Medium: Paint
We started our art lesson with a discussion about PERSPECTIVE in art. One student was able to give a really good definition of the topic. She said “it is looking at a subject from a different angle or direction.”
Using the subject of a snowman, most students (even adults) want to draw the three circles of their snowman and get on with it. We talked about taking a close up look at a snowman. We asked, what do you see if your snowman in directly in front of you? We may not see the bottom part of the snowman but his face would appear very large. How big would his nose be? Would you see his entire body or just part of it?
After much discussion on the topic, the students were instructed to draw the body shape, from the mid-part of the middle circle to the head. Step-by-step they were shown how to draw the hat, scarf, nose, eyes and buttons. Then they were given tempura paint and shown how to property use the paint brush and other tools to create their ‘close-up’ perspective of the snowman.
The children were quite impressed with their new found knowledge on perspective. The artwork you see here is a result of this lesson!
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