The final project for Kapaa Middle School Art students this year was to fold and decorate a large portfolio to carry a year’s worth of Artwork home safely. With only a few school days left, I decided to squeeze one more foundational drawing lesson in and teach the kids 2-point perspective.
Students used rulers and pencils to map out two vanishing points set on a horizon line. Together we drew a small group of cubes to which we added roofs, doors, shingles, and other features.
After sketching about 3 different house structures, we incorporated the tree and branches that support the treehouse. At this point students broke free from my step-by-step tutorials and added their own creative and unique details such as rope ladders, lanais, zip lines, hot tubs, and slides.
Due to the rushed nature of this last assignment, I don’t have many finished examples to share. Several students promised to finish what they started over the summer break. I hope they follow through on that promise because these tree houses are Treemendous!
Really nice lesson to teach perspective. Thank you for taking teaching students how to create in perspective to a higher level!!!
I like the lines in this drawing. I hope to learn about perspective drawing this year.
When I saw this picture I thought it was a cool thing to draw, by teaching perspective. It really caught my eye and I thought it looked really nice.
I like the tree house artwork because it’s really unique and describes the outdoors really well in my perspective. I personally think tree houses are really cool and I have always wanted one. Drawings of tree houses are also really cool. The choice of using black and white especially makes the details stand out. Well that’s all :).
Amazing, I wish I could do that.
I want to do this because I always wanted to do a tree house drawing. I hope you will help us draw. I also want to learn how to do pottery art. Thanks, and have a nice day 🙂
I like how it looks so real and how it pops out and shows all the details.