Materials: 12x18" white paper, 9x12" black paper, watercolors, rulers, sharpies, manikins
We began by discussing
perspective, then drew a square in the center of our paper. I had the
students measure 2" from the top and 2 sides, and 8" from the bottom to
draw this square. I showed them how to place a vanishing point in their
square. We watercolored our paper, then moved on to the manikins. I
have 4 of these manikins and the students immediately named them "model
men". We folded our blakc paper into fourths, and then drew what fit
inside each section. Students struggled with the concept of the head
not taking up the entire top 1/4, but understood as they moved further
into the process. Students cut out the head and torso and discovered
they could easily change the pose of their own model man by moving the
arms and legs around.
