Name of Project:
Value Study with Charcoal
Classroom, School:
11th Grade Drawing Class at The Perpich Center For Arts Education
Cooperating teacher:
Karen Monson
Grade:
11th Grade
Presenter's Name:
Jenna Schuldt
Subject and Curricular Link:
Observation Drawing
Overview of Project
The students will be doing a study of planes by using planar analysis and using the value scale to have a stronger understanding of how to simplify forms and to use value to create structure.
Essential Question(s)
How can I activate the entire composition? What are the different shapes that are made up from all the intersecting lines? How to manage in the tie allowed? How does value reinforce structure?
Prior Knowledge
They need to have worked with charcoal and understand the variety of different possibilities. They need to understand how to sight and measure. They may need to know how to foreshorten. If any of the students don't feel like they understand the techniques that are expected to be prior knowledge, I can work with them individually while I walk the room.
Examples of student or artist work
Assessment
It is important to have a dialog about the work. In the last 15 min of class I want the student to stop and hang their work. I want to open the floor so the students can have a reflection on each other's work. There are no tests in art, because there aren't any right or wrong answers. I want the students to take this critique as seriously as they would a test. I will ask two informal questions: What was the most difficult part of this project? And What was the most helpful I did?
Materials
Charcoal paper, 2 clamp lights, Styrofoam for still life, spray fix. All these supplies can be found at any art supply store. I chose to purchase mine at Utrecht. I also made copies pf the break down of both days and some examples of planar analysis drawings.
Procedures
The students will begin by wiping down their tables if there is any existing charcoal on their tables. They will tape down a small strip of paper to their desks and make a value scale with 5 shades from black to white. After the value scale is finished they will tape down their big drawing paper to their desks. Stop for 60 seconds to look at the still life and think about composition. Do some quick studies on a piece of news print if it is necessary. The first day will be devoted to the planar analysis study using vine charcoal. I want the students to carefully map and measure the drawing, using their sighting sticks. They will extend their sight lines to the edges of the paper, to help them understand relationship of objects.
The second day will be devoted to the assigning of values using their value scale as a reference with their compressed charcoal stick. Take 60 seconds to look at the still life and look at their drawings and think about what needs to be done for these students to have a finished drawing by the end of class. At the end of class we will have a short critique and time to clean up.