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Gesture Drawing - High School

Join Dana Munson in this episode of Let's Learn GA! as she breaks down her 4 simple steps to accurately illustrating human gestures. This lesson advises viewers on how to identify lines of motion and contour the outlines of their drawings. 

Gesture Drawing - High School

From Let's Learn GA! - Model Lessons, Fine Arts Model Lessons
Gesture Drawing - High School

Join Dana Munson in this episode of Let's Learn GA! as she breaks down her 4 simple steps to accurately illustrating human gestures. This lesson advises viewers on how to identify lines of motion and contour the outlines of their drawings.

Materials needed for this lesson include:

- copy or graph paper 

- a pencil with an eraser

*digital drawing applications also work well for this lesson

Let's Learn GA! - Model Lessons Segments

Fine Arts Model Lessons

Let's Learn GA! is series of video lessons for grades K-12 taught by Georgia teachers. The videos in this collection are aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence for fine arts. Let's Learn GA! is a collaboration between GPB and the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) to support both in-person and remote learning plans. Check back for more fine arts lessons coming soon. 

Percussion text over someone playing the bells

Percussion | Instrument Quest - K-5

Brass text over purple backdrop and two teens playing instruments

Brass | Instrument Quest - K-5

Strings text over purple background with musicians

Strings | Instrument Quest - K-5

Woodwinds text over yellow background and students playing different woodwind instruments

Woodwinds | Instrument Quest - K-5

Sing, Georgia! - K-5

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The Perfect Pitch - Kindergarten

Cooking with Rhythms - Kindergarten

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Puppets with Mrs. Pass - 3rd Grade

The Art of Music - 4th Grade

Linear Perspective (Part I) - 6th Grade

Linear Perspective (Part II) - 6th Grade

linear perspective III

Linear Perspective (Part III) - 6th Grade

Gesture Drawing - High School

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