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ERIC Number: EJ829845
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Mar
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0036-6463
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Fender Benders
Nelken, Miranda
SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, v108 n7 p34-35 Mar 2009
This article presents a lesson that allows third and fourth graders to forge the steel bodies of automobiles through repousse, the art of applying pressure to metal with a wooden point. In this lesson, the students draw cars paired with a landscape, making the road trip an adventure in drawing. Both parts of the lesson challenge students' knowledge of perspective. Students begin this simple perspective exercise by drawing straight lines from the curves and corners of geometric shapes to a vanishing point on a horizon line. The students also practice drawing roads. Then, students cut out the finished car sketches and draw with pressure on top of the original sketch of their car using a wooden point or pencil point.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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