Landmarks

Drawing the U.S. Capitol Building Using Symmetry (C3W2)
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Drawing the U.S. Capitol Building Using Symmetry (C3W2)

In week 2 of our Classical Conversations (CC) year, we always have an art project based on symmetry, or “mirror images” as the CC Foundations Guide puts it. This is a fun week that involves a little brain stretching, but it’s important both for becoming a more skilled artist and for supporting many non-art related…

Drawing Basic Shapes with American Landmarks (C3W1)
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Drawing Basic Shapes with American Landmarks (C3W1)

I’m excited to start another year in our homeschool community learning about the fundamentals of drawing. We’ll start week 1 working with basic shapes. Understanding how to see something as a collection of its basic shapes is a fundamental skill when drawing. In Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes, she talks about “the five basic…