SYMMETRY and BALANCE Name MANDALAS Lesson
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Name Mandalas are a wonderful back to school art project for Fourth grade, Fifth grade & Middle School teachers, looking for a quick-win art lesson that is not craft. One that makes authentic links to the Principles of Design in Art, Art Theory, Art History, Famous artworks, and guides you and your students through making a quick but relevant art response for the Principles of Repetition that create Symmetry, Unity and Balance.
This Name Mandalas Art Lesson is the perfect introduction! The final product makes a great display for a Meet the Teacher night at the beginning of the school year.
This Mini Masterpieces art lesson inspired by contemporary Mandala artist Stephen Meakin, with reference to contemporary Op artist Shamira Wilson, is the third is a series that I use, to introduce my students to the Principles of Art and Design, with manageable creative art projects. Also available:
1) Principles of Design for PATTERN and CONTRAST art lesson CLICK HERE
2) Principles of Design for PATTERN and MOVEMENT OP ART lesson CLICK HERE
4) Principles of Design for SCALE and PROPORTION - PERSPECTIVE lesson CLICK HERE What other teachers say about this product:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Great resource to teach perspective. I love the examples and drawing guides provided plus the banner included for a bulletin board."
Preview the PDF & Video above to see the potential for how this teaching guide can impact your art lessons.
✅ Suitable for Upper Elementary and Middle School students.
This lesson includes just the right amount of art theory, introduces students to a famous artist, artwork and art theme that relates to the focus, and then guide you through a relevant art project that has been tested and crafted to suit this age group of 9, 10 and 11yr olds.
This lesson includes choice options for differentiation, while keeping the skills taught consistent across the class, to save your sanity.
Included in Principles of Design for REPETITION with UNITY and BALANCE for MANDALA design, is:
A 50+ PDF slide deck teaching guide for step-by-step guidance and reference, intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students as a presentation on your large screen. Select VIEW > enter full screen. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
❤️ Take the guesswork out of teaching art,
❤️ Avoid endless hours of research,
❤️ No more epic fails that result from not having the time to test the lesson or medium yourself before teaching it.
I’ve done it all for you in this comprehensive multi-lesson teaching guide.
❤️ Why should you trust my lessons?
I am both a general ed. classroom teacher and currently practising as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. I do this every day, just like you! My experience and knowledge are up to date with current practise.
❤️ How will this resource help busy classroom teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?
No worries - I’ve got you covered.
This lesson comes as a full colour PDF teacher guide, with a 50+ slide deck, to share on your large screen with your students.
All project steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons, to your students. Use in a series of consecutive lessons, while encouraging students to follow choice options along the way and create their unique artwork, and be guided through their learning by the information in the slideshow.
❤️ All the materials & skills are also clearly listed for you. It’s like having an art specialist with you in your classroom.
The PDF slides are intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students. This extra visual support will prove useful, particularly for young learners, and will also save you from having to repeat the same instructions, over and over again.
Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
No printing required
⏰ How long will this project take to finish?
These lessons and art project can be completed in 3-4 lessons, depending on the age and skill of students and the size of paper /media/ style you or your students choose.
Chunk into smaller manageable lessons, as needed. My 4th graders complete an A4 square version.
This lesson also includes resources for an optional extension - independently inquiring into more Mandala design mini projects.
View the PDF & Video previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you will soon have beautiful artwork on the walls and students glowing with pride!
❤️ So what is special about this resource?
Principles of Design for REPETITION with UNITY and BALANCE for MANDALA designs, is NOT a superficial art or craft option. As a specialist in this field, I write lessons that encourage deeper, cross-curricular learning and make meaningful connections to other subject areas. This IS:
✏️ The Theory of Visual Art
✏️ Principles of Design + Elements of Art
✏️ The use of design principles by a contemporary artists
✏️ Back to school & communities
Students can express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications (suggestions offered in the guide), while working through the guided project. Pause the presentation in places to discuss next steps with students, check understanding and explore potential student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. This addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork objectives in a purposeful way.
Teachers who have used one of my Themed Art lesson plans for this age group - Earth Day WHALES Art Project BUNDLE with 2 VIDEO guides
say: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Thank you for a great product - I have created beautiful art with my students.'
✅ What knowledge, techniques and skills will my students learn from this series?
✅ Where can I find more art lessons like this one on this site?
Click the links in the description above, or...
