Art Project 1 - How to make a Summer Themed Wall Display
Juicy Fruits - a lesson idea
This encourages
the participant to be observant and give attention to detail when drawing or
painting. This activity tests the power of observation.
You will need:
A whole fruit
A3 Paper or Card
Sketch pencils
Wax crayons
and/or pencil crayons (various colours)
Optional: Green
felt tipped pens (various shades)
Optional: Grass,
picked as a handful
One
singular fruit is set upon a flat surface (preferably on a
table that sits in natural light). If the fruit is a citrus fruit cut in half or cut off one end to reveal the flesh
inside. Using a sketch pencil the participant will produce a line drawing of
the fruit, adding shade and tone, identifying marks and pitting and taking note
as to where the light is touching and where the shadows fall.
Adding
colour: Before the participant adds colour to their still life drawing,
first explain how texture already identified in the pencil sketches, can be
represented by adding different tones of just one colour. For example: lead a
discussion about how children generally set about drawing or painting
grass. Young children often represent
grass by drawing a strip/band of green along the bottom of the paper. Explain
that grass is not just one shade of green and that it is actually a mix of
greens along with different shades of yellow and brown (perhaps have a few
blades at hand to demonstrate). In this session it can be shown that using a
green felt tip pen to make a band/strip of colour gives a flat, two dimensional
effect– demonstrate that there is no depth to the colour even if one or two
different shades of green felt tipped pens are used. Show then that wax crayons or
pencil crayons are more effective, as different shades of one colour can be
blended, and then by using varying pressure on the crayon, texture and colour depth
can be achieved. Grass can be better presented using these techniques.
Encourage the participant to
identify all the shades of colours they see before them. Show the participant how to
blend one or two different shades of a one colour and allow the pencilled
sketched to lead the process of applying. Colour in the pale creams of the
fruit’s pith, segment division and centre first. When adding the fruit’s main
colour blend the areas where lighter and darker shades converge and also where
the small areas of white light hits and the dark shadow sits underside.
Apple by Debra Hall - Watercolour |
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