Young Artists, ages 8 to 12, draw in 3d
Boxes and Buildings
One- and two-point perspective: rooms, streets, houses and a city on a horizon line.
- Level
- Easy to intermediate
- Lessons
- 9 in 4 units
- Time
- 2 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About four weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
One- and two-point perspective: rooms, streets, houses and a city built on a horizon line and vanishing points.
How you’ll see the progress
A building at the start and at the end; perspective drills show a trend to your grown-up.
Skills
- Depth and perspective
- Lines
- 3D forms
Pictures you’ll make
- Dream Street Project
4 units, 9 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 2 then and now
- 2 drill
- 2 checkpoint
- 1 draw from life
- 1 concept
- 1 project
- Free
Unit 1
One point
Rails, roads and rooms that all run to one point on your eye level.
- 01 Then: A Building Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
- 02 Lines to the Point Drill, 5 min Drill 5 min
- 03 Boxes Above and Below Drill, 5 min Drill 5 min
- 04 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 2
Two points
The nearest corner first, then two sets of lines to two points.
Lessons for this unit are on their way.
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Unit 3
Round things in space
Cylinders and ellipses in space, and perspective in the real world.
- 01 The View from My Window Draw from life, 25 min Draw from life 25 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 4
Build a street
Spot the box that is wrong, then design a whole street.
- 01 Which Box Is Wrong? Concept, 4 min Concept 4 min
- 02 Dream Street Project, 40 min Project 40 min
- 03 Now: A Building 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
Boxes and Buildings
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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