Web Site: Pavement Drawings

Web Site

Pavement drawings

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Haul out the sidewalk chalk - your kids will be inspired by these amazing pavement drawings. They have to be viewed from a certain point, and when they are, they look three-dimensional. Viewed from another side, they look wildly out of proportion. To see what I mean, check out the first two drawings on the fourth row of thumbnails - one is the "Swimming Pool" drawing seen from the correct viewpoint, and the other shows how distorted it its viewed from the wrong side.

If your kids are interested in learning to draw three-dimensional-looking drawings, here's a review of a good instructional book:

Draw 3-D: A step-by-step guide to perspective drawing
http://www.biglearning.com/book-review-draw-3-d.htm

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