Kriti Class 8 Chapter 17, People in Places — Introduction to Perspective, introduces linear perspective (horizon line, eye level and vanishing point) alongside human figure proportions and postures in everyday settings.
What Kriti Class 8 Chapter 17 Covers
Perspective: the technique of showing three-dimensional space on a flat surface; nearer things look bigger and more detailed, farther ones smaller and fainter.
A viewing grid: Activity 17.1 marks a grid on a transparent A4 sheet so you can frame a scene and copy its proportions square by square.
Human anatomy and proportion: anatomy is the structure of the body, and parts grow at different rates from babyhood. Activity 17.2 measures figures in ‘heads’: mark the head with two lines and count how many fit down the body.
Drawing real people: everyone’s proportions differ slightly and no stereotype fits all, so friends take turns posing standing, sitting, bending, lying and squatting.
Composition in perspective: Activity 17.4 plans a scene with foreground, middleground and background, a horizon line and a vanishing point, and three figures at different distances.
Exercises in Chapter 17
- Circle Time discussion prompts and Assessment rubrics at the end of the chapter.
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FAQ
How do you measure body proportions in drawing?
Use the height of the head as a unit and count how many head-lengths fit along the body.
What is a viewing grid?
A transparent sheet marked with a grid, held up to frame a scene so its proportions can be copied accurately.