I started off showing them a bunch of different artworks from different time periods. We started with some photographs I found through google images (sorry for the lack of source info, I just googled "perspective photos" and I will post some links at the bottom of this).
I started by talking about specific terms with them: perspective, horizon line, and vanishing point.
Then I showed them the image below and how all the lines in the image all lead to the vanishing point.
I showed them all the following images, asking them to point out the horizon line and vanishing point. I pointed out the sky, ground, buildings or trees on the sides of the images.
Then I got a little tricky with the next two, but my smarties got that the vanishing point wasn't always in the same spot. ;-)
To the left in the boat image and in the middle in the image below.
I showed them some Renaissance art paintings:
Raphael's "School of Athens", 1518 |
DaVinci's "Last Supper", circa 1495 |
Edvard Munch's "The Scream", 1893 |
Edward Hopper, "Gas", 1940 |
Edward Hopper, "Chair Car", 1965 |
Finally, I showed them images from the smART class blog assignment dividing the paper into four quadrants separated by diagonal lines.
After the girls made their diagonal lines, they filled in the right side with buildings...
...the left side with trees....
Then sky in the middle on the top and a street in the middle on the bottom.
Hard at work in the art room. |
And here's Ella's! I pointed out the horizon line to her and she grasped the idea pretty easily.
They really liked this project and have made pictures with this same technique since we've done this. A success as far as our summer projects go!
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