Building Pictures From Shapes (Part 50)

Practice shape recognition in this art lesson: building pictures from shapes (part 50).

🎨 Studio Brief #99

Every object can be broken down into basic shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles.

🎯 Your mission

Don't erase. Sketch over until it sings.

⚡ The twist

Don't lift the pencil until you're done.

What you'll learn · 1 of 2

Every object can be broken down into basic shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles.

What you'll learn · 2 of 2

Learning to see shapes helps you draw anything.

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Techniques you'll practise

shape recognitiongeometric constructionsimplification

You will need

Glue stickWashable markers

Step 1 of 4

Draw a house using only rectangles and triangles.

Step 2 of 4

Draw a person using circles and rectangles.

Step 3 of 4

Draw an animal using ovals and triangles.

Step 4 of 4

Look around the room—what shapes do you see in everyday objects?

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

🤯 The pencil was invented over 400 years ago. Same idea ever since.

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Quentin Blake (the Roald Dahl illustrator) drew with just one continuous line.

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