Dot Day Explorations

This project was based on an event called Dot Day, art centered around the concept of using dots or circles. There is a very cute story that goes along with it about a young boy who thought he didn't have any talent and made a simple dot on a piece of paper. The teacher framed it and complimented it, once he saw the praise a simple dot could get he made a whole collection of artwork using only dots and this boosted his confidence and made him realize he did have talent. We spent the class time going to different stations creating art using dots different ways.  We were given small squares of paper and were to lay them on the bigger pieces of paper on the tables and through making our own art the big paper would show the class art. The two images I have selected were from the two stations I attended. The first picture, was used with bubbles and food coloring, what you did was just blow bubble onto the paper and let it pop. It then created a neat circle or dot. The second picture is a collection of my own and two other classmates. We each laid our paper down and made dots and circles using the paint on the table. Then, we rotated, taking our colored paint brush with us, and made more dots on the other persons paper along with painting on the large background paper.

I found this entertaining, I had no idea all the artwork that could be created by a dot. An extension activity for this would be to unite the school, each student gets to choose one color and dot design and then on his/her designated section of the large paper make that design. Once it is done hang it in the hallways to show individuality and unity of the students.