1. 3rd Grade Art Project Northwood Elementary PTA Art Docent Program
Still Life Drawing
Presentation modified and prepared by Alice Finch 2016
3rd Grade Art Project
Northwood Elementary PTA Art Docent Program

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3. Lesson Overview Grade: 3 Medium: Paper & Watercolor Pencils
Lesson: drawing
Time:75 minutes
Volunteers: 3
Project Overview/Skills
Students will draw a small collection of objects using simple shapes and shading.
Vocabulary
Line, Shape, Balance, Proportion, Dimension
Resources/Prints (In Art Docent Closet)
Cezanne, Paul Apples and Oranges
Cezanne, Paul Flowers and Pears (for light source)
Gaugin, Paul Flowers and Fruit (shadows/light source)

4. Still Life Drawing Materials Needed
Resources/Prints (In Art Docent Closet)
Cezanne, Paul Apples and Oranges
Cezanne, Paul Flowers and Pears (for light source)
Gaugin, Paul Flowers and Fruit (shadows/light source)
Materials/Home Preparation
Collection of miscellaneous objects for still life groupings- recommend setting these up ahead of time, 3 or 4 objects to a grouping.
Suggested items: paper clip, rock, small cup, pom pom ball, block, dice, chess piece, shell, pine cone, feather, key. Select objects that are simple in shape and have variety.
3x5 Index cards-1 per student. Set up the grouping on this card. Make sure objects
overlap in some way (Save cards and return to Art Docent Closet)
Scratch paper
9x12 White paper- Bristol or watercolor paper
11x14 Colored Paper for background mounting
Pencils
Water color pencils
Small water cups
Post-Lesson
the Parent Letter for this lesson to your room parent (available on the PTA website under ”Art Docent Volunteer Resources”) and ask your room parent to forward it to the class. The letter gives the parents context for the lesson their student completed and this step helps ensure on-going support of the Northwood PTA Art Docent program!

5. Display
Once the project is finished, student work should be mounted on colored paper and displayed either in the classroom or in the designated area in the hallway.
If there are some who have not finished, please check with the teacher on how they would like to proceed. Do not assume that it ok to continue the project after the allotted time.

6. Pitcher and Fruit by Paul Cezanne
Here are some famous examples of Still Life paintings…
This was painted in It is Oil on canvas. (Private Collection aka not owned by a museum)
Pitcher and Fruit by Paul Cezanne

7. Attributes of Music by Anne Vallayer-Coster
Anne was a French Painter who lived from She lived in Paris and painted this in 1770
Attributes of Music by Anne Vallayer-Coster

8. Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh
This one of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings! He painted it in 1889 and it resides in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

9. Dishes and Fruit by Henri Matisse
Matisse painted this in 1901
Dishes and Fruit by Henri Matisse

10. Today’s Project Still life drawing Draw objects using simple shapes
What does still life mean?
Draw objects using simple shapes
An orange is a circle
Still Life: A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects (inanimate), typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

11. Step 1 - Name
Write your name on the back of your paper

12. Step 2 – Observe what is in front of you
What are the objects made of?
circles
Rectangles
Dark
Light
Proportions- How wide are scissors compared to a cup?
Where do objects overlap?

13. Step 3 – Practice Drawing
On Scratch paper, draw the simple shapes of your objects using pencil
Draw them BIG- fill the page
This is practice so try again if it isn’t quite right
When you have a practice draft that fills the page, then move on to your final paper

14. Step 4 – Final Pencil & Shading
Move to your thick Watercolor Paper
Draw your objects using simple shapes.
It is ok to make correction lines
Add shading
What direction is the light coming from?
What side of the objects is in the light? What is in shadow?
Shading should be added lightly

15. Step 5 – Watercolor pencils
Use a different color for each object
Color the edges of your object with watercolor pencils
Try it out on the shaded side first
Dip finger in water and pull the color across the object
You can add more pencil even after it is damp on the page