CUBIST CHALLENGE: SEE FROM ALL SIDES

CUBIST CHALLENGE: SEE FROM ALL SIDES

Materials Needed:

  • This unfolded cube template
  • Pencil and eraser
  • Optional: colored pencils for final step

Instructions:

  1. Choose Your First View
    • Stand directly in front of one face of the gridded cube box
    • Make sure you can see the sculpture clearly through the grid
  2. Start at the Center
    • Find square C3 (the center square) on the grid in front of you
    • Look at what part of the sculpture appears in this square
    • Draw EXACTLY what you see in square C3 on the corresponding face of your unfolded cube template
  3. Work Outward
    • Move to the squares surrounding C3 (B3, C2, D3, C4)
    • Draw only the shapes and lines you see in each individual square
    • Continue outward until you’ve completed all squares for this face
  4. Move to a New Viewpoint
    • Walk around to stand directly in front of another face of the cube
    • Repeat steps 2-3 for this new face, drawing what you see on another face of your unfolded cube template
  5. Complete All Marked Viewpoints
    • Continue the process until you’ve drawn the sculpture from all marked positions
    • Remember to draw only what you actually see in each square, not what you think should be there
  6. Cubist Challenge Box
    • In the final square (labeled “Cubist Challenge Box”), create ONE drawing that combines elements from DIFFERENT viewpoints
    • For example: include the head as seen from the front, the torso as seen from the side, and an arm as seen from above
    • This is your cubist interpretation showing multiple perspectives at once!

Remember: True cubist artists like Picasso and Braque showed objects from multiple viewpoints simultaneously. Your challenge is to create a new way of seeing that combines different perspectives into one impossible but revealing view!