Third grade just finished their snowmen ‘snapshots’. I found this great lesson at Mrs. Knight’s Smartest Artists.
Materials:
- sketch paper
- pencils and erasers
- white construction paper, 12″x18″
- Sharpie
- viewfinders
- colored markers, thin-tip and chisel-tip
Day 1:
We looked at all the student examples at Mrs. Knights’ blog. Students learned some new photography vocabulary to describe point-of-view:
- zoom in/close up
- zoom out
- profile/side view
- 3/4 view
- viewfinder
- crop
The third graders sketched their snowmen in all the points-of-view on a sheet of copy paper. Then they moved their viewfinders over the snowmen drawings to crop the picture.
Days 2-3:
Students folded their white construction paper into quarters. Using pencil, they drew the snowmen from four different points-of-view, one in each quarter. They went over their lines with Sharpie, then erased.
Students had to pick a unique color (or pattern) for each section. I modeled coloring with the markers, and emphasized neatness. This was a ‘no spaghetti’ (no scribbling) project. Some kids still need the reminder!
Third grade results:
This was a very successful project. I heard a couple of kids say they thought it was the best art project they ever did. Please check out Mrs. Knight’s fabulous post – her student examples are great.
They look great! I just started mine yesterday. Glad your kids enjoyed it!
Hi Hope
They loved it. I had your lesson on my Pinterest board for an entire year just waiting for winter.