Black and white Mandalas

I went to an art teaching workshop at the Tygerberg art centre earlier this year, and they gave us some really lovely ideas! I decided to put this into practice immediately - and absolutely loved the results of this lesson! Again- produced by my very gifted Grade sixes! They are just amazing.

The instruction was to create a mandala using organic shapes (shapes you see in nature). They used A4 paper, their compass, a pencil and a black pen to create their masterpieces. This was a nice lesson, cause I was able to incorporate some theory about rotational symmetry, pattern making and contrast into it. I don't really teach theory in a structured way at primary school level, but rather explain the concepts as they go along.