Drawing Basic Shapes with American Landmarks- C3W1 Lesson Plan

Description

This lesson plan uses tracing to work on the skill of finding a subject’s basic shapes in photographs of American Landmarks. Since we’re studying American history and American geography in cycle 3 of Classical Conversations, this project works great for the cycle 3 week 1 fine arts lesson on basic shapes.

This 9 page lesson plan includes the following:

• An explanation of basic shapes and how we use them as artists
• References to additional resources
• Vocabulary words and definitions
• Examples of Simple Recognizable Sketches (4 birds)
• Examples of Sketches with Colored Basic Shapes (4 birds)
• Detailed Art Project instructions
• Materials List
• Options for scaling the art project up or down depending on the experience level of your art students
• Photographs of 3 American Landmarks to trace: The US Capitol Building, The US Supreme Court Building, and the Golden Gate Bridge
• Simplified line drawings of the US Capitol building for an easier tracing project

This lesson is also available at a discount in the “All American Drawing Package” which includes 6 lesson plans and is ideal for weeks 1-6 of Fine Arts in a cycle 3 Classical Conversations Foundations community.

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For more info and some extra photos, check out the blog post “Drawing Basic Shapes with American Landmarks.”