Post Your Zentangle - Due Today

Post both your practice sheet and the Final Zentagle art. Due today.

Practice Drawing Zentangles

Today we will practice making Zentangles. A Zentagle is a structured pattern consisting of dots, lines, simple curves and orbs. 

It is NOT a random scribble or doodle.

We will practice making at least 9 zentangles today. We will draw a grid of 9 squares and draw in pencil. Later we will choose 6 and make a zentangle cube using various sharpie markers.

The best way to learn how to do zantangling is to do a google search. There are hundreds of videos showing you how to create thousands of designs

At first do not try to make your own. After you get the hang of it you can customize some of the patterns, but for now just find ones that you like and copy them.

Glaze Your Masks

Today, first take a picture of you mask before you glaze it and post it to your blog. 

Title it - Mask Bisque.

Then glaze it and put it on the shelf.
Don't forget to wax the bottom if you are going to use dip glaze.

Mask Design

Before we start to actually use clay, we need to draw sketches of our mask ideas. 

First, here are a few videos of the mask making process

How to make a ceramic mask

How to make an African style ceramic mask pt 1

How to make an African stle ceramic mask pt 2

• Copy and Paste the photos of the masks you liked that you want to use in your own design

• Next, draw 5 small sketches of different ideas based on the masks above
• The masks must have at least 1 add-on
• The mask must have at least 1 subtraction (cut out)
• The mask must have at least 1 added texture

• Then pick your favorite from above and draw a full size skecth with all of the details you will add to your mask.

Look at and Explore Masks of the World

AfricanMasks
African Mask History, Rebirth African Art:http://www.rebirth.co.za/African_mask_history_and_meaning.htm

 Art of the African Mask, University of Virginia: http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html

Faces of the Dead: Egyptian Mummy Masks: 
http://www.akhet.co.uk/faces.htm

Masks of Africa, Museum of Ancient and Modern Art: http://www.mama.org/collection/afc/afc001.html

Asian Masks
Ceremonial Masks from Java and Bali Indonesia:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/indonesi/masksjbc.htm

Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia:
http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/mongolia/tsam.html
http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=1617

Masks of India:
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/masks/

Masks: Reflection of Culture and Religion (India): http://www.dollsofindia.com/mask.htm
New Guinea Masks:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm
http://www.jungleoutpost.com/cart/masks-papua-guinea-c-23.html

Japanese Noh and Oni Masks:
http://www.nohmask21.com/
http://www.thefind.com/movies/browse-japanese-noh-mask
Noh Mask History, Media Information Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan: 
http://www.nohmask21.com/

Central and South America
Dominican Republic:
http://dominicanmasks.com/
Guatemalan Masks:
http://www.coloresdelpueblo.org/Masks.htm
Maya Masks;
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mayan-masks.htm

European Masks
Masks in the Ancient Greek Theatre:
http://www.greektheatre.gr/masks.html 

Venetian Masks: http://www.bergencounty.com/costumes/maskitalia/history.html

North American Masks
Alaska: The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/riordan/
Mexican Masks:
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/
Aztec Masks:
http://aztec-empire.com/masks.htm
West Coast Indian Art Tribal Masks: http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/nwartmasks.htm


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Masks from Around the World

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