5th Grade- 1 Point Perspective 3-D Letters

Students are introduced to one-point perspective by viewing city-scapes, inside buildings, landscapes with a road down the middle, and 3-d letters. I demonstrate how all these examples have a vanishing-point, a horizon line, and converging lines.

Our first one-point perspective project is creating 3-D letters. We start with a vanishing-point, or a dot, in the middle of the paper. Students then draw block letters around the outside of the paper. I am sure to remind them to create letters with corners on them (these work better than curved letters) Students then connect all of the corners or the most out-ward point of the letter to the vanishing point. When drawing converging lines, students need to be certain to use a ruler. After their lines are drawn, they are allowed to color. Here are some of the results.