Understand the vocabulary and procedures in linear perspective drawing to create a series of buildings and objects in two-point or three-point perspective.
Learn how to use linear perspective to draw stairs, windows, arches, cylinders, and block letters.
Understand the origins of perspective and how it has been used in art since its discovery, and how it is used in contemporary art.
Understand how the Renaissance was an important part of art history and how it contributed to the development of realism in art.
Build upon their knowledge in shading and value to create a scale of values to form the illusion of three-dimensional buildings and objects.
Learn how to use pencil shading and art supplies to draw and shade the Moon, Jupiter, or Saturn.
Understand how artists create the illusion of space and depth using linear perspective and placement.
Use a blending stump, smudgy, and straight block outs to create crisp and smooth areas of value.
Apply their understanding of perspective to how they view everyday objects and the world around them.
Part 5 - Adding a Planet to your Fantasy Landscape
How to shade Saturn
How to shade Jupiter
How to shade the Moon
Part 6 - Adding Outer Space and Stars
Outline all buildings, the planet, and the border of your project using an Ebony Pencil. Use a ruler!
Then, color in all outer space areas using the Ebony Pencil. It must be hand-cramp dark! (Which means we cannot see through the paper.)
Final steps: Add the stars.
Using white paint and a small-tipped paintbrush, dot on a few stars in the outer space areas. Don't forget to allow the paint to dry! DO NOT dot too many, or your project will look like it has star-pox, like these examples below: