What do you need?
- drawing sheet 20 by 10 cm
- color markers
- fine black marker
- ruler
- pencil
Show pictures of Dutch bulb fields like these and talk about perspective.
- Draw a horizon line about 2 cm from the upper edge.
- Put a dot in the middle of this line, the vanishing point.
- Draw lines from the bottom and sides towards that vanishing point.
- Color the bulb fields with bright colours.
- Color walkways between the bulb fields.
- Color the sky.
- Draw with a fine black marker some buildings on the horizon, like farms, windmills etc.
I absolutely love this Lesson. I may wait till spring, but I definately want to try it with my students.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt's definitely a lesson for spring, but it's a part of another lesson I'll post soon.
How beautiful! I think I may try this in the spring too. I like the silhouettes against the sky in the background. It's a very dramatic landscape scene. Thank you for writing about it.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI agree with the other commenters - what a wonderful way to mix art, perspective, and a little geography. This would also make a beautiful patchwork quilt project for fabric artists.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat a pretty project and a different take on one point perspective. I did an altered version of lesson with my Grade 6 class and they loved it: http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/05/dutch-tulip-fields.html
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMay I make a color printout of the tulip field photograph to show my class? Thank you. creative(dot)bovendesign(dot)com
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI did this with my grade 4's this year. Very cool!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenConfessions of a Modern Day [ex] Substitute Teacher