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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Still Life Setup
Arrange three objects on a table and draw them just as they are, overlapping and all.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- observation, overlapping, composition
What kids do
“Pick three things, set them up and draw what you see. Notice which ones are in front!”
- My still life (three objects)
- I drew…
- What I chose and why:
How to run it
- Fruit, mugs, toys and shoes all make good still lifes.
- Put one object in front of another on purpose.
- Remind kids to draw what they see, not what they know.
Talk about it
- Which object was easiest to draw?
- How did you show which thing was in front?
- Why do artists paint fruit bowls?
Take it further
Draw the same setup from the other side of the table.
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