Thursday, November 6, 2014

Pumpkin Drawings in Charcoal

The last project that sixth graders created this quarter was their first observational drawing in their middle school experience (oh, there will be more!). They spent several days learning and practicing how to draw what they see before them, rather than drawing the pumpkin "symbols" they are used to drawing in childhood (perfect circle, lines from top to bottom, stem right on top... you know what I mean, right?!). Each table had a unique little pumpkin- I tried to choose interesting ones with different stems. Then, once they completed a contour line drawing of their still life arrangement, we turned out the lights and put spotlights on the pumpkins to create highlights and shadows and rendered the drawings with charcoal pencil...

Artists at work:
 Final artworks:
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  1. AnonymousOctober 21, 2016 at 11:20 PM

    I think this would be fun to do for October. How long did you spend on this project?

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    1. Mrs. KampOctober 25, 2016 at 2:20 PM

      Probably about 2 class periods sketching, then about 3-4 more to create the final drawing with shading.

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