Dialogue by Mark:

In our drawing today, the orca sweeties mirror each other, one on either side of the kiss. They make a symmetrical design. If you drew a line right down the middle, what you see on one side of the picture is pretty much the same as what's on the other side.

The Master's Gallery features a painting that also shows symmetry. Our well-balanced art historian, Kim at KidsArt, brings us a painting from the Cincinnati Art Museum. It's called "The Sacred Hour" and was done by the Swiss artist Ferdinand Holder in 1910.

This little picture is a sketch that Holder made for a mural...a much larger painting that was done right on the wall of a building. The curving top of the picture probably shows an arched ceiling.

The two women aren't exactly the same. Their hair, and the way they place their arms and feet, are different. But the two figures are arranged symmetrically, as mirror images of one another.

You can see symmetry in all sorts of natural objects. Butterfly wings are symmetrical, the same on each side. Your face is symmetrical. Artists use symmetry for balance and beauty in their pictures...so let's get back to our beautifully balanced orca drawing....! BR>
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