Approximate Perspective - how pictures work
This workshop is a fun and easy way to understand how perspective works. In this workshop we break down how pictures are organized so that what we draw makes sense to others. Approximate perspective is taught through multi-sensory exercises so everyone can participate, even youngsters. This gives art teachers new techniques to introduce perspective to the inclusive classroom making it accessible to everyone.
A student experiencing what is on and off the picture plane.
We explore:
- outline and overlap
- bird’s eye view and perspective view
- up and down, top and bottom
- cardinal directions - north, south, east and west
- picture plane
- on & off the picture plane
- foreground, background and horizon
- diminution of size
- convergence
These workshops are run as a three day event. In addition to the three, five hour classes, the first two days we will go on field trips to experience art and gather additional information. The workshop concludes with an art exhibit after the third day’s class. The exhibit give our students an important opportunity to talk about what they have learned in class with friends and strangers.