4th Grade pumpkin patches

 4th Grade Pumpkin Patches

I found this lesson from Mrs S Art room on YouTube. Thanks for the idea! 

We viewed the many examples of one-point perspective in art and images of pumpkins in a pumpkin patch especially the lines and shapes of a pumpkin. 

Students drew a horizon line in the middle of their paper and a point in the middle for the vanishing point. Using a ruler, they drew diagonal lines coming from the vanishing point to represent the rows for their pumpkin patch. Students drew pumpkins in the rows and added a farm on the horizon line. They were given a choice of markers, crayons, colored pencils, or watercolors to complete their drawing. I think they did great! 

5th grade one point perspective art lesson

 5th Grade One Point Perspective Art Lesson 

I'm so proud of how well my 5th graders did on this project. I started off the lesson by introducing one point perspective and showing them examples such as Leonardo da Vinci's last supper. It's a perfect example of how he uses Christ's head as the vanishing point. Thanks to "Open Art Blog" for the great example below. 

Students were instructed on how to draw the horizon line, vanishing point and the orthogonal lines. Don't forget to stress how important it is to draw light!!! The next steps were to draw the road, sidewalk, trees and buildings. Some of the students struggled in the beginning but with help they grasped the concept. 

Once their drawings were complete they traced them with  black permanent markers, colored them with crayons and then added watercolors.