DREAM
STREETS
Sixth
grade students use web-based resources to learn the principles of drawing using
one and two point perspective. The project culminates in an animated drawing of
their own “dream street” accompanied by their writing about their dream
street.
Session
1 |
Sixth
graders are introduced to the Vocabulary of Perspective Drawing at http://homeschoolarts.com/per-l1-1.htm
With
a pencil, straightedge, and notebook or unlined paper, the class follows the
step-by-step lesson for drawing a cube in one-point perspective at http://homeschoolarts.com/per-l1-2.htm
HW
– teacher prints out handout for drawing a street scene using one-point
perspective at:
http://sanford-artedventures.com/teach/lp_1pt_handout.html
Student
completes handout for homework.
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Session 2 |
Students
view a teacher’s animated lesson of drawing using perspective
http://olejarz.com/arted/perspective/
With
a pencil, straightedge, and notebook or unlined paper, the class follows the
step-by-step lesson for drawing a street scene using two-point perspective at
http://geocities.com/~jlhagan/K9-14/draw_one.htm
For
homework, each student looks out their own window, and tries to draw their
street in one point perspective.
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Session 3 |
Students
view street scenes by artist Edward Hopper at http://ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/
Individually
or in teams of two, they identify where the vanishing point(s) are (or would
be), and whether the image uses one or two point perspective. In their notebook,
they recreate one of the Hopper images.
For
homework, they add their own elements, in perspective, to the Hopper scene.
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Session 4 |
Students
view photographs of NYC street scenes at http://aidan.co.uk/photos14-Streets.php
Individually
or in teams of two, they identify where the vanishing point(s) are (or would
be). Then the students view images of Main Street USA in Disneyland at http://disneylandpostcards.com/MainStreet.html
Elicit
from students a list of what is realistic about Main Street, Disneyland. Elicit
from the students what is a “fantasy,” a fabrication of the imagination or
dream come true about Main Street, Disneyland.
Homework:
Each student brainstorms a dream street of his or her own. They write a
description of their dream street.
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Sessions 5-6 |
Students
are introduced to animation drawing using Flash or any another animation program
(such as Hyperstudio, Adobe Image Ready)
Homework:
Students sketch their dream street, using one or two point perspective. Students
keep track of how many steps they take in creating their drawing (e.g., each
line drawn is one step).
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Sessions 7-9 |
Production
phase. Students re-create their dream streets using an animation program, such
as Macromedia Flash. Students strive to break down the animations into one step
at a time sequences, so the viewers can see how they used one or two point
perspective techniques to create their drawings.
Completed
animations are saved in web compatible format (.swf for Flash, .gif for Image Ready) |
Sessions
10-11 |
Students
use a web-authoring program such as Dream Weaver, to create web pages
incorporating their dream street animations and writing.
The
students use Dream Weaver’s spell check command to review and correct their
text.
The
completed web pages are tested on a web browser before uploading the projects
to the Internet.
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