{"id":354,"date":"2015-02-04T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2015-02-05T19:44:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T19:44:04","slug":"valentines-notan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Notan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-356 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4570-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4570\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4570-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4570-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I was inspired by Matt Mazur&#8217;s lesson Notan From Dark to Light published in the January 2014 issue of Arts and Activities Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Japanese concept of Notan involves a play between dark and light. Some of the Robert Motherwell&#8217;s paintings and Japanese characters are good examples of light and dark contrast that connect well to the concept.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-357\" src=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4576-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4576\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4576-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4576-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Paper cutting is a valued form of Japanese folk art &#8211; many Notan pieces are collaged, not painted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that this project deals with Positive and Negative space, Organic and Geometric Shapes and Figure Ground Relationships.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4570.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4577-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"notan3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4577-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4577-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan_rubric.docx\">Notan Rubric<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan2-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Handout 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan2-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Handout 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-370 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"notan1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan2-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-371 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/artlady.janishenderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/notan2-001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"notan2 001\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I was inspired by Matt Mazur&#8217;s lesson Notan From Dark to Light published in the January 2014 issue of Arts and Activities Magazine. &#8220;The Japanese concept of Notan involves a play between dark and light. 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