Art Lessons for Grades 4-8
HALF FACES
Lesson
Drawing skills can be developed by looking at and drawing photographs. The shadows are already established. It is easy to see the darks and lights.
Procedure
- Find a magazine face that is fairly large (at least 4 or 5 inches).
- Cut the face in half.
- Paste one half of the face onto a piece of white drawing paper.
- Use a regular pencil to lightly draw the missing half of the face.
- Use colored pencils to color your drawing.
- Use some of the techniques illustrated below to experiment with colored pencil techniques.
Discipline: Drawing
Materials: 9” X 12” white drawing paper and colored pencils
WORKSHEET & Sample PDF Activity
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RENDERING SHOES
Lesson
This lesson will increase your drawing and observation skills. It will also give you the opportunity to draw an object from several points of view.
Procedure
- Fold a piece of white drawing paper into four sections.
- In each section you will draw a shoe from a different angle.
- Work lightly until you have the correct form.
- Try to fill each rectangle with the shoe drawing so that each section has an interesting composition.
- When you are satisfied with each light sketch, you may darken and vary the lines.
- You may add volume and depth to the drawings using some of the shading techniques that are illustrated below.
Discipline: Drawing
Materials: Pencil, white drawing paper
Table of Contents
Half Faces – 2
Rendering Shoes – 3
Collage Cube – 4
Self-Portrait Mosaic – 5
Wall Relief Sculpture – 6
Oil Chalk and Watercolor Design – 7
Blind Contour Drawing – 8
Mexican Animal Sculpture – 9
The Clown – 10
Yuma Indian Dolls – 11
Symbolic Mobile – 12
Abstract Faces – 13
3-D Monster Faces – 14
Advertising Poster – 15
Pastel Landscapes – 16
Recycled Man Sculpture – 17
Overlapping Objects in Pencil – 18
Fruit With Volume – 19
Feather Painting – 20
Sculpted Face – 21
Shadowed Portrait – 22
Printing Fabric – 23
Pointillism – 24
Water Color Reflections – 25
Sequential Form Design – 26
Fashion Statement – 27
Fish Mono Prints – 28
Mardi Gras Drawing – 29
Cut Paper Flag Design – 30
Sandpaper Crayon Prints and Watercolors – 31
Line Designs – 32
Painted Chair – 33
Vertical Line Design – 34
Nature Prints – 35
Stand-Up Paper Sculpture – 36
Expressive Painting – 37
Anatomical Yarn Sculpture – 38
Book Design – 39
Silhouette Figures in Action – 40
Rainforest Design – 41
Newspaper Value Collage – 42
Seminole Indian Patterns – 43
Typography Design – 44
Storm at Sea – 45
Geometric Cardboard Sculpture – 46
Create a Cartoon – 47
Cardboard City Prints – 48
