Art lesson #3 (lines and Measurements) 3 hours

In lesson 3 its called; lines and measurements, in the first page, it explained how to uses my pencil as a tool to determine angles, check alignment and measure porportion and what a grid is good for how it makes a drawing aligned well to have it drawn exact th same, with details and centered correctly on the paper, it showed alot of examples on making one. There are alot of ways to make a grid, one it showed is to make an X kind of grid by having the T-ruler to help you,first measure one inch each sides of the paper,later then you draw a line from each edge of the paper into the middle of the page making a dot in the middle to center it.

Thats one way to create a grid (line of angles) another way it said was just a simple straight lines graph making straght lines from top to bottom and drawing a few horizontal lines from side to side left and right, it then instructed me to practice both of them on a piece of paper so i did, was easily done in a few minutes, i read more into it about it untill later on it talked about Axis in how its a line upon which to align and construct the shapes of a subject.

then afterwards there was an activity for me to do, to build a drawing of a fountain around its central axis that was pictured in the book, there was two blank boxes, in the first box it said for me to draw only the axis of the fountain, and the second box said to draw the axis again but to build up the basic shapes and imply the volume to finish the rest of the drawing.

There was another activity to practice on, in the next page showing a photograph of a mudhouse tellin me to use line for alignment, then creating a freehand drawing using the lines drawn on a space provided using them as guides to check my work for accuracy with me using my T-square ruler and HB pencil i followed directions and finished. when finished the activities there was a gallery of drawings from students showing me of examples of what i just done, i looked through them and studied them well, it helped me out a bit a better understanding.

At the end of the lesson there was an assignment like always, it read that after i have practiced all the activities i was to begin the assignment, and return it when finished, i read the instructions to choose a subject out of two given in the following pages, then to draw an axis line very lightly in the center of my paper to start my drawing, then to lightly draw the basic shapes on and to show the volume of the subject (which bother way its a picture of two monkeys) it was drawn with an HB lead drawing pencil and i made sure that the drawing fit comfortably within the sheet of paper in the middle not too small or large.

determining the angles, i used my T-ruler to add the lines for alignment, and measuring the picture to make sure the proportions are correct, accurately, after finishing got my eraser and erased every pencil smudges i had within the whole drawing cleaning it up, making it professional looking.