A body in motion

Look. Then, follow the steps and draw the children in motion in your notebook.

1 Create the body's outline by drawing:

• A circle for the head and a large oval for the torso. Join them together.

• A circle for the shoulder joints and one for the hips.

• Smaller circles for the elbow, wrist, knee and ankle joints.

• Join everything together and add the hands and feet.

2 Draw the silhouette of the person.

3 Add details and colour.

Canon of proportions

Representation of the human body

Sculptors in Classical Greece determined ideal proportions for representing a human body.

This canon varied depending on the age of the body being represented. Young boys and girls have proportionally larger heads, so the canon is diff erent.

At present, art represents the human fi gure with diff erent proportions and shapes; this is a more realistic refl ection of the great diversity of people that exist in the world.

Look at the eight-headed canon of the Apoxyomenos. Now look at the photos. What canon does each one follow? Measure the head and repeat the measurement along the body. Look at the example and see how the proportions vary at each age. Answer in your notebook.

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