Drawing and Drawing and Painting FunPainting Fun

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- Mosaics -- Mosaics -

MOSAICS are a very old form of art. They decorate walls and floors.

Mosaics are made of small coloured pieces of ceramic, marble, stone or glass.

They can show geometric shapes, human figures or animals.

Mosaics: decorative Mosaics: decorative patternspatterns

• What shapes can you see?

• What geometric shape is this?

SQUARESQUARE

• What geometric shape is this?

TRIANGLETRIANGLE

• What geometric shape is this?

RECTANGLERECTANGLE

Mosaics: decorative Mosaics: decorative patternspatterns

• Now, complete the patterns with a pencil and colour with felt pens, book (page ten).

Your own pattern.Your own pattern.

• Repeat a series of shapes and colour them (page ten).

• Look! Here we have Look! Here we have some examples made some examples made with an interactive grid.with an interactive grid.

•Design a Roman Design a Roman mosaic using mosaic using •this interactive grid.this interactive grid.