Fractured Still Life Drawing I began this lesson with a google slide presentation which covered what a contour line drawing, still life drawing are and what composition means. I have not completed this lesson with students, but will update this post with student art when they start rolling in :) Google Slide Presentation- contour line, still life, composition Materials: White paper (needs to be at least 8.5x11, larger is better) Pencil, sharpie, colored pencils, blending stump (if you don't have one, you can use your finger, paper towel, or tissue) RULER or STRAIGHT EDGE (use a book or something that has a straight edge if you do not have a ruler) Directions: 1. Arrange an interesting still life composition of 8-10 items. 2. Using pencil, create a contour line drawing of the composition. (DO NOT SHADE) 3. Using pencil, draw 8-10 of the same geometric shape (they should be different sizes) OVERLAP your contour still life objects 4. Using sharpie, outline any pieces of the items that are NOT inside of a box. DO NOT OUTLINE THE BOXES!!!! 5. Decide which materials to use inside which boxes. You are adding value/color to the items, but ONLY inside the boxes. Some should be done with just sharpie, some with pencil, and some with colored pencil. 6. Lastly- you need a background that doesn't take away from your drawing. I decided to create evenly spaced vertical lines through the back of mine. It is your choice what to do for your background. Background Rules: Should be done only with pencil and sharpie. (pencil first for sure!) DO NOT draw through your boxes or items! Simple is best.
Need a lesson where each component takes less than 15 minutes? Consider adding a mixed-media still life study to your art curriculum.
Our tween / teen class created these amazing contour flowers using india ink and acrylic. We wanted students to practice working on a very large scale, to create a contour drawing using gestural line work and motion, and to explore how to build up a painting layer by layer. We set up a fresh […]
In order to understand the light and shadow on a solid, we drew the shades on a group of objects with a pencil. In this still life some students of 8° grade have also experienced shading with…
ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Škare" A monochrome paintig of an old pair of scissors. Painting watercolor, guache and pencil dimensions 40cm x 30cm signed & dated Original Created: 2019 Subjects: Still Life Materials: Paper Styles: Minimalism, Realism Mediums: Gouache, Watercolor, Pencil DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS Painting: Gouache on Paper Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork Size: 11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.1 D in Frame: Not Framed Ready to Hang: Not applicable Packaging: Ships in a Box
Our tween / teen class created these amazing contour flowers using india ink and acrylic. We wanted students to practice working on a very large scale, to create a contour drawing using gestural line work and motion, and to explore how to build up a painting layer by layer. We set up a fresh […]
This item is a print of a still life drawing I did of a crystal coupe glass. The drawing was done with black ink on sketchbook paper. Thank you for stopping by and giving me the opportunity to share my art with you :) See below for more important info. | | | | | Each print can come in a variety of sizes*: 4x6, 5x7, 8.5x11, 9x13, 11x14. These sizes are printed by me personally on 60lb Polar Matte quality paper to ensure the prints are identical to the original. The prints come unframed but do have a small white border to allow space for framing. Your print will come in a hard flat mailer to protect it from damage or bending and I will do my best to have your print shipped within 1-2 business days via USPS. *If you are interested in a poster size print (16x20) please place your order under the “Custom 16x20 (Poster Size) Print” listing. If you would like a size that I do not currently offer please feel free to contact me, so I can help you get exactly what you want! Please note: All of my prints are replicas of drawings that I, Cat Walsh, did by hand. If you are interested in a custom commission or have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to reach out to me!
