We are currently working on one point perspective. It is remarkable how well
the students are doing. They have drawn roads, telephone polls, buildings,
interesting vehicles, mountains, and clouds. It is very advanced for sixth
grade. We will complete them with shading. Keep up the great work guys. Our
next project will be a landscape painting.
Don't forget to review your vocabulary.
We will be having a vocabulary quiz on Wednessday, October 28.
The students will be responsible to know the following terms and meanings:
Unit Two: Perspective
Vanishing Point - A point to which all receding lines go
Receding Line – Lines that give the illusion they are going back or getting
smaller.
Formal Perspective – The illusion of depth in an artwork with a vanishing
point.
Informal Perspective – The illusion of depth in an artwork without a
vanishing point.
Perspective - The appearance of objects with the illusion of depth from a
particular point of view. The appearance of objects allowing for the effect
of their distance from the observer.
Overlapping – Placing one object in front of another.
Horizon Line – Where the sky meets the ground. The farthest area one can see.
Foreshortening – Making one part of an object appear closer than another.
Foreground – The objects or area that appears closest to the viewer
Middle ground – The object or area that appears between the closest and
furthest area to the viewer.
Back ground - The objects or area that appears farthest from the viewer in an
artwork.
Geometric shapes – Shapes created by humans. Squares, rectangles, triangles
and circles are examples of geometric shapes.
Value – The lightness or darkness of a something.
Grey Scale – A scale that shows the grey values between black and white.
Cross Hatch – Shading by using a series of crosses or intersecting lines.
Hatch – Shading by using a series of parallel lines.
Stipple – Shading by using a series of dots.
Organic shapes – Shapes created in nature.
Architecture – Another word for a building or building design.
Light source – Where light comes from.
Atmospheric Perspective – The illusion of depth created by lightening colors,
softening focus and fading detail as a result of looking through the earth’s
atmosphere.
