If you leave an art teacher blog a comment, she will...

Please be careful when you leave me comments...

If you leave an art teacher blog a comment, 
The art teacher will have to check out the commenter blog,
When she checks out the commenter blog,
She will be find an impressive art project.
She will want to try said art project immediately,
But she will find she has no time at that precise moment to do said project,
So she will just "appropriate" said project as a new post on her blog, which...
will probably end up being commented on.

Such happened yesterday with Shannon's comment. I have now been introduced to the wonderful world of Notan! It's bold graphic qualities really appeal to me. I also love the concepts it has to teach about composition and value. 

I really hadn't heard the term before since I am mostly self-taught, so I went in search of Notan... this is what I have found so far...
YouTube - What is Notan
YouTube - Notan Design Instruction Video


You may wonder why I can't just go try all these wonderful projects... Well I am currently involved in a rather time consuming project. I'll give you a sneak peak at it's progress...

Time consuming, but sooo worth it.

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So Worth A Try...

This is a project that needs to be done. Logistically it looks to be a nightmare, but with a little careful planning, the process and end result look to be absolutely worth it...

Here you can see how Teacher Tom brought the scale down and did the project with preschoolers.


Teacher Tom took the scale down and used paint mixed with glue to achieve the correct consistency without breaking the bank. This project looks like it would use A LOT of paint which could get expensive very quick in a classroom. The other issue it could present might have to do with the sheer weight of the paint.
I am thinking of using several of the boxes I have laying around left over from all the deliveries after my birthday online shopping spree. I mostly bought books, so the boxes really are the perfect size and shape for something like this. This also looks like something you may want to do as an outside project.
I know my kids will get a kick out of it as well.

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