Drawing 3D Shapes

Designed as an introduction to shapes, students will develop a mathematic concept of geometry through art. In this activity, students will identify, recognize and draw a two-dimensional square and subsequently a three-dimensional cube. Students will then draw a two-dimensional triangle and subsequently a three-dimensional cone. Finally, students will draw a two-dimensional circle and subsequently a three-dimensional sphere.

Skills that will be taught through this lesson are problem solving, classifying, patterning, graphing and comparison and contrast. Additionally, students will aquire a fundamental understanding of basic shapes by creating isometric drawings of a cube, a cone, and a sphere (as shown above). In an isometric drawing, the object's vertical lines are drawn vertically and the horizontal lines in the width and depth planes are shown at 30 degrees to the horizonal. Lines that are not parallel to these axes will not be of their true length.

Additional Sources:

Isometric Basics

Perspective Drawing

Drawing Basic Shapes