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Year 8 MYP Inquiry Unit - 'The Art of Looking'.
Year 8 MYP Inquiry Unit - 'The Art of Looking'.
Statement of Inquiry:
Statement of Inquiry:
'To create and express new ideas, we must first observe the world around us'.
'To create and express new ideas, we must first observe the world around us'.
In this unit Year 8 students undergo a series of observational drawing techniques to assist them to correctly represent three dimensional space and objects, realistically on a two dimensional surface. The unit also widens the student's understanding of drawing styles and personal expression.
Quick drawing exercises:
Quick drawing exercises:
Blind drawings, upside down drawings, positive/negative drawings, scrunched up paper drawings, drawing from memory vs drawing from observation.
Blind drawings, upside down drawings, positive/negative drawings, scrunched up paper drawings, drawing from memory vs drawing from observation.
upside down drawing
continuous line, blind drawings
Sensory drawing. Eyes closed, feeling the texture whilst drawing.
First shoe drawn from memory, then re-drawn whilst observing a shoe.
Still Life Drawings
Still Life Drawings
Observational Drawings- Botanical Studies
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