Sixth Grade Rooms

Sixth graders learned how to draw rooms in one-point perspective. To kick off the unit, I showed the a slide show about the history of perspective in art, including images of "flat" art such as Byzantine times, and Ancient Egypt.




We then observed art from the Renaissance, when artists such as Raphael and DaVinci began exploring the use of perspective to create depth. 


School of Athens, 1510


The Last Supper, 1495

We also discussed perspective-manipulating artist M.C.Escher, who took the rules of perspective and used them to create mind-bending impossible landscapes. 



Finally, I demonstrated one-point perspective drawing techniques such as using orthagonal lines and finding a vanishing point. The students created their rooms using these techniques.