Young Artists, ages 8 to 12, draw in 3d
3D Tricks
Nine tricks that make a flat drawing look solid and deep, used together in one picture.
- Level
- Easy
- Lessons
- 10 in 4 units
- Time
- 2.5 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About four weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
The nine tricks that make a flat drawing look solid and deep (foreshortening, placement, size, overlapping, shading, shadow, contour lines, horizon, density), used together in one picture.
How you’ll see the progress
A box and a ball at the start and at the end, and the nine tricks ticked off in your final project.
Skills
- 3D forms
- Depth and perspective
- Light and shadow
Pictures you’ll make
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A Ball That Looks Real Watch and draw -
The Floating Cube Watch and draw - My 3D World Project
4 units, 10 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 3 checkpoint
- 2 then and now
- 2 concept
- 2 watch and draw
- 1 project
- Free
Unit 1
Size, placement and overlap
Bigger, lower on the page and in front all mean closer.
- 01 Then: A Box and a Ball Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
- 02 Near and Far Concept, 4 min Concept 4 min
- 03 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 2
Shading and shadow
One light, a highlight, shading round the side and a shadow on the ground.
- 01 A Ball That Looks Real Watch and draw, 20 min Watch and draw 20 min
- 02 Where Is the Light? Concept, 4 min Concept 4 min
- 03 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 3
Foreshortening and contour lines
Faces that turn away, and lines that wrap round a form.
- 01 The Floating Cube Watch and draw, 20 min Watch and draw 20 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 4
Horizon and density
Things shrink to the horizon, and far things fade.
- 01 My 3D World Project, 40 min Project 40 min
- 02 Now: A Box and a Ball Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
3D Tricks
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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