Contour lines... learning about Art and introducing
Topography/Geography. 1- Choose some rocks with differing shapes
and proportions. 2- Place them on paper and trace the outline
with an ink pen (you could do a few colours if you wanted but I
think one is good for this effect) 3- Take your time and follow
the traced line all the way to the outside of the page, getting
further apart for each line and swapping between rock outlines
each time you draw a line (great practice for fine drawing
skills and finger/pencil control). 4.Now come back to the inside
of the traced shape and draw lines gradually closer and closer
together, until there is no space left. 5. Step back and admire
your art and notice how it looks like there are mountains in 2D,
then find a topography map (we used the Himalayas) in the Atlas
and discuss what the lines mean in terms of slope etc. and how
they are used in Geography.