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origami

Patterns projects: Cardboard Circles with Realistic & Abstract Patterns & Radial Rocks

INSTRUCTIONS

• PAINT LARGE ROCK WITH GESSO.
• ADD A RADIAL DESIGN IN PENCIL.
•  GO OVER LINES WITH BLACK SHARPIE.
• COLOR WITH COLOR SHARPIES.

REQUIREMENTS:

• PAINTED WHITE (GESSO)
• DESIGN IN PENCIL THEN GONE OVER WITH SHARPIE.
• RADIAL DESIGN
• AT LEAST 8 LAYERS OF RADIAL DESIGN.
• SOMETHING REAL IN THE DESIGN FOR EXTRA CREDIT. (INITIALS, FACE, FROG...)
• UPLOAD TO ARTSONIA.

Pointillism: Aboriginal Rain Sticks

 

A percussion instrument made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out, filled with small objects, and closed at both ends. When slightly tilted, it makes the sound of falling rain.

• rainstick
• rainstick & folklore
• Chilean Rainstick

STEPS TO MAKING An Aboriginal RAINSTICK
1. Complete rainstick boomerang worksheet sketches. Upload to Artsonia. 
2. Once you have completed your sketch fill your rainstick with drawings in pencil.
3. Fill and glue top and bottom on rain stick. 
4. Paint with tempera paint dots.
5. Shellac and take home