Charcoal Drawing Techniques Lesson Plan & Worksheet

Description

UPDATED! This 10 page lesson plan with student worksheets is perfect for 4th-12 grade and is a great introduction to any value or charcoal lesson.  It is so important that students understand what a medium can do, this  lesson will teach students some of the possibilities that charcoal is capable of.

Students will:

• Learn about the element of art called value.
• Learn various techniques using the medium of charcoal and rendering with value.
• Review the 5 Elements of Shading: Highlight, Shade, Shadow, Reflected Light and Cast Shadow.
• Demonstrate understanding of shading techniques by rendering two-dimensional shapes so that they appear realistically three-dimensional.

 Types of Strokes

1. Edge or Tip
2. Side

Creating Value Scales (with sticks and pencils)

1. Optical Blending: (hatching or cross-hatching)
2. Pressure Strokes
3. Blending

Blending Charcoal

1. Your finger
2. Paper Stumps & Tortillons
3. Kneaded Erasers and Chamois Leather

 Additional Techniques

1. Scumbling

2. Dusting

3. Masking

Practice Shading Many Forms

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