Landscapes inDEPTH

Chalk Landscapes

The berry sixth graders are creating landscapes that have depth.  The students have been learning about how artists show depth in landscape paintings.  Back in the fall they completed a one point perspective landscape with a barn.  Several techniques were used to show depth including size difference, the height/placement of objects on the paper, atmospheric perspective and one point perspective.  

This chalk landscape is the second in a series of landscape projects the sixth graders are doing this year.  The students show their understanding of atmospheric perspective and include a background, middle ground and foreground in their own vibrant chalk landscapes.  The next landscape project I have planned will be of silhouettes using more atmospheric perspective and overlapping.

Please leave a comment and tell me if you have a good landscape art project!  I would love to hear about it!

Barn Landscapes

Barn Landscapes in One Point Perspective

The 6th graders have recently completed a landscape project.  The purpose of this project was to teach the students how to draw a landscape that has depth.  They learned how to draw a building in one point perspective and we also explored the concept of atmospheric perspective. The colors that are in the distance seem to be less intense than colors that are closer.  The students also included objects appearing to be larger if they were closer and smaller if they were farther away.  Color was added with markers and crayons.  The students used the markers to outline and then applied water with a paint brush to spread around the color of the markers.  Although the students followed specific directions to draw their barns I encouraged them to make their landscape unique.  Each person created a different landscape by adding details of their own and I think they were a success!  

Shades and Tints Landscapes

Sixth graders painted landscapes that have atmospheric perspective using three tints, pure color and a shade. I got this project idea from this blog: New Hope Art Gallery. Here are some of the results.