Saturday, December 20, 2014

Middle School Geometric Line Drawing and Painting

After the "Drawing from a Bag" exercises the students select four or five objects to fill a page in a proscribed fashion, with some objects extending off the paper, others touching an edge, etc. The page is then divided into fourths and then each quadrant is divided on a diagonal. The students then pick a complementary color scheme and paint the composition changing colors each time they cross a line. This exercise helps develop critical thinking skills, increases perception and requires decision making in terms of the objects selected and how they are arranged.

Observing and drawing the pliers

Drawing the cheese slicer with all its detail


Checking out a faucet handle

Working out the overall compositon

Painting with a complementary color scheme

Working in the third quadrant

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