![]() ![]() Any eraser will do, but the white pearl or hi-polymer erasers are great for projects like these. Students will need large erasers to work on the reductive drawing. Remind them to look for highlights to erase, areas to lighten, and shadows to leave dark. ![]() Once the drawing is solid, students can pay close attention to changes in value. With these light eraser sketches, students can simply blend out any mistakes and revise easily. Circulate the room and check for correct proportions and strong composition. Consider requiring students to bring in an original photograph, rather than searching for images online.Īs students begin with their charcoal-filled paper, start with a simple pencil eraser for initial sketching. To increase engagement, ask students to bring in an object or photograph as a reference. This kind of reverse thinking is engaging to students because it is something they may not have tried before. Students will be looking for areas of highlights to erase, rather than areas of shadows to shade in. Instead of using a drawing tool to create a dark line, students will use an eraser to create a light line. Once the paper has been transformed from white to black, tell students you’re going to flip everything they know about drawing. There may even be charcoal dust on your chairs and floors for a couple of days, but the learning experience is worth it! Have students completely darken in their entire sheet of paper with a stick of charcoal. Sometimes with charcoal, it’s best to begin by embracing the mess at full force. Be sure to point out that a full range of value translates to all other art media. You may have had students do this previously in pencil. This allows students a reference point when they are working on various projects. Have students begin by creating a value scale of at least five distinct values from white to black. Students can achieve different values by changing the amount of pressure used when creating marks and shading in different areas. Then, provide your class with a few engaging projects and demonstrations to help them navigate using charcoal so they may fall in love with the media and use it in future drawing projects! ValueĬharcoal is an excellent tool for demonstrating a full range of value. Once they’ve mastered some of these skills in pencil, you can introduce charcoal as an additional media. This will allow students to sketch and explore a range of value and mark making. It is a good idea to begin a drawing curriculum with traditional pencil and graphite drawing pencils first. While it’s fun to work with, some students may struggle controlling charcoal, avoiding unwanted smudges, and the general mess it can leave behind. Charcoal allows the artist to achieve dark values quickly and blend with ease. It is messy, unpredictable and