Still Life | Drawing and Shading

Art Vocabulary Terms:

Still Life

Contour Line

Value

Shape 

Form

Students draw contour line drawing from Still Life (photograph above). The objects in the Contour Line drawing are transformed from shapes to forms using value to shade with pencil. Students use value scale to determine the lightness to darkness of each shape. They also observe the catch lights that are on each of the reflective surfaces to decipher the lightest value in the objects. 

GEORGIA STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE:

VAHSVA.CR.3 & VAHSDR.CR.3 - Engage in an array of processes, media, techniques, and technology through experimentation, practice, and persistence. (c) Demonstrate a variety of skills and techniques for two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art. 

VAHSVA.CR.4 & VAHSDR.CR.4 - Incorporate formal and informal components to create works of art. (a) use principles of design to organize elements of art to create unified compositions. (b) Create two-dimensional works of art that incorporate observational contour drawing, value to model for, and an understanding of perspective drawing.