Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Vanishing Point Art



This is the example of Vanishing Point art that I made as an example for the students when I taught the lesson during practicum. I made the example so the students would have a visual idea of what the project would look like when they were done. I also modeled the art on the chalk board for the students. We talked about vanishing points and 3-D shapes and did some visualizing before starting. I had the shapes drawn on the board before the lesson started. Then I showed them how to connect the sides/corners to the vanishing point. As I drew the lines on the board the students got really excited. They loved the effect that it created! I had a bunch of attribute blocks available for the students to trace. I thought that worked great, and for the students who wanted more challenge, they drew stars and similar object for which there was no tracer. I would definately do this art project again because the students loved it and the finished results were very attractive.

2 comments:

Meg said...

These looked really good at the art show. Did the kids enjoy this project and did they have any problems with the concept or completion of the task. I woud love to try this project with a class.

Josie said...

Thanks Meg! The kids loved doing the project. I started them out doing a visualization technique to see what happens when you are looking at things that are getting farther and farther away. This led into the vansihing point. I then talked about 3D shapes. Finally I drew a demonstration on the board using a few different shapes. This got them really excited as they saw the transformation. Every student was able to do the project with some requiring assistance (helping them use the ruler). I would definately recommend the project.