Bell Ringer (5 minutes!)

1. What is your first response to this drawing?

2. Describe what you see in complete sentences.

3. Do you like this drawing? Why or why not.

M.C. Escher &Tessellations

• Name: Date: Per

Pattern• Principle of Art; Repeated

elements to create a design or surface texture

Tessellation• A type of pattern where

each piece fits exactly into the next like a puzzle

M.C. Escher• An artist who used optical illusions,

“impossible spaces” and tessellations to create ‘mind bending’ imagery

• 1898-1972

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