My students love this project! Not only do I provide them with simple perspective rules, but I give them the freedom to be creative and find their inner creepiness!

And the creativity is so THICK I could cut it with a knife….or a scythe.

HAUNTED HOUSES

My haunted house project starts with a powerpoint featuring two historical and famous pieces of art: Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth and Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. I use these two piece of art in a Powerpoint or slide presentation to show how the artist makes things look closer and farther away.

THE KEY TO THIS LESSON:

I begin by defining perspective: The art of drawing or painting objects on a flat surface to they look 3-D.

Then I provide them with two simple rules: 1) To make something look farther away, draw it smaller and higher on the page. 2). To make something look closer, draw it larger and lower on the page.

Everything in the lesson is based off those two rules.

Above is a slide from my presentation. If you would like to use it, I made it available on my TpT Store.

After the slide presentation, I do a demonstration on the whiteboard showing them how to ignore the details and do the basic shapes first.

My drawing packet has all the sheets you see below and more! My only rule is NO DETAILS the first day of drawing.

If you would like to save some time, I made resources that are available on Teachers Pay Teachers: Separately you can get the Powerpoint or drawing packet OR you can get them together in a bundle: Haunted Houses - A Lesson on Beginning Perspective. Enjoy!

I do this lesson with 4th grade and look what they can do!