The Depth Drawing project helps students moved toward developing their own ideas and drawing it using photographic references.
Learning about drawing
All Depth drawing unit booklets
- non-adapted
- adapted
- large print
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IPP
- Albanian
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Dutch
- Farsi
- French
- German
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Nepali
- Pashto
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Russian
- Serbian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Sundanese
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Editable version of the English non-adapted booklet: Google Slides
- Editable version for quick translations: Google Slides
Presentations (for 1¼ hour classes)
Skill builders:
- Portrait day 8: Last day, Formal intro to Depth Drawing
- Portrait day 8.5: Transition day
- Depth skills 1: Creating a sense of depth for the depth drawing
- Depth skills 2: Creating a non-central composition in your depth drawing
- Depth idea development EXTRA: How to guide
- Depth idea development 1: How to improve an idea
- Depth idea development 2: Image research tips for the depth drawing
- Depth idea development 3: Creating thumbnail drawings for the depth drawing
- Depth idea development 4: Creating rough copies for the depth drawing
- Depth idea development 5: Creating rough copies for the depth drawing (Spring only)
- Depth day 1: Starting the depth drawing
- Depth day 2: Michelangelo v. Leonardo
- Depth day 3: Class discussion of The Ambassadors
- Depth day 4: Written analysis of The Ambassadors
- Depth day 5: Careers in photography
- Depth day 6: Velazquez v Gentileschi
- Depth day 7: Reducing detail to show depth and teacher checklist feedback
- Depth day 8: Careers in digital animation and game development
- Depth day 9: Goal setting
- Depth day 10: Last day and intro to the painting project
Galleries and exemplars
Gallery of student depth drawings:
New gallery
and
Old gallery
Depth drawing booklet covers for Visual Arts 10: Handout
Depth drawing exemplars: Google slides
Depth drawing hall of fame: Google slides — PDF — PNG
Depth drawing booklet covers for Visual Arts 10: Handout
Depth drawing exemplars: Google slides
Depth drawing hall of fame: Google slides — PDF — PNG
Idea development for depth drawing handout versions
- Non-adapted: PDF or Google doc
- Adapted: PDF or Google doc
- IPP: PDF or Google doc
- large print: PDF or Google doc
- Albanian: PDF or Google Slides
- Amharic: PDF or Google Slides
- Arabic: PDF or Google Slides
- Armenian: PDF or Google Slides
- Catalan: PDF or Google Slides
- Chinese: PDF or Google Slides
- Dutch: PDF or Google Slides
- Farsi: PDF or Google Slides
- French: PDF or Google Slides
- German: PDF or Google Slides
- Gujarati: PDF or Google Slides
- Hindi: PDF or Google Slides
- Italian: PDF or Google Slides
- Japanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Korean: PDF or Google Slides
- Kurdish: PDF or Google Slides
- Malay: PDF or Google Slides
- Malayalam: PDF or Google Slides
- Nepali: PDF or Google Slides
- Pashto: PDF or Google Slides
- Portuguese: PDF or Google Slides
- Punjabi: PDF or Google Slides
- Russian: PDF or Google Slides
- Serbian: PDF or Google Slides
- Somali: PDF or Google Slides
- Spanish: PDF or Google Slides
- Sundanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Swahili: PDF or Google Slides
- Swedish: PDF or Google Slides
- Tagalog: PDF or Google Slides
- Tamil: PDF or Google Slides
- Thai: PDF or Google Slides
- Turkish: PDF or Google Slides
- Ukrainian: PDF or Google Slides
- Urdu: PDF or Google Slides
- Vietnamese: PDF or Google Slides
- Template for creating translations: Google doc
Handout: Idea Development Examples: Depth Drawings — [pdf]
Handout: Idea Development Examples: Depth Drawings (New) — [pdf]
Handout: Depth drawing references for students without idea development
Presentation: Idea generation examples for the depth drawing
Template for creating your own skill builders — for gathering reference images for the depth drawing project
Midway teacher feedback for depth drawing handout versions
