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This is a hands-on toolkit designed to help learners explore multi-perspective observation techniques through digital photography, encouraging creative collages that combine various perspectives of a single object or person.

✨Preparation✨

Please take a mobile phone or iPad that can take pictures and connect to the internet with you!

🍏Problem Scenario🍏

Have you ever observed how a teddy bear appears to change in shape, color, and light when viewed from different angles? From the front, its full form—a cute bear dressed in blue and white cloth—stands out clearly. Up close, its pale pink fur shines softly, though its overall shape becomes less defined. Why does the same teddy bear look so different in each image, and if it were a contemporary artwork, how might an artist depict the multiple perspectives that our eyes cannot see simultaneously?

A dual-perspective view of a teddy bear, highlighting its complete appearance on the left and a close-up of its intricate textures and materials on the right.

🩵Optional Further Reading:

The Artistic Context of Multi-perspectives Observation🩵

The technique of observing from multiple perspectives has been pivotal in art history, particularly influenced by Cubism. By presenting objects from multiple angles, Cubism challenged the limitations of single-point perspectives, offering a new visual experience.

For more on Cubism, explore:

https://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/HD/cube/hd_cube.htm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art allows these resources for educational, research, and non-commercial use with proper attribution. For further details, see the museum’s Terms and Conditions.

🔜Steps and Time Allocation☑️

• Unit 1: Analysing the template （3mins）

Please look at the template, and then answer the following questions( answer within a simple sentence):

A creative collage showcasing a teddy bear from multiple angles, inspired by multi-perspective observation techniques.

A unique collage of eyeglasses, blending multiple viewpoints into a single artistic composition.

1. Is it the same object in the picture?

2. How many angles are shown in the picture?

3. How do these angles come together to form the picture?

• Unit 2: Create a work with Your Own Images in Canva(17mins)

 Log in to Canva( 2mins):

If you don’t have a Canva account , please follow the steps in the Video to create a new account.

Steps( 15mins):

Main angle capture process using a smartphone to photograph eyeglasses on a wooden surface.

1. Main Angle: Select an Object/ person. Using your phone to take a photo of an object/person from a main angle as the base image.
2. Additional Angles: Capturingthe object/person from 5 different angles. Ensure each angle is unique, and make some color variation where possible.

Step-by-step template for creating a multi-perspective collage: Capture five unique angles of a teddy bear and assemble them into a cohesive collage.

START YOUR WORK HERE!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

3. Copy and paste the Link to your webpage:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGWoemBCgA/A7wljGHRtMkXBTVRAfimZg/edit?utm_content=DAGWoemBCgA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

4. Please watch the video to learn the creating steps（1min）

Link to Media Hopper-How to create a multi-perspectives picetue in Canva

• Upload your 6 pictures
• Drag the pictures to the designated areas
• Use Photo Cropand Filp on your Canva to make the angle you need
• Put them in the positions you need.

Learn How To Become a Master of Perspectives © 2024 by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

(“Poster of teddy bear” by Yiran Gu, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Created )

(“Teddy bear Poster” by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY 4.0.)

(Template1-process © 2024 by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 )

(“Poster of teddy bear” by Yiran Gu, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Created )

(Template1-bear © 2024 by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 )

(problem scenario illustration © 2024 by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 )

(Template1-process © 2024 by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 )

(Template2- glasses © 2024 by Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 )

(Image by Yiran Gu, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

(Image by Yiran Gu, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

(“Teddy Bear Collage” by Yiran Gu, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Created using original photographs and digital collage techniques. )

(Capture Main angle process © 2024 by  Yiran Gu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 )