Art Foundation students learned how to draw to scale and sighting methods in their current unit Drawing from General to Specific and Sighting.
“We wanted to teach students how to see the ‘big picture’ relationships between the objects they are drawing before getting caught up in the details. This is called working general to specific. Things they are looking to get accurate include: size relationships (proportions), the placement of objects in relationship to each other, and the correct angles,” said Art teacher Selena Marris.Students are incorporating their knowledge from past units i

nto their final project, students are also using skills like line weight and angle relationships.

“In my opinion the pencil method is easier to get the proportions correct which is a lot of help when drawing. But I do feel if I eyeball it I still get it pretty accurate” said freshman Nalani Chavers.

Marris started the unit with demonstrations on how to scale and sight. She showed students how to measure objects with their pencils and scale objects properly.
“When sighting, an artist uses their pencil as a plumb and level line and as a measurement tool to get all of those basic relationships worked out,” said Marris.

After her demonstration, students moved on to drawing simple shapes as accurately as they could.

“The first step I take is drawing it by eyeball first and then correcting my proportions and then lastly when that’s all accurate I draw in detail.” Chavers said.
Marris believes this process allows students to show their artistic thinking.

“This process is like solving a visual riddle. It is the equivalent of “showing your work” in math—all of these construction lines are a record of the artist’s thinking.” said Marris.