Povray for Dummies

Let's play a game.  How do you feel about Povray?  It's really fun.  Here are the rules for the game:
1.get creative!! explore the help icon!! Read about the"cool" features available to play with it.
2.  never forget to include  #include "colors.inc"  and  #include "shapes.inc" at the very beginning of your file!
3. make sure, you're comfortable with the x, y and z coordinates.
4. apply the right lighting, otherwise all you see is infinite darkness!!
5. don't forget about your camera projections: perspective, orthographic, cylinder and fish eye!!
6. Checkers!! remember the rgb percentages!!! r: red, g: green and b:blue
7.enjoy!

Task # 0:
Create a plane of checkers:

• Fish eye
• Orthographic
• Perspective

Task #1:
Remember your drawings when you were 5? That's what we're looking for.  Create a house and a tree.

Task #2:
 3 balls of the same size sitting in a row. The balls should be covered w/checkers.

• Perspective
• Orthographic