Put three different coloured sheets one on top of the other and cut through all three layers together. Then have fun arranging the pieces you’ve created.
Add a few doodle decorations if you like.
Use camera settings, photo-editing or Photoshop to play around with different effects.
Have fun!
And then there are the offcuts to play with….
Great for greetings cards. And I’m wondering about printing some out on canvas. They remind me of 1960’s designs. I think they would look good in a child’s bedroom or playroom, do you?
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There are quite a lot of You Tube tutorials about creating Notan designs – This one is a simple one to get you started.
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I love how creative you get with even the leftovers! A beautiful riot of colours, too, with such a happy feel.
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That’s so lovely to know Sheila.
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They would look great in any room. Wowsah!
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Great – so glad you think so too – it is always so hard for me to know if it’s just me or whether others would agree – to know whether it is worth getting some printed or not. Your enthusiasm encourages me Laurie. ❤
(your cards are in the post!)
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Trust your instincts. Get them printed. See how you like them.
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These are so pretty 🙂
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Thank you Eddie. ❤
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Looks very cool! Maybe I’ll try this with my students:)
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Oooo oooo AJ, that makes me so happy! I’d love to know if you do – look in Google images too for more inspiration. The pieces can be as simple or as complicated as the artist wishes – and it’s fun! 😀
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Do you think it would work for six year olds or should I pass it on to the teachers of the older kids?
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I have never taught a class of 6 year olds, so I’m nervous about giving any advice – I did it with my 4 year old and 6 year old grandaughters (the little blue butterfly was done by my 6 year old grandaughter. It worked fine and they enjoyed it, but I wasn’t looking for a perfect Notan product to show to anyone else. Big Sis (6) and I did the red and white one, in the previous post, together.
I found this by Googling ‘Notan with 6 year olds’ http://www.instructables.com/id/Fun-with-Notan/
But I would suggest a much simpler design than they have used – geometric shapes are easy and effective.
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Ok thank you! I definitely don’t go for perfection, just to introduce them to a variety of materials and processes to create art:)
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Oh good! Then go for it – simple geometric shapes in black and white are easy and effective.
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Cool thanks for the idea!
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An absolute pleasure AJ.
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The bottom collage of photos in post ‘Letter’ shows what I did with my granddaughters aged 6 and 4 https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/letter/
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The doodle decorations are my idea and not to do with Notan – which is the concept of dark and light, negative and positive.
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Great idea! ❤️😊
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It is always fun to have a play with coloured paper and scissors isn’t it!
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Absolutely! 😊❤️
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😀
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really clever yet so simple ^^
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Thanks Claire – yes it really is so simple – but you can go complicated if you wish.
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Do you draw the design free hand or measure carefully, and cutting do you use scissors or a craft knife. These look so effective. Something new to me I must ,do I need to try something new…
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I cut the design freehand with the scissors.
You could draw first on the top sheet of paper and then use the other side so that the drawing lines don’t show.
I’d love to know how you get on.
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I have put a link in my reply to AJ that has a picture tutorial which includes drawing on the paper first.
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I have also added a link to a You Tube tutorial in the Post. Have fun!
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These are great, and i loved the butterfly one you had in a previous post. I’m definitely going to give this a go
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Julia, that is music to my creative soul – I get so much inspiration from other bloggers and it is just wonderful to hear that the ripples in the pond are spreading out. Let me know if you do and how you get on. ❤
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Will do. Glad to have brought some sunshine (or music) to your day 🌞🎶
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Blogland is such a happy place!
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😃
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creative colors and art…
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Thank you Mihrank.
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