3rd Grade Mexican Patterned Suns

3rd Graders have been learning about the art and culture of Mexico. We looked at how the Sun has been a prominent subject in their art. They used it in their ancient calendar, in festivals, holidays, home decor, etc. We created our own Mexican suns on circular cardboard and added a metallic face in the center. Last, we used Radial Symmetry to create warm colored patterns in the sun's rays!

Reporting.... What I learned about Mexican Mandalas and Radial Symmetry!

REPORTING........

4th graders learned about how Mandalas have been used all over the world in many different cultures! We noticed how they are symmetrical in a special way - they have symmetry all the way around a circle, not just from one side to the other. Check out these wonderful artworks and what these artists had to say about what they learned.

A fun fact I learned about Mandalas is they do not have to have a topic. they can be abstract. (Camden 4th grade).

A fun fact I learned about Mandalas is they can be made out of colorful sand that the people back then (Native Americans) used it for a healing circle.(Emily 4th grade).

A fun fact I learned about radial symmetry is that its the same color and the same design in all 4 parts of            
mandala and native americans used them as healing circle (Nathan 4th grade)

A super cool fact I learned about MANDALAS is some are put in church windows (Brandon 4th grade)  

A fun fact I learned about Mandalas is Native Americans used them as healing circles. (Austin 4th Grade).

A fun fact that I learned about radial symmetry is that it matches all the way around in many pieces. Regular symmetry only matches from one side to another. (Rylan 4th grade)

I learned that people used Mandalas as Aztecs calendars (Bryana 4th grade)

A cool thing about mandalas is they have radial symmetry and you never know which way to hold it (Ethan D. 4th grade).

One thing I learned about mandalas is that they can be used for representing family and each other (Nolan 4th grade).

4th Grade Graphic Design Radial Art

4th grade artists have been studying the many many types of professions that they could be when they grow up such as: photographer, fine artist, art teacher, graphic designer, product designer, entertainment designer, fashion designer, and so many more. We looked at how graphic designers use lettering in creative ways. We practiced our own lettering design in this radial art. We took the time to make sure that ours had radial symmetry, and then chose a color scheme for our work.