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Bird or worm?

Task 3. Worm's eye city

Duración:
50 min
Agrupamento:
One person

We are going to draw a worm's eye city. Look how impressive the buildings are!City

Follow these steps:

  1. Trace a circle with radius of 10 cm. The vanishing point will be the center of the circle.
  2. Trace several vanishing lines all around the circle.
  3. Finish the buildings drawing lines for the rooftops, windows, doors, balconies...
  4. Outline and colour the buildings with the chromatic wheel.
  5. Decorate the sky. You can choose between day or night time.
  6. Once you have finished, take a photo and upload it.

Task 4. Worm's eye person

Duración:
50 min
Agrupamento:
One person

What would you look like from a bug's  point of view? If you were very small what would ordinary people look like?Person

Let's make a worm's eye view drawing of a human figure. Follow these steps:

  1. Hold paper vertically. Make a dot in the middle of the top.
  2. Use a ruler to draw vanishing lines from the dot to the bottom corners.
  3. Mark some guidelines and points: head and neck, shoulders, elbow, waist, knees and feet.
  4. Use guidelines to create a worm's eye view human figure.
  5. Complete the figure with details: face, hair, hands, clothes...
  6. Draw some natural items: grass, flowers, ladybirds, butterflies...
  7. Colour the person with crayons and markers and the background with watercolours.
  8. Once you have finished, take a photo and upload it.

Task 5. Bird's eye city

Duración:
50 min
Agrupamento:
One person

City2In this artwork we are going to use 2-point perspective. Follow these steps:

  1. Pick 5 rectangles. They will be the rooftops of your buildings.
  2. Paste them in your paper. Place one of the corners downwards.
  3. Draw the buildings by tracing vertical lines from the corners of the rectangles.
  4. Complete the buildings with windows, doors, balconies... remember to trace the vanishing lines parallel to the rectangles.
  5. Draw the ground: road, gardens, sidewalks...
  6. Once you have finished, take a photo and upload it.