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Finding and Creating Patterns: Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

look around your home for patterns
find and draw two patterns that you find
draw two more patterns created from your imagination�

You will need:

1 piece of paper

Something to draw with (crayons, markers, or colored pencils)

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Finding and Creating Patterns: What Is A Pattern?2

What is a pattern?

Patterns happen when lines, shapes, or colors repeat.

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Close Looking

Let’s look again at this artwork created by Carmen Lomas Garza.

What patterns do �you see?

Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada (Making Tamales), 1990, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Close Looking—Finding Patterns

I see a pattern!

The woman’s dress has white circles that repeat to make a pattern.

Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada (Making Tamales) and detail, 1990,

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Close Looking—Organic Pattern

I see another pattern!

Her dress has organic shapes that repeat.

Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada (Making Tamales) and detail, 1990,

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Close Looking—How Many Patterns?:

How many patterns can you find?

Carmen Lomas, Tamalada (Making Tamales), 1990, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Close Looking, Closer

Let’s get a closer look!

Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada (Making Tamales) details, 1990, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Folding Your Paper

Now you will look for patterns in your home.

First, fold your paper so that it has four boxes.

Image of paper folded into 4

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Drawing Patterns

Choose two patterns from your home and draw them in the top 2 boxes.

Create two patterns from your imagination and draw them in the bottom two boxes.

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Finding and Creating Patterns: Reflectioneflection

Where did you find patterns in your home?

What lines, shapes or colors did you use to draw your own pattern?

What patterns did you create from your imagination? What lines, shapes, and colors did you use?

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Belinda Blum Bryan Melillo Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Sassy Kohlmeyer

Cynthia Chen Traci Talasco Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala Paul Urevitch

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.