Saturday, 30 July 2016

How to make Shadow Shapes with Hands

In this post I will  teach you to make shadows shapes.

Shadow shapes
A shadow is a space where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object blocking the light.Shadow shapes are the shapes formed by using our hands when light is focused on them and their shadow appears on the wall.
So get ready for making shadow shapes. Collect a lot of different types of small objects to see how many different shapes you can make. The shadow of an object is the same shape on the outside edge of an object. To make different shapes of shadow of an object, either move the position of the light or make the object round. Make a hole in the middle of the object to move round so that it may produce different shapes of your choice. Can you make the hole disappear in the shadow.
Try to make different shadow shapes on different surfaces, such ass timber, stairs, lawn, etc. Observe the changing shows. You may ask your friend to look at the shadows of the same items and guess what the objects. Move the objects round so that the shadows cannot be easily recognized.
Shadows of Animals-

You can make animal shadows with your hands. Here are some ideas.
1) Request your friend to sit sideways on a chair near a wall.
2) Use masking tape to fix a sheet of paper to the wall behind your friends head.
3) Focus a torch so that your friends head casts a shadow on the paper.
4) Draw around the edge of the shadow with the pencil.
5) Paint inside the outline.

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