Perspective lessons for middle school

Every year in my first year classes (12 year olds) I touch on the principles of perspective, at least in its one point form. We do a little art history, take a look at Masaccio and Mantegna. We mak…

I've been teaching perspective just about the same for the past ten years and sadly, I've been teaching it the way it was taught to me. Which isn't always a bad thing. Except for when it's boring and not relevant. This year, I'm trying a new perspective lesson with my 4th graders. They are going to draw a box from worm's eye view. So I had them start with some homework. They had to promise me that they would put a toy that is a rectangular prism or cube on the floor and lay on their belly…

Osage Trail Middle School ART on Instagram: “One-Point Perspective Names 🤩 This is a great intro project for perspective and middle schoolers love drawing their own name 😂 On the left…”

Though many teachers grumble when perspective time comes along, the experience can be enjoyable. Using these 3 ways to teach 1-point perspective and allowing students to make choices, can energize your curriculum and make it a more enjoyable way to teach one of the most important concepts in art and math.

Teaching perspective drawing to seventh graders has always been a highlight for me. This is one of those magical moments where the curriculum meets the students everywhere they need to be met.

For our final unit, we talked about how to create space and depth in an artwork. We specifically learned how to draw using one-point perspective. For this assignment, students created a room using...

Teaching empathy is important. In the simplest of terms, empathy is the ability to notice, understand, and share the emotions of others. It is a critical social skill for all people to have. In many ways, empathy is the social skill that paves the way for all other social skills. It helps us to take

how to draw 2pt perspective step by step - ESL worksheets