One-Point Perspective Landscape of a Christmas Town
One-point perspective drawing meets a Christmas town: a slide deck introduces landscapes, horizon lines and vanishing points, then a 24-step guide leads students through houses, roofs, sidewalks, trees and a frozen pond.
- Grades
- Grades 4–8, Elementary, Middle School
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Holiday & Seasonal, Seasons, Winter
- Topic
- Christmas, winter
- Resource types
- Activities, Projects
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One-Point Perspective Christmas Towns
I teach this lesson to my 4th graders and it is a fun way to get them into the Christmas spirit and learning how to use perspective in a drawing! I would recommend this art project for grades 4th and up. I'm here to make your life easier with ready-made, visually engaging and thought provoking art project presentations.
Media:
9X12” paper
pencil
eraser
ruler
ultra-fine point Sharpie
colored pencils
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Draw converging lines to a single vanishing point on a horizon line
- Construct houses, driveways and sidewalks in one-point perspective
- Complete a winter landscape with inked lines and color
Teaching tips
- The steps depend on a ruler for the converging lines and an ultra-fine point Sharpie for inking, both listed in the materials along with 9x12 inch paper.
Skills covered
- Perspective construction — ruling houses and driveways toward the vanishing point
- Landscape composition — placing trees, a frozen pond and winter details in the scene
- Inking and coloring — outlining the pencil drawing and adding color
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- One-point perspective
- Vanishing point
- Horizon line
- Landscape
- Converging lines
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