1. Kindergarten Art Project Northwood Elementary PTA Art Docent Program
Still Life Drawing
Presentation modified and prepared by Alice Finch 2016 – modified by Northwood PTA 2/2017
Kindergarten Art Project
Northwood Elementary PTA Art Docent Program

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3. Lesson Overview Grade: K Medium: Paper & chalk pastels Lesson: drawing
Time:60 minutes
Volunteers: 3
Project Overview/Skills
Students will draw a small collection of fruit using simple shapes and shading.
Vocabulary
Line, Shape, Balance, Proportion, Dimension

4. Still Life Drawing Materials Needed
 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 – a basket, plate or bowl will work well too.
Suggested items: simple shapes – I recommend sticking with fruit and vegetables that are simple in form but vary in size and shape.
3x5 Index cards-1 per student. Set up the grouping on this card. Make sure objects
overlap in some way
9x12 White paper for final piece
Chalk pastels
Sharpie for outline
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.
When artwork is sent home please print out the parent letter and put on back of each artwork.

6. Examples of Still Life Art

7. 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

8. Anne was a French Painter who lived from 1744-1818
Anne was a French Painter who lived from She lived in Paris and painted this in 1770

9. 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.

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

11. Today’s Project Still life drawing
What does still life mean?
Today we are going to 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.

12. Step 1 - Name Write your name on the back of your paper.
Lets play a quick game :
Look at the objects in front of you and take turns naming something you see.
Talk about texture, detail, color and shadow.

13. Step 2 – Observe what is in front of you
Take the time to really see the shapes and sizes in front of you
What are the objects made of?
circles
Rectangles
Proportions- What is the biggest thing and what is the smallest
Where do objects overlap?
What are the shapes in between the objects?

14. Step 3 – Practice Drawing
On your index card, draw the simple shapes of your objects using pencil.
Draw them BIG- fill the page
Draw what you see.
Make sure you draw the edge of the table!
Use your eraser to make corrections.
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

15. Step 4 – Draw Still Life Move to your big paper.
Draw your objects using simple shapes with pencil.
It is ok to make correction lines
Outline your shapes with a dark color of chalk pastel.
Fill in your shapes with the chalk pastels.
Color the table surface and the wall behind.
Cover the whole paper with color.
Try blending colors with your finger.
Make sure you put some shadows in your drawing.