7th Grade Charcoal value Techniques for drawing with charcoal Materials –2 sheets newsprint –to do practice sketch - ideas –charcoal pencil –white charcoal pencil –willow charcoal sticks –erasers - plastic, kneaded, rubber –ruler –sandpaper paddle –small, clean water color brush –non-greasy baking paper (place under hand while working to protect from smudging) –charcoal paper (gray) Class Periods - 2 Make sure the students put their name and date on every project!

willow/vine charcoal charcoal pencil white charcoal pencil

cover area with willow charcoal draw fine lines with char. pencil draw fine lines with willow erasing techniques

prepare a chisel point create an ellipse

1. charcoal paper is smooth side up charcoal cannot adhere to glossy or shiny surface needs a texture or “tooth” 2. rule the sheet into 4 same sized sections use hb pencil 3. Charcoal techniques 1- cover medium sized areas with willow charcoal 2- draw fine lines with willow 3- draw fine lines with char. pencil 4- erasing techniques PREPARE CHISEL POINT sandpaper flat on table gently rest tip on sandpaper hold perpendicular (right angle) to surface rub back and forth - shaving will wear charcoal down to form the important point *if charcoal shatters - too much pressure Procedure

About Charcoal has been used in various forms by artists for centuries one of the oldests drawing materials

vocabulary symmetry - in drawing is a balanced arrangement of lines and shapes, on opposite sides of an often-imaginary centerline. asymmetry - the opposite of symmetry, when one side does not reflect the other side Shape - the outward outline of a form. Basic geometric shapes include circles, squares and triangles. abstract - not realistic but expressive, imaginative or creative way to show the essence of something cubism - subject matter is broken up, studied and reassembled in an abstracted, geometric form Shading - the various shades of gray (values) in a drawing that make drawings look three- dimensional. Tone - a quality of a color coming from it’s saturation. Value - the different shades of gray created by various means, such as when you draw by varying both the density of the shading lines, and the pressure used in holding your pencils.