1. MOSAICS Elements: Shape, Hue, Value
Principles: Balance, Pattern, Contrast, Unity

2. What is a mosaic?
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials.
Small pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae are used to create a pattern or picture.
Tesserae comes from the Latin word, tile, which means to fill the plane with no overlaps and no gaps.

3. History of Mosaics Dates back some 4,000 years ago
Around 200 BC tesserae, was being used to give extra detail and color to a work of art..
The first empires to create mosaics were Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

4. How to create a mosaic. First, draw out your design. BIRD Design
Second, choose your tesseraes. Make sure you have contrast from your main design and its background.
Third, apply some mosaic tile adhesive onto the surface of your board and place the tile onto the base. When placing the tiles, it is very important to leave about 1/8” gap around all the tiles.
Once all your tiles are glued to the base, it is time to grout. Fill in the empty areas with the grout. Let it dry, then wipe the tiles clean with water.

5. Bird Mosaics