Pumpkin Still Life/ Observation drawing

Pumpkin Still Life/ Observation drawing

 Lesson Overview: Over all this was very successful. Before I came Mrs Nickerson had them draw a pumpkin with no reference. They each drew very round orange pumpkins. This was a great assessment to help me teach the students about observational drawing. We first learned what contour was and observed a pumpkin together. They then helped me draw a pumpkin on the board as we talked about different shapes incorporating math. By the end each student had portrayed a pumpkin as they had seen it in front of them. At the end of class Mrs Nickerson had a great idea to have the students mix up papers and then guess what pumpkin they drew. This showed us that they were able to find a pumpkin based on a drawing making it a successful observational drawing.

Lesson Plan:

Objective: Learn how to draw observational still lifes

Opening: introduce observational drawing. Show examples.

Step one

            Explain Contour Lines

                        Define =an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.

            Discuss what lines you can see.

            What lines are the most important??

            Outline the shape

            Details.

                      

Demo drawing on the whiteboard.

Place pumpkins on each table

20min

Have them start with the outline what lines are most important.

Detail lines in the center.

10 min coloring

10 min debrief and talking about what we learned.