SUBJECT: MEDIA ARTS

GRADE LEVEL: 9-10 S1Q2SG4

Media Arts

Essential Understanding: Perspective

Learn the art of perspective.

Overview - Perspective
Perspective Drawing is a technique used to represent three-dimen-
sional images on a two-dimensional picture plane.
There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how
the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the
second, the manner in which colors change the farther away they

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are from the eye; the third defines how objects ought to be finished
less carefully the farther away they are." (Leonardo da Vinci)
Perspective was developed in the 15th century by the architects,
Leon Baptista Alberti (1404-72) and Filippo Brunelleschi
(1377-1446). For 500 years, perspective drawing remained one of
the basic principles of Western art until it was challenged by the
ideas of the Cubists at the start of the 20th century. Whether you
are working with conventional materials such as pencils and paints,
or contemporary digital media, a knowledge and understanding of
perspective drawing remains an essential tool to help you enhance
your drawing technique.
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There are two main elements in perspective drawing:
• LINEAR PERSPECTIVE which deals with the organization of
shapes in space.
• AERIAL PERSPECTIVE which deals with the atmospheric effects
on tones and colors.

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Guiding question 1: What is perspective drawing and how can using it im-
prove my creative and artistic skills?

Lessons

____1. Introduction to perspective 1 pt, 2 pt and 3 pt.
____2. Assignments for new students, returning and digital
____3. Intro to worksheets
____4. Introduction to mind map organizer
____5. Intro and demo on liquid water color salt painting.
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To receive credit for lesson have me initial 1-5
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Returning students (last year) Individual Work (due 1/19)
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Drawing/Painting
___1. Find three examples of 1pt perspective (in a magazine-cut it out and glue it in your sketch
book).
___2. Participate in the lesson on perspective.
___3. Find three examples of 2 pt perspective (paste it in your sketch book).
___4. Participate in the lesson on Mind-mapping.
___5. Create a mind map in your sketchbook.
___6. Fill out three worksheets on 2pt perspective.
___7. Personal Project: DUE 1/19 Chose one of the following or propose your own.
a) Do a complex 1pt perspective drawing of a city scape with detail.
b) Do a complex 2pt drawing of a city scape, classroom or alley scene with detail.
c) Do a complex 1 or 2 pt prospect
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New Individual Work (due 12/19 Project due 1/9)
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Drawing/Painting
___1. Read the overview and mark it up.
___2. Participate in the lesson on perspective.
___3. Find examples of 1pt and 2 pt perspective in a magazine and paste it in your sketch book.
___4. Participate in the lesson on Mind-mapping.
___5. Create a mind map in your sketchbook.
___6. Fill out the 3 minimum work sheets on 1pt perspective.

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___7. Fill out 3 minimum work sheets on 2 pt perspective.

___8. Using the step by step work sheet, re-draw the street scene in your sketchbook.
___9. Personal Project: DUE 1/9 Create your own perspective drawing or find one online or in a
magazine and redraw it in detail. When finished use liquid water colors to paint it and salt. See
me for demo.
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A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information. A mind
map is often created around a single concept, drawn as an image in the
center of a blank landscape page, to which associated representations of
ideas such as images, words and parts of words are added. Major ideas
are connected directly to the central concept, and other ideas branch out
from those.!
Mind maps can be drawn by hand, either as "rough notes" during a lecture,
meeting or planning session, for example, or as higher quality pictures
when more time is available.!

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