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Year 10 - Art and design

Scale, proportion and perspective

Foundation workshops: revisiting elements of art and principles of art

Unit Summary

This unit revisits and reframes the key principles and elements of art. Pupils will study how artists use these elements with greater sophistication. They will carefully examine and analyse the elements and principles, applying them to their chosen art forms and endorsements.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use scale, perspective and proportion to distort your work and impact how your audience feels.

Key Notes

  • Artists use proportion, scale and perspective to emphasise parts of the artwork.
  • Artists use proportion, scale and perspective to manipulate how the viewer interacts with the work.
  • Artists change the proportion, scale or perspective to develop new ideas.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • scale: the size of an object in relation to another object or the world
  • perspective: a way of representing 3D space on a flat 2D surface
  • proportion: the relationship of sizes between the parts of a whole
  • provocation: A challenge that makes you think differently about your art

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Experiments should include radical or very exaggerated changes.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Artists use proportion, scale and perspective to emphasise parts of the artwork. Artists use proportion, scale and perspective to manipulate how the viewer interacts with the work.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'scale'

the size of an object in relation to another object or the world.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Experiments should include radical or very exaggerated changes. Correction: You can make very subtle changes and experiements and they can have a big impact on your work - that's the value of experimentation!

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