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Arresting Motion
Practical Observational Drawing Curriculum for 6th to 12th grade
Brighton Smith Studio Art Teacher, Great Hearts Academies
“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life” -William Faulkner
Line and
Shape
Shape into form
Contour Line Drawing
Form and ValueDirect Light- Where is it coming from?Core Shadow- What is the darkest area on
the object?Reflective Light- What happens as the form turns away from us? Cast Shadow- How is it created? Do we need it? What would it look like without the cast shadow?
Multiple Solids
Complex solids / “REAL” objects
Hand Drawing
Folded Paper
Transition to Fabric
7th Grade Fabric Drawing 3 hours24x18 in
12th Grade Student 8th Grade Student
Transition from Objects to Figures
Have the students draw from the human skeleton as it is a still life object. Place a light on the skeleton and have students do a variety of different views of the skeleton.
THRUST and DIRECTION also called FORCE
GESTURE and FORCE
Building Anatomy
Anatomy for Drawing
Portraiture
Once students understand the “General to Specific” standard they can look at any object, any figure, any person’s face and depict a likeness with a faithful rendering of light and shadow.
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