- English: PDF or Google Doc
- large print: PDF or Google Doc
- Albanian: PDF or Google Slides
- Amharic: PDF or Google Slides
- Arabic: PDF or Google Slides
- Armenian: PDF or Google Slides
- Catalan: PDF or Google Slides
- Chinese: PDF or Google Slides
- Dutch: PDF or Google Slides
- Farsi: PDF or Google Slides
- French: PDF or Google Slides
- German: PDF or Google Slides
- Gujarati: PDF or Google Slides
- Hindi: PDF or Google Slides
- Italian: PDF or Google Slides
- Japanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Korean: PDF or Google Slides
- Kurdish: PDF or Google Slides
- Malay: PDF or Google Slides
- Malayalam: PDF or Google Slides
- Nepali: PDF or Google Slides
- Pashto: PDF or Google Slides
- Portuguese: PDF or Google Slides
- Punjabi: PDF or Google Slides
- Russian: PDF or Google Slides
- Serbian: PDF or Google Slides
- Somali: PDF or Google Slides
- Spanish: PDF or Google Slides
- Sundanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Swahili: PDF or Google Slides
- Swedish: PDF or Google Slides
- Tagalog: PDF or Google Slides
- Tamil: PDF or Google Slides
- Thai: PDF or Google Slides
- Turkish: PDF or Google Slides
- Ukrainian: PDF or Google Slides
- Urdu: PDF or Google Slides
- Vietnamese: PDF or Google Slides
- Template for generating new languages: Google Slides
Goal setting for depth drawing handouts
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Example artworks for peer feedback:
Google Slides
- English: PDF or Google Slides
- Albanian: PDF or Google Slides
- Amharic: PDF or Google Slides
- Arabic: PDF or Google Slides
- Armenian: PDF or Google Slides
- Catalan: PDF or Google Slides
- Chinese: PDF or Google Slides
- Dutch: PDF or Google Slides
- Farsi: PDF or Google Slides
- French: PDF or Google Slides
- German: PDF or Google Slides
- Gujarati: PDF or Google Slides
- Hindi: PDF or Google Slides
- Italian: PDF or Google Slides
- Japanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Korean: PDF or Google Slides
- Kurdish: PDF or Google Slides
- Malay: PDF or Google Slides
- Malayalam: PDF or Google Slides
- Nepali: PDF or Google Slides
- Pashto: PDF or Google Slides
- Portuguese: PDF or Google Slides
- Punjabi: PDF or Google Slides
- Russian: PDF or Google Slides
- Serbian: PDF or Google Slides
- Somali: PDF or Google Slides
- Spanish: PDF or Google Slides
- Sundanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Swahili: PDF or Google Slides
- Swedish: PDF or Google Slides
- Tagalog: PDF or Google Slides
- Tamil: PDF or Google Slides
- Thai: PDF or Google Slides
- Turkish: PDF or Google Slides
- Ukrainian: PDF or Google Slides
- Urdu: PDF or Google Slides
- Vietnamese: PDF or Google Slides
- Template for translations: Google Slides
Criteria and vocabulary for the depth drawing project handout versions
- English: PDF or Google Slides
- Albanian: PDF or Google Slides
- Amharic: PDF or Google Slides
- Arabic: PDF or Google Slides
- Armenian: PDF or Google Slides
- Catalan: PDF or Google Slides
- Chinese: PDF or Google Slides
- Dutch: PDF or Google Slides
- Farsi: PDF or Google Slides
- French: PDF or Google Slides
- German: PDF or Google Slides
- Gujarati: PDF or Google Slides
- Hindi: PDF or Google Slides
- Italian: PDF or Google Slides
- Japanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Korean: PDF or Google Slides
- Kurdish: PDF or Google Slides
- Malay: PDF or Google Slides
- Malayalam: PDF or Google Slides
- Nepali: PDF or Google Slides
- Pashto: PDF or Google Slides
- Portuguese: PDF or Google Slides
- Punjabi: PDF or Google Slides
- Russian: PDF or Google Slides
- Serbian: PDF or Google Slides
- Somali: PDF or Google Slides
- Spanish: PDF or Google Slides
- Sundanese: PDF or Google Slides
- Swahili: PDF or Google Slides
- Swedish: PDF or Google Slides
- Tagalog: PDF or Google Slides
- Tamil: PDF or Google Slides
- Thai: PDF or Google Slides
- Turkish: PDF or Google Slides
- Ukrainian: PDF or Google Slides
- Urdu: PDF or Google Slides
- Vietnamese: PDF or Google Slides
- Template for creating translations: Google Slides
- Large print version of the evaluation: PDF & Google doc