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Contour line is a big part of Art. Whether we are talking about form, perspective, eye level. Many artist use contour line as part of their main focus. See below. ARTIST MYRORNA SWEDEN Uses contour line, pattern, and objects to show form in her art. Karan Singh Art Dana Martin Art See objects in CONTOUR LINE Put them together in a Still LIfe. Image from www.dreamstime.com From DaVinci Art Studio Using Contour line, cool/warm colors, primary, & secondary used for emphasis. From InsideOutArtTeacher on Instagram https://insideoutartteacher.com/ Using Cross Contour, warm and cool colors. MMS Student Work 2023-8th grade Shyli Rushing Grayson DuPont Natalie Morales WHAT DO DO Before you begin, Start "seeing" in Contour Line... if you are having trouble doing this, watch videos below to help you. 1. Find 3 objects that you know you can draw. They can be around the room, pictures from Internet, or shapes you pull from your head. 2. Draw the outside shapes of the objects. Define the space with a horizontal line dividing background from foreground. 3. Use contour lines on the object. This can be contour in 1 direction or cross contour going both ways (more challenging). Usually, the Center (eye level) should be a straight line. As the shape goes outward from center, lines gradually change to match the outer line. 4. Color using color theory to add emphasis: Warm and Cool Primary and Secondary Complimentary Colors. STEP BY STEP visuals 1 &2. 3. 4. You can color solid with lighter colors. then go over them with darker analogous colors to add pattern. Watch these videos below to get your mind on seeing in Contour Line and understanding Cross Contour line.
I have been working on these cut paper still lives in a few of my schools and Eassie and Newtyle schools have produced these magnificent examples and we can't wait to show them off. The class started off by preparing papers that represented the oranges, fabric and the jug, using ready mixed paint. The shapes were then drawn and cut out and added to a black background. With a little introduction to composition and depth, all that is needed is a dark watery shadow. Stars all of them!
These are some of my favorite art lessons for kids. It combines a couple of my favorite techniques…double-loading of the paint and black paint outline. Inspired by the French artist Georges Rouault, these lessons are designed to teach the children about light and how to achieve it within a painting by painting a still life
Matisse loved creating beautiful still lifes containing flowers and bowls of fruit. These 3 art lessons, inspired by the artist Henri Matisse, are simple, successful and fun. Just like Matisse, I l…
Contour line is a big part of Art. Whether we are talking about form, perspective, eye level. Many artist use contour line as part of their main focus. See below. ARTIST MYRORNA SWEDEN Uses contour line, pattern, and objects to show form in her art. Karan Singh Art Dana Martin Art See objects in CONTOUR LINE Put them together in a Still LIfe. Image from www.dreamstime.com From DaVinci Art Studio Using Contour line, cool/warm colors, primary, & secondary used for emphasis. From InsideOutArtTeacher on Instagram https://insideoutartteacher.com/ Using Cross Contour, warm and cool colors. MMS Student Work 2023-8th grade Shyli Rushing Grayson DuPont Natalie Morales WHAT DO DO Before you begin, Start "seeing" in Contour Line... if you are having trouble doing this, watch videos below to help you. 1. Find 3 objects that you know you can draw. They can be around the room, pictures from Internet, or shapes you pull from your head. 2. Draw the outside shapes of the objects. Define the space with a horizontal line dividing background from foreground. 3. Use contour lines on the object. This can be contour in 1 direction or cross contour going both ways (more challenging). Usually, the Center (eye level) should be a straight line. As the shape goes outward from center, lines gradually change to match the outer line. 4. Color using color theory to add emphasis: Warm and Cool Primary and Secondary Complimentary Colors. STEP BY STEP visuals 1 &2. 3. 4. You can color solid with lighter colors. then go over them with darker analogous colors to add pattern. Watch these videos below to get your mind on seeing in Contour Line and understanding Cross Contour line.
An art lesson plan in oil pastels for kids in grades 6-8, completed in two 45 minute class periods. Students learn about the life of the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh, and create an original still life image of flowers in his style.
