Second Year Drawing by D. R. Augsburg Second Year Drawing by D. R. Augsburg    

Lesson 8: Principal Directions II (Objects, Position, and Perspective)

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Instructors ask children to examine the lesson images, and name which objects (top image) and figures (bottom image) are resting, climbing, or running on the following surfaces:

  • Horizontal
  • Oblique
  • Vertical

Children complete the following drill work:

  1. Draw a baseball resting on a horizontal surface. On an oblique surface.
  2. Draw an apple resting on an oblique surface. On a horizontal surface.
  3. Draw a pear hanging against a vertical surface. Resting on a horizontal surface. On an oblique surface.
  4. Draw a post resting on an oblique surface. On a horizontal surface.
  5. Draw a boy running on a horizontal surface.
  6. Draw a girl running up a hill.
  7. Draw a boy running down a hill.
  8. Draw a girl climbing an oblique surface.
  9. Draw a boy climbing a ladder.

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