Materials for Today

• Junk Mail
• White paper
• Pencil/maker/pen
• Scissors
• Glue
Breath Bubble
 Recycled Notan
Objective: Students will create a negative space design.

Art Standards: VA:Cr1.1.5a

Combine ideas to generate an innovative
idea for art-making.
VA:Cr2.1.5a
Experiment and develop skills in multiple
art-making techniques and approaches
through practice.
VA:Cr2.2.5a
Demonstrate quality craftsmanship
through care for and use of materials,
tools, and equipment.
• The Elements of Art
are what artists use
to create art.
Element of
Art: Space
 Vocabulary
• Positive Space: the main subject in an artwork
• Negative Space: the area surrounding the
subject
 Vocabulary
• Collage: a piece of art made by sticking
various different materials such as paper or
fabric onto a backing.
 Vocabulary
• Notan: Notan is a Japanese word meaning the
balance between dark and light. It is also an art
form involving paper-cutting and positive and
negative shapes.
Notan
Notan
Assignment: Negative Space Design
 Teacher Demonstration

• https://youtu.be/bS8iCjHigXw
 Directions
• Fold black paper twice (in
fourths) and cut along the
folds.
• Keep one of the rectangular
black papers.
• Draw a shape two or three
times on each side.
• Cut out the shapes.
• Glue the main piece onto the
white paper, in the middle.
• Glue the smaller shapes
outside of the main shape so
that they appear symmetrical,
yet opposite in color.
Share your artwork. Hold it up. Be
proud.
 Journal Entry
• How can you balance positive and negative
space?
Good-bye.