Tessellations- Step by Step with Paint
8 Open Paint
o Go to the Start button>Programs>Accessories>Paint
8 Select your favorite color from the pallet on the bottom of the window
8 Select the rectangle tool and highlight the bottom choice under the tools
8 Hold the shift key down and draw a square on the “canvas”
8 Select the free-form select tool and the bottom, opaque tool
o Start at the left top edge and draw something down to the left bottom edge continuing around to link up with the starting point outside of the square
o A rectangle appears around the drawing
o Click and drag the rectangle in front (to the right) of the square
o Match it up as perfectly as you can, do not leave any white spaces
o Release the mouse when it is positioned where you want it
8 Repeat the process but go from top to bottom or bottom to top
o It is extremely important to place the “cut-out” EXACTLY above or below the original cut
8 Use the pencil, line, or paint brush tool to decorate your figure
8 Highlight the select tool
o Draw a rectangle around your object
o Copy and paste
o Move your new figure away from the first one
8 Select the Fill With Color tool (paint bucket)
o Choose another color from the pallet
o Fill the background color with the new color
8 Open Microsoft Word
8 Go back to the Paint program
o Choose the select tool
o Highlight one of the figures
o Copy and paste to the Word document
o Repeat with the other figure
8 SAVE both documents to your teacher’s folder with your name!!!!
8 With the select tool, highlight one of the figures and move it all the way to the left
8 With the select tool, highlight the other figure and move it against the first one
8 Copy and paste the figures from the Word document and continue alternating them to form your tessellation. Fill up the ENTIRE area with your figures.
8 SAVE, SAVE, SAVE! J