Visual Storytelling and Composition · Drawing and Composition

Perspective and Spatial Depth

Introducing basic techniques for creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.

Key Questions

  1. 1What artistic elements create the mood of a deep landscape?
  2. 2How does the placement of objects on a page change our focus?
  3. 3Why might an artist choose to make some objects appear closer than others?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Visual Arts - Grade 4
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Visual Storytelling and Composition
Period: Drawing and Composition

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