Art 1 Still life
In art 1, I follow the elements of art. The focus for this still life was form and value. Yeah, still lifes are super boring, the students don't really like it... to start with. I set up the still life and all the kids groaned and moaned. I gave them all view finders (which we had used before) and a piece of white sulphite. The view finder is great to help with where to start. As the drawings progress, and the students are kind of timid about getting dark, I kept pushing them to see a whole range of value. Previously, we had created value scales. I went as far as growling DARK, and using a high light voice for light. The students find it funny, but it reaches them. As the students continue to draw, they can see their own improvement and actually start to enjoy the boring old still life. The following are a variety of examples of finished products.
Hunter L.
Richard T.
Ali G.
The Critique
After each project, my class critiques in some way. For this projects we did a gallery group critique.
I placed all the drawings up with numbers and no names. The students are put in groups and have to answer the proceeding questions and then share with the large group. Its a great way to see everyone's work, compare and contrast, but also give constructive criticism.
Group Critique- Still life; value and form
Group Members
As a group please answer the following questions
- Pick 3 compositions
(drawings) tell me what is successful about these drawings- be specific
- Using the same 3
compositions, what can be improved
- As group discuss what was the most
difficult thing about this assignment, what was the easiest?
- Name 3 things you learned
by drawing this still life
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