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Exploring Point of View

In this lesson, you will explore point of view and think about what it means to make something recognizable.

You will need:

Pencil

Paper

Eraser

Pencil Sharpener

Household object

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Exploring Point of View: Close Looking: Konrad Klapheck

Konrad Klapheck’s close up contour line drawing of a zipper looks like it could be something else.

What do you see?�What point of view did the artist use in this drawing?

Konrad Klapheck, Der Schürzenjäger, 1976, früher: »Reißverschluss«

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Exploring Point of View: Looking

Select an interesting object. Look at your chosen object from various points of view.

Rotate your object in different directions to see every single way it can be looked at.

From which angles is your object still recognizable? Are there angles from �which your object looks �like something else?

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Exploring Point of View: Looking at Your Object In A New Way

Imagine you are visiting earth from another planet, and you have never seen your object before.

Which direction is the top?

How would you place it on a table if you didn't know what it was used for?

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Exploring Point of View: Drawing From Different Points of View: Bird’s Eye View

Notice how the shapes of the form change as you look from different points of view.

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Exploring Point of View: Drawing From Different Points of View: Top/Side View

The proportions might also change making certain shapes look smaller or larger.

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Exploring Point of View: Drawing From Different Points of View

Make 3-4 drawings of your object from unexpected angles using contour lines.

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Exploring Point of View: Reflection

How did looking at your object from different points of view change how you think about it?

Does it make you think that you are looking at a different object?

What else could it be, or what else could it become? Could it become an animal? �A car, truck or other vehicle? A robot? A fantastical machine?

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module Two �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Nick DeMarco Jamie Powell Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Paul Urevitch

Robin Holder Tim Thyzel Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.

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