One of my goals is to help the students get a well rounded knowledge of the different media that they can use to create artwork. I have created a level system for them to go through where they do a practice sheet and learn how to use the medium, and then do a project to follow.
Level 1 is the Graphite level where the kids learn to control their values using different pencils, as well as controlling the pressure they use to apply the graphite to the surface. The kids are able to chose their subject matter, but they all are required to use graphite, keeping the image in a gray scale, and practice their shading skills within their project. Take a look at what they have come up with.
You might notice that there are a couple of planet pieces in the bunch. Every student gets the opportunity to do this project. It teaches the student to learn about shading on a curved surface, layering, using different shading textures, and working with a light source. The planet pieces that you see here are my most recently added students this year. The rest of the students have already done this project in the past.
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