and symmetrical designs - balance.