→ You can browse all my Art Stations / Early Finishers / Sub support resources HERE
→ Browse all my comprehensive art lessons provided as PDF presentation lesson HERE: VISUAL ART STORE
→ If you would prefer the added support of guided video tutorials, browse my growing collection in this custom category HERE: ART LESSONS WITH VIDEO TUTORIALS
→ For my Elements of Art lessons, click HERE: ART ELEMENTS
Or Visit my TPT store - One Teacher's Journey - HERE Use the custom categories to browse or search the shop with key words.
⭐️ Save the One Teacher’s Journey store to your favourites - click HERE.
⭐️ Register as a member for this site
→ Click on LOG IN/ REGISTER at the top of the page. Once approved, you will be added to our email list to gain occasional updates and get access to our Free Resources Catalogue.
View all the previews above before you buy. If you have any questions, contact me BEFORE you purchase.
⭐️ Would you recommend this lesson to your colleagues?
Then please return to rate & comment as this helps to inform other teachers about how this product brought value to your teaching.
Every care is taken with editing this resource and at times, errors can still sneak through. If you have any questions, contact me first, and be specific in your request so that I can make those improvements and give you, and others the best quality lesson plans.
***********************************************
➡️ TERMS OF USE
Review the TOUs in the PDF preview prior to purchasing.
Created by Timea Willemse, © One Teacher's Journey, © Help Me Learn
This Name Mandalas Art Lesson is the perfect introduction! The final product makes a great display for a Meet the Teacher night at the beginning of the school year.
This Mini Masterpieces art lesson inspired by contemporary Mandala artist Stephen Meakin, with reference to contemporary Op artist Shamira Wilson, is the third is a series that I use, to introduce my students to the Principles of Art and Design, with manageable creative art projects. Also available:
1) Principles of Design for PATTERN and CONTRAST art lesson CLICK HERE
2) Principles of Design for PATTERN and MOVEMENT OP ART lesson CLICK HERE
4) Principles of Design for SCALE and PROPORTION - PERSPECTIVE lesson CLICK HERE What other teachers say about this product:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Great resource to teach perspective. I love the examples and drawing guides provided plus the banner included for a bulletin board."
Preview the PDF & Video above to see the potential for how this teaching guide can impact your art lessons.
✅ Suitable for Upper Elementary and Middle School students.
This lesson includes just the right amount of art theory, introduces students to a famous artist, artwork and art theme that relates to the focus, and then guide you through a relevant art project that has been tested and crafted to suit this age group of 9, 10 and 11yr olds.
This lesson includes choice options for differentiation, while keeping the skills taught consistent across the class, to save your sanity.
Included in Principles of Design for REPETITION with UNITY and BALANCE for MANDALA design, is:
A 50+ PDF slide deck teaching guide for step-by-step guidance and reference, intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students as a presentation on your large screen. Select VIEW > enter full screen. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
- Principles of Design teaching slides
- Suggested Video links - recommended YouTube support video
- Artist model teaching slides
- Links to examples of artist's works for discussion
- History of the Mandala slides
- Detailed instructions to create a student response Mini Masterpiece
- Photographs of every step
- Examples of work in progress and completed
- Printable sheet for recording Student Voice reflection/ assessment of learning (2/pg. to save printing, print on B&W setting)
- Extension ideas for the Mini Masterpiece art project
- Themed bulletin board header, borders and pennant flags for a unified display
- Links to recommended multi-day guided projects that put this learning into practise
❤️ Take the guesswork out of teaching art,
❤️ Avoid endless hours of research,
❤️ No more epic fails that result from not having the time to test the lesson or medium yourself before teaching it.
I’ve done it all for you in this comprehensive multi-lesson teaching guide.
❤️ Why should you trust my lessons?
I am both a general ed. classroom teacher and currently practising as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. I do this every day, just like you! My experience and knowledge are up to date with current practise.
❤️ How will this resource help busy classroom teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?
No worries - I’ve got you covered.
This lesson comes as a full colour PDF teacher guide, with a 50+ slide deck, to share on your large screen with your students.
All project steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons, to your students. Use in a series of consecutive lessons, while encouraging students to follow choice options along the way and create their unique artwork, and be guided through their learning by the information in the slideshow.
❤️ All the materials & skills are also clearly listed for you. It’s like having an art specialist with you in your classroom.
The PDF slides are intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students. This extra visual support will prove useful, particularly for young learners, and will also save you from having to repeat the same instructions, over and over again.
Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
No printing required
⏰ How long will this project take to finish?
These lessons and art project can be completed in 3-4 lessons, depending on the age and skill of students and the size of paper /media/ style you or your students choose.
Chunk into smaller manageable lessons, as needed. My 4th graders complete an A4 square version.
This lesson also includes resources for an optional extension - independently inquiring into more Mandala design mini projects.
View the PDF & Video previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you will soon have beautiful artwork on the walls and students glowing with pride!
❤️ So what is special about this resource?
Principles of Design for REPETITION with UNITY and BALANCE for MANDALA designs, is NOT a superficial art or craft option. As a specialist in this field, I write lessons that encourage deeper, cross-curricular learning and make meaningful connections to other subject areas. This IS:
- a drawing tutorial that uses lines of symmetry, shapes and angles (Math),
- explores the concept of design principles (Visual Language),
- makes link to art history and contemporary artist - Stephen Meakin & Shamira Wilson
- makes cross-curricular links to people that are agents of change (Who We Are, How We Express Ourselves - IB PYP).
✏️ The Theory of Visual Art
✏️ Principles of Design + Elements of Art
✏️ The use of design principles by a contemporary artists
✏️ Back to school & communities
Students can express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications (suggestions offered in the guide), while working through the guided project. Pause the presentation in places to discuss next steps with students, check understanding and explore potential student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. This addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork objectives in a purposeful way.
Teachers who have used one of my Themed Art lesson plans for this age group - Earth Day WHALES Art Project BUNDLE with 2 VIDEO guides
say: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Thank you for a great product - I have created beautiful art with my students.'
✅ What knowledge, techniques and skills will my students learn from this series?
- Gain knowledge about art theories, styles and movements
- Gain knowledge about art history
- Become familiar with contemporary artists and their work
- Follow a tutorial for guidance - listening skills, visual discrimination, sequencing
- Develop fine-motor & technical skills for using a range of art tools and media
- Respond to art created by artists and by other students
- Reflect on own knowledge, skills, progress and artwork - using the included student sheets
- Introduced to the principles of Repetition with Unity & Balance.
- View recommended support videos on these principles
- Explore the work of a contemporary Artists
- Observe & understand the Art World (Studio Habits)
- Build skills for observational & guided drawing
- Explore art making that expresses new learning
- Build skills for repeating & reflecting shapes across lines of symmetry
- Create a name mandala design
- Stretch & Explore (Studio Habits)
- PLAN - compose drawings using repeating patterns to create a radially symmetrical design that shows balance
- Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Express (Studio Habits)
- Reflect on personal development as an artist
- Reflect (Studio Habits)
- This resource also includes a bulletin board display & sign to accompany the art work produced by students.
- Complimentary bulletin board borders & flags
- Complimentary pennant flags with the words: Balance
- Optional extension slides that will further develop understanding for Symmetrical & Radial Balance
✅ Where can I find more art lessons like this one on this site?
Click the links in the description above, or...
→ You can browse all my Art Stations / Early Finishers / Sub support resources HERE
→ Browse all my comprehensive art lessons provided as PDF presentation lesson HERE: VISUAL ART STORE
→ If you would prefer the added support of guided video tutorials, browse my growing collection in this custom category HERE: ART LESSONS WITH VIDEO TUTORIALS
→ For my Elements of Art lessons, click HERE: ART ELEMENTS
Or Visit my TPT store - One Teacher's Journey - HERE Use the custom categories to browse or search the shop with key words.
⭐️ Save the One Teacher’s Journey store to your favourites - click HERE.
⭐️ Register as a member for this site
→ Click on LOG IN/ REGISTER at the top of the page. Once approved, you will be added to our email list to gain occasional updates and get access to our Free Resources Catalogue.
View all the previews above before you buy. If you have any questions, contact me BEFORE you purchase.
⭐️ Would you recommend this lesson to your colleagues?
Then please return to rate & comment as this helps to inform other teachers about how this product brought value to your teaching.
Every care is taken with editing this resource and at times, errors can still sneak through. If you have any questions, contact me first, and be specific in your request so that I can make those improvements and give you, and others the best quality lesson plans.
***********************************************
➡️ TERMS OF USE
Review the TOUs in the PDF preview prior to purchasing.
Created by Timea Willemse, © One Teacher's Journey, © Help Me Learn
