Two classes have just finished up some intense pencil drawing units. Both grades reviewed drawing techniques such as hatching, cross hatching, stippling, smudge, etc. These techniques were used to shade and create a range of values (light and dark in an image) over the entire image. Students began with basic shapes and moved through the “contour drawing” stage before getting into the detail and shading. While 8th graders worked hard on careful observation of their still life objects, 6th graders were tasked with showing the viewer an “illusion of depth” and create a three dimensional space on a flat paper.
8th grade artists worked long and hard on these beautifully rendered still life drawings.
While sixth graders illustrated scenes from their favorite books.
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