PUPPY CHARCOAL DRAWINGS Art Lesson is a great practice of sketching with charcoal. This art lesson has basic shading techniques and teaches values (light, medium and dark).
Great for grades 4-8th.
These puppy drawings make a great classroom or art show display.
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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD includes: CHARCOAL PUPPY DRAWING step by step directions of the complete lesson, written and photographed. Drawing template is included, if needed.
Puppy Drawings in Charcoal
This was the first art lesson of the year for my 5th graders. Great art lesson to review drawing lightly, simple shapes and shading. They turned out adorable!
Materials
Compressed Charcoal, eraser, drawing paper & paper towel
Before I start this lesson, I have students practice with charcoal on scratch paper. We sketched circles lightly and created a small value scale. Just 3 squares with light medium and dark, done in charcoal.
DIRECTIONS
Start the puppy sketch with the circle of the head, then the body, snout, and ears. Details last. Begin placing in the medium value for the body, use the paper towel to blend it. Create a darker shadow under the head. Do the same for the face, but place the shadow under the ears. Get a dark value in the nose and pupils. Outline the eyes dark. The ears are a light value. The eraser can be used to wipe out smudges on the snout and to make a sparkle in the eye.
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