High School Cardboard Sculptures.

We have a huge recycling area in the back of the school with lots of cardboard. It is no longer rainy season so we took advantage of that. We looks at other examples to see what worked and didn't. For some, it was a long process to figure out the problem of how to manipulate cardboard and to think outside of normal convention for solving problems. Below are my student's examples.

Still Life Drawing

Update 10/10/10: student projects now posted.

Assignment: 

Still Life with pencil and charcoal.

Objectives:
The students will use pencil and charcoal in making a still life drawing. The student will demonstrate principles (unity, harmony, variety, contrast, and balance) and elements (line, form, shape, and value) of art .
Supplies:
12” x 18” paper, eraser, pencil (2B and 6B for shading), and charcoal

Vocabulary:
Still life, arrangement, contour line, (shading), value (light-medium-dark), cast shadow, contrast, form, and overlapping.

The Process:
There will be a still life (an assortment of objects) set up at the middle table in the classroom. You will observe the objects and choose a section (using your view finder-if needed) you would like to draw. You are required to make two preparatory sketches prior to your final composition.

Step 1: Observe
Step 2: Draw chosen area
Step 3: Render objects (add shading)

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Below are examples borrowed from the internet.

My student examples (20"x20"on newsprint):

Jomana identifying the lines in the still life.

 Arpita

Amina 

Nourhan

Post project essential questions:

What was successful about your project?

What areas of your project could you improve in?

How was your experience of drawing from life compared with working from a 2D resource or imagination?

Was it difficult to see black and white values in a colored object?

Please answer and e-mail your responses to: bmedina@schutzschool.org.eg