Youth Lesson Two

EXPLORE: Greece and Rome

BLACK-FIGURE: A type of Greek pottery in which the figures are glazed black and the background (negative space) is left the red color of the clay.

RED-FIGURE: A type of Greek pottery where the background (negative space) is glazed black and the figures are left the red color of the clay.

CONTRAPOSSTO: A posture in which the persons opposite hip and shoulder are raised creating a curve in the figure’s silhouette.

Eliza, age 9.

Eliza, age 9.

Samuel, age 13.

Samuel, age 13.

Great examples of one point perspective.

GOAL: To learn and use the one point method of perspective to draw forms in space.

Kaleigh, age 11.

Kaleigh, age 11.

Gabe, age 10.

Gabe, age 10.

Satya, age 11.

Satya, age 11.

HORIZON LINE: A horizontal line that separates the ground from the sky also treated as the viewer/artists eye level.

VANISHING POINT: A theoretical point in the distance towards which receding parallel lines diminish.

ORTHOGONAL LINES: Straight diagonal lines drawn to connect points around the edges of a picture to the vanishing point. They represent parallel lines receding into the distance to help draw the viewer’s eye into the depth of the picture.