Learning objectives – Useobservationalskils – Noticethedifferencebetweenwhatyouseeandwhatyouthinkyousee – Thinkaboutscale
O 1 hours Independent learning Difficulty : VVVVV
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Let ’ smakesomemaps . Mapmakersarealsocaledcartographers ( carteisFrenchforcardormap , andgraphisfrom the Greek ‘ towrite ’). Inordertomakesurethattheirmapsareaccurate , cartographersusephotographsofplacestakenfrom directlyoverheadasastartingpointandso , tobeginwith , youwilneedtogetusedtolookingatthingsfrom above .
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Phase 1 :
Findanobjecttodraw . Somethingsimpleandnottoobig , likea teacuporatoycar .
Phase 2 :
Putitonthe�oor , thengetyourselfintoapositionwhereyou canlookdownonitfrom directlyabove – notdiagonaly , butasif you ’ rehoveringoveritinahelicopter . Itmightlookquitedifferent from thisangle !
You will need – Pencil – Plainpaper – Colouredpencils , felttipsorpaints – Scrappaper
Phase 3 :
Takeyourpencilandpaperandstarttodraw . Remember – only drawwhatyoucansee – youmightrememberwhattheobject lookslikefrom theside , butdon ’ tdrawthatpart .
Phase 4 :
Compareyourdrawingtotherealobject . Aretheysimilar ? Doyou needtochangeanythingonyoursecondgo ? Isitthesamesize astherealobject , orhaveyoumadeitsmalerorlarger ? Itdoesn ’ t materifyouhave !
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