UNIT 2: TANGENTS

TANGENCY

WHAT IS A TANGENT? 

A tangent to a circle is a straight line that touches the circle at one point.

 

EXAMPLES OF TANGENCY IN ARTWORKS

                    EXAMPLES OF TANGENCY IN THE REAL WORLD

For those brave students that are enjoying geometry, and are looking forward to starting with a more artistical approach. Lets see a video that is going to help us with our next activity: 

EXAMPLES of drawings using TANGENTS

STREET ART UTOPIA

 Street Artist painting funny fake shadows to confuse people 

UNIT 1: REGULAR POLYGONS 2

 REGULAR POLYGONS KNOWING THE LENGHT OF ONE SIDE.

How to draw a regular pentagon knowing the length of one side

How to draw a regular hexagon knowing the length of one side

How to draw a regular heptagon knowing the length of one side

UNIT 1: REGULAR POLYGONS 1

REGULAR POLYGONS

Our first Technical Drawing Activity will be a mandala done with regular polygons. Here are a few tutorials to refresh your knowledge about the Regular Polygons' constructions.

Regular Polygons 

Inscribed in a circle

We are going to draw polygons using two diferent methods: 'Inscribed in a circle' or 'given the side'.

1.REGULAR POLyGONS INSCRIBED IN A CIRCLE.

How to draw an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle

How to draw a square inscribed in a circle

.HOW TO DRAW A REGULAR PENTAGON INSCRIBED IN A CIRCLE

How to draw a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle

How to draw a regular heptagon inscribed in a circle

HOW TO DRAW A REGULAR OCTAGON INSCRIBED IN A CIRCLE.

GEOMETRIC EYE MANDALA DESIGN

HOW TO DESIGN A MANDALA