After a trip to the grocery store or farmer's market -- try a few, or all, of these exercises. Use your sketchbook for the drawing, and use scraps of watercolor paper for the color exercises -- or a watercolor sketchbook, if you have one. . . 1) Cherries in a Box -- With a pen, draw any fruit and whatever container you brought it home in. Add a little color with watercolor or colored pencils. Then, write in pen, where the fruit came from and what day it is. Make the words part of your composition . . . 2) Imagination/Observation/Memory -- Use three separate pages for this exercise. One the first page, draw a few pieces of fruit, and a few other random objects, without looking at anything -- just from your imagination Use pencil. . . On the next page, look at the fruit and other objects, and draw them in pencil, adding shading . . . Now, put away the fruit and objects -- and on the next page, draw them from memory. . . 3) Colorful Pear -- This exercise is more of a color study than a study of a pear, so no need to even look at a pear. Just draw an outline of a pear with a stem. Then draw some wavy lines that start on the edges of your page, intersecting the pear and ending on the other side of the page. Now, paint the shapes, one at a time -- Use any color you want and try the different wet-in-wet techniques. In some of the shapes, wet the shape first with clear water, then drop in color to the edge and let it move on its own. In some of the other shapes, wet the shape with a color, and then drop in another color to the edge and let it mingle. Skip around so that you're not painting right next to a shape that's still wet. If you want, you can paint all the shapes within the pear "warm" colors, and all the background shapes "cool" colors. . . 4) Still Life Drawing, Two Ways -- Set up a simple still life with fruit in a bowl, on a dishcloth or tablecloth. On one page, draw a contour drawing of the set-up in ink. . . On the next page, draw the same set-up in pencil, with shading . . . 5) Pear Triptych -- Divide a long skinny scrap of watercolor paper into thirds. Paint a light yellow wash over the whole thing. When that is dry, draw a big pear in each rectangle. Now, paint each part of the triptych in a different color scheme. The one on the left will be "complementary color", so paint the pear yellow and the background violet (or the pear orange and the background blue, or the pear red and the background green). The one on the right with be "analogous colors", so paint the pear green and the background blue-green and blue. The one in the middle will be "split-complements", so if you leave the pear yellow, the background will be red-violet and blue. . . 6) Blind Contour -- Do contour drawings of fruit, in pencil, without looking at your paper -- only look at the fruit . . . 7) Quick Color Study, Two Ways -- Set up a simple still life in front of a window -- an orange, two apples, and a little vase, for example. Paint this set-up two ways: 1-"Draw" the still life with a brush and orange paint. Then, paint it . . . On a separate scrap of watercolor paper, paint it a 2nd time. This time, draw it first in pencil, quickly. Then, paint it quickly and directly, using very bright colors. If you want, set a timer for 15 minutes and try to finish the study within that time. . . 8) Bird's-Eye View -- Draw some fruit in a bowl, with pen and ink. Add lines and cross-hatching to build up the values. . . 9) Strawberry -- Draw and paint one big, red strawberry. When dry, lift out the little dots . . . 10) Value Pencil Studies -- Draw some fruit, in pencil or charcoal. Add shading to build up the values and add form. . .
Continuing with our Mexico-themed art lessons, second graders created “Market Day” fruit crates. The project took three 45-minute sessions. First session: the students created their own painted paper. Second session: students free-cut (organic shapes) fruit and vegetables. Third session: they created a wooden crate from brown paper, added a colorful border and glued all the
*Also available in the Everything Art Bundle* These three handouts are perfect for the elementary and middle school art room. Keep in sketchbooks or enlarge on whiteboard, even print out as posters! All the info a student needs to understand a portrait, a landscape, a still life and how to create ea...
This wet chalk technique adds a new dimension of layering & blending colors to this drawing lesson. Add color to a still life, landscape or process art.
Contour line is a big part of Art. Whether we are talking about form, perspective, eye level. Many artist use contour line as part of their main focus. See below. ARTIST MYRORNA SWEDEN Uses contour line, pattern, and objects to show form in her art. Karan Singh Art Dana Martin Art See objects in CONTOUR LINE Put them together in a Still LIfe. Image from www.dreamstime.com From DaVinci Art Studio Using Contour line, cool/warm colors, primary, & secondary used for emphasis. From InsideOutArtTeacher on Instagram https://insideoutartteacher.com/ Using Cross Contour, warm and cool colors. MMS Student Work 2023-8th grade Shyli Rushing Grayson DuPont Natalie Morales WHAT DO DO Before you begin, Start "seeing" in Contour Line... if you are having trouble doing this, watch videos below to help you. 1. Find 3 objects that you know you can draw. They can be around the room, pictures from Internet, or shapes you pull from your head. 2. Draw the outside shapes of the objects. Define the space with a horizontal line dividing background from foreground. 3. Use contour lines on the object. This can be contour in 1 direction or cross contour going both ways (more challenging). Usually, the Center (eye level) should be a straight line. As the shape goes outward from center, lines gradually change to match the outer line. 4. Color using color theory to add emphasis: Warm and Cool Primary and Secondary Complimentary Colors. STEP BY STEP visuals 1 &2. 3. 4. You can color solid with lighter colors. then go over them with darker analogous colors to add pattern. Watch these videos below to get your mind on seeing in Contour Line and understanding Cross Contour line.
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Zentangle Still Lifes What a successful project! We used Sharpie for our Zentangle backgrounds and chalk pastel for our still lifes. Focus was on variety of pattern as well as varied line thickness and value blending. At the beginning of the lesson, the still life image was projected on screen to allow for large classes to view it in detail. We also saved the image on our Edmodo class page for easy access anytime!
Paul Cézanne is known for his still life paintings, mostly of household objects arranged with various fruits. Cézanne would spend hours arranging the fruit
Zentangle Still Lifes What a successful project! We used Sharpie for our Zentangle backgrounds and chalk pastel for our still lifes. Focus was on variety of pattern as well as varied line thickness and value blending. At the beginning of the lesson, the still life image was projected on screen to allow for large classes to view it in detail. We also saved the image on our Edmodo class page for easy access anytime!
Paint a Still Life Like Matisse - Learn how to create a vibrant still life painting inspired by Matisse with our step-by-step guide.
I touched on this project a post ago or two, but I've been asked to share the value worksheet I use in class with the kids. My 4th graders learned about form vs. shape, and how to create the illusion of 3-D forms on paper. The first class, I showed them a power point and we discussed the difference between the two. Then, I did a quick demo on how to draw 3D cubes, cylindars, etc. (most already knew how from math class in 3rd grade). The second class, I gave them the following value worksheet. The value scale part is the front of the worksheet. We first do the blending value scale together, talking about pencil pressure and how dark we shade. Then, we flip over the sheet to look at various shading techniques. I ask the students to do their second value scale using hatching or cross hatching, and give a quick demo. Most of them really enjoy using stippling with a marker, so I have them do the third value scale with stippling. You can see some of the finished value scales in my previous post here. This is the back of the worksheet. I can't take credit for it...I found it on the internet a few years ago but can't remember where I got it! If this is yours please tell me so I can give credit where it is due! On the third day of this unit, I give students the following worksheet to practice creating value on a form. It's one thing for them to be able to shade in 8 squares, but it's another to figure out how to create a smooth transition between 8 values on a little space! We talk about having a light source and what that means to our shading process. Currently, I will be giving my students 3 days to work on their cities. They've only had one day so far and are working on drawing them out. Some are doing pretty well with the concept of 3D forms on paper, others are not...but the true test will come when they start shading! That's the part I'm excited about! At first, they moaned and groaned about the project, but once they saw how cool and realistic their drawings become when they start shading, they got really into it! I was originally going to give them 2 days for the drawing, but if they are doing a good job and taking their time, I will extend it for them, which they seemed happy about! This group of 4th graders is actually one of my favorite grade levels to work with...there are some pretty talented students in this grade level...as well as students who are talented and just don't know it yet! I always love being able to surprise them with their talent! I borrowed this idea for this drawing project from Art is Basic. Here is the rubric that I will be grading the students on as well. More pictures to come in a week or so after they have finished up!
3rd graders have loved learning about Paul Cezanne these past few weeks in our still-life lesson! We started off by reviewing some of Cezanne’s artwork and discussing his impressionistic styl…
An interesting experience in using mixed media, has been tested in the classes of grade 8, where we have mixed so many different techniques in a single work. The first step was to paint some object…
