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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
One-Point Road
Use a vanishing point to draw a road that disappears into the distance, with posts and trees that shrink.
- Grades
- 3–5
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- linear perspective, using a ruler, depth
What kids do
“Put a dot on the horizon. Every line on the road runs toward that dot!”
- Horizon line, one dot, and a road that runs to it
- What happens to things as they get close to the dot?
How to run it
- Draw the horizon line about halfway down, with one dot on it.
- Use a ruler for road edges that start wide at the bottom and meet at the dot.
- Add posts or trees that get shorter as they get closer to the dot.
Talk about it
- Why do the road edges meet?
- Where do you see this in real life?
- What else could you add: a train track? a hallway?
Take it further
Draw a hallway in one-point perspective with doors on both sides.
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