Learning to create depth when painting or drawing takes skill and the ability to understand how things should be placed on the canvas. The class will use the Charles Deas painting Long Jakes to learn about composition, sharing information about the past, and how people have a relationship with their environment. It starts with a discussion about the landscape as it relates to the man in the image. Then, the lesson turns to the art of creating perspective as the class uses overlapping images to create a foreground, middle ground, and background.

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social studies

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Pros

• The lesson covers the elements of art as well as one of the five themes of geography
• Great full-color images are included
• In-depth background information will help add to the overall discussion

Cons

• A document camera or other projection device will be needed to execute the lesson