5th Grade Birds Eye View Perspective

You always see the same perspective drawings from the street, or a hallway. I wanted my students to try something different. I found a video on Youtube about a Birds Eye View of a city. So I wrote up a lesson about it, and we had a good time doing this project. Things started to get out of hand when students got closer to the edges of the paper. To them, things just didn't look right. Here are some examples of some great works!

Just look at those tops of trees down there! 

Even though the building tops are exact, I still love the cartoon look of them.

Some kids used mechanical pencils, I love how precise the lines are.

Great first attempt!

The traffic flow on this one looks like a nightmare!

3rd Grade Beach Landscapes

Once again, with summer fast approaching, all I can think about is going to the beach. Some of my students have never seen the beach, So I thought I'd teach them hot to properly draw a landscape with space included. This was one of my favorites.

This student is really good at coloring. 

5th Grade 2-Point Perspective

For Spring break, I observed some other teachers for some PD. I saw one of their lessons on 2 point perspective and thought what a good idea. I came back to school, and showed my 6th grade students the lesson and some students got it, while others struggled. I think the hardest part of this lesson is remembering to always draw to the vanishing points. Here are some great examples. 

With so many kids playing Minecraft these days, the students were surprised with how close this art approach came to Minecraft. These students really got it!

Some students just kept going. Once they got it, they had so much fun just filling up the page.

5th Grade Contour Line Drawings

I introduced this lesson last year, and with these kids having never been exposed to this approach, the results were mixed. I found this drawing in my folder o' art that I keep from years past. I thought I'd share it.