TEACHING POINTS

Shape

Q: If we're guessing what an ambiguous object might be, what are we using to make that guess?

Shape is one of the main ways that a drawing has of describing an object.

example - picture of round things - what might they be? clocks? plates?

What if we know that they're up in the sky - planets?

planets

This is a drawing of a row of planet pictures hung above the computer

Composition

Composition can be talked about in relation to a single drawing, or to the overall arrangement of the drawings on the screen or wall. Composition can be thought of as the way things are put together. In a drawing this pertains to where parts of the drawing are placed on the space of the paper.

Compare two or more drawings. What is different about the way they are arranged?

Q: When arranging all the drawings on the screen or wall, why is it important to think about where things go? (pupils: 'we're making a whole classroom' Simon Faithfull: 'the whole thing will be like a drawing')

 

Viewpoint

Compare two drawings of the same thing. Are there any differences between them? Do the differences tell you anything about where the person was standing? (physical viewpoint) or how the person 'saw' the object (personal viewpoint)?

Congruity of marks with meaning

Drawing of a fuse box -' looks dangerous as if there's a lot of electricity inside' (Simon Faithfull)

fuse box