Art Project: Learning About Perspective ~ Part II
After completing the Railroad Perspective project, I found a short simple book about Perspective (How Artists Use)
I picked it up so that the kids could read a little more about the technique. This book did a great job of explaining terms such as perspective, depth, vanishing point, three dimensional, and optical illusion.
What I didn’t realize was that there were some fun, simple perspective projects included in the book! The projects inspired me to continue our perspective learning by having Chloe and Jayden each re-read the book and chose different projects to accomplish.
Jayden chose the Vanishing Point project. What I liked about this project for Jayden was how simple it was. He got to choose simple shapes to draw and then used a ruler for the lines from the shapes to the vanishing point.
Chloe chose the Urban Landscape. Chloe’s choice required more steps, and more technique to the art. She used watercolors with a LOT of water to get the wispy look for her sky. After finishing the sky she waited for it to dry so she could move on with the rest of the project.
She much prefers working with markers to working with paints. She says, “The paint never does what I want it too!” Thus painting the buildings, roads, balloon and trees was much more difficult for her than she would have liked.
May 10, 2013 @ 6:42 pm
What an awesome art project! Thanks for linking with Collage Friday 🙂
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May 12, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
Their paintings turned out really well – they must have been pleased. I love this kind of project. I think I’ll look for that book. Thanks for sharing.
Lucinda (via Collage Friday)
May 14, 2013 @ 10:42 am
This is very cool. I think both of my younger children would benefit from this book and probably enjoy it, too. I hope you’ll consider sharing it at Look What We Did. -Savannah http://www.hammocktracks.com/buttons/
May 14, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
Yes Savannah, thanks for the reminder. I will certainly hop over and share it at Look What We Did! 🙂
May 14, 2013 @ 12:24 pm
I definitely recommend the book for a quick and easy art lesson on perspective! Thanks for stopping in Lucinda.
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