Since this is the first time drawing a wooden mannequin for most of the 5 th graders, my rule is the mannequin has to be standing straight, with legs straight and one arm down, the other arm they can move.
The students know that the focus for this lesson is proportions of the human body and observational drawing. Each table gets a wooden mannequin to observe.
Materials: wooden drawing mannequin ( I ordered mine from www.mcgillswarehouse.com for under $4 ea), pencil, eraser, paper
We go step by step drawing the mannequin, hips first at the center of the paper then torso, and head. When we get to legs and arms we focus on observing their own mannequin. Looking at the space between legs and space between the arms & body. Then the direction of the hands and feet.
When the drawing is complete we shade in each piece of the mannequin to create a more realistic drawing.
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