Van Gogh Bedroom Perspective 5 th Grade February

Van Gogh Bedroom Perspective 5 th Grade February Art Project West Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program

What is perspective?

Useful Vocabulary • Horizon Line: the horizontal line where the sky meets the earth. • Vanishing Point: the point on the horizon where images disappear. • Foreground: images that appear to be nearest to the viewer. • Background: images that appear to be further away from the viewer. • Mid-ground: the point in the picture that separates foreground from background.

Today’s Project • Perspective Drawing based on Van Gogh’s bedroom

Step 1 – Practice vanishing point • Half sheet of scratch paper • practice drawing a vanishing point (remember the lesson from 4 th grade? )

City Perspective • All shapes are based on the same vanishing point

Van Gogh’s Bedroom Perspective • This is what we are going to draw today!

Video on how to draw a room in 1 point perspective • https: //youtu. be/00 FPH d. Ly 3 Nk • 2: 28 playing time

Step 3 – Perspective Room Use this practice sheet to draw out the basic features of a room • (The rectangle = back wall) • Window • Bed • Table • Picture on the wall

Step 4 – Van Gogh’s room • On the final paper in pencil • Draw a rectangle for the back wall • Put in a vanishing point dot in the center of the wall • Look at Van Gogh’s bedroom • Draw in the features of the room using the vanishing point (and lines) – – – Bed Window Table Chairs Paintings on the wall Floor boards • You can use a ruler to help with your lines to the vanishing point

Step 5 – Oil Pastels • Go over your pencil with oil pastels