Fourth grade artists at both schools are in the middle of their Architecture Unit: Medieval Castles. They are applying the art elements of Line, Shape, Texture and Space. They are learning to draw" Implied Texture" by adding stone details to their castles. Students traced shapes with pencil to help them design their castles. They applied the following techniques to create a sense of space in their drawings: overlapping shapes, using curved lines to imitate a cylinder tower and turret, basic perspective by having the road to their castle lead the viewer's eye into the space, and applying perspective in the background by diminishing sizes and overlapping ground lines.
Here I am with my husband, Timothy, at the beautiful Bosque Del Apache wildlife refuge near Socorro, New Mexico
AuthorCynthia Smith teaches art at Columbia and Sunrise Elementary Schools in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Archives
May 2020
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