Notan square art

I haven’t crafted in almost two months, because of bad health, so I needed a simple craft. Google ‘notan’ (a Japanese technique) and you’ll find lots of examples (I didn’t use any examples, I rather make my own designs …

This is a great project for all ages and abilities. The students started with a 5" or 6" square of black construction paper, drew shapes (white pencil crayon), cut out all the pieces, glued down the remainder of the original square, and then flipped over the cut out pieces ending up with a mirror image. There's a great you tube video that demonstrates the process well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--IFiH6zH68. These are just a few of the pieces finished early. I'm having students do one in…

Notan Square by Grade 9 Student - Positive/Negative Space

Mix-Ability Challenge - MIX180 - Notan Technique {7/8/2016} - Challenge Title: Notan Technique Hostess: Dizzymommie (Janelle S) Keyword: MIX180 Check out the gallery for this week's challenge! Hello and welcome to another week of mixed media fun! Yes, this is a challenge where we encourage you to take baby steps in

You have all done a great job! Notan is such fun and with so few rules, its easy to just keep it going! I did a bunch over the summer... h...

Positive and negative space can be tricky concepts to teach. The Japanese art of notan, some simple leaf shapes, and a quick intro to complementary colors is a fun way to explore the idea. These painted paper cuts go quickly so you'll want to make more than one!

Butterflies & Leaves Jennifer Gould Designs Grass Monster Jennifer Gould Designs www.JenniferGouldDesigns.com Darth Vader Jennifer Gould Designs Four Leaves Jennifer Gould Designs Wavy Triangles Jennifer Gould Designs Serrated Leaves Jennifer Gould Designs Thanks to Jane Dunnewold's article "Design Tools: The Expanded Square" in Quilting Arts magazine (June/July 2007), I spent a morning developing my own squares from this intriguing design technique. Developed from "Notan: Dark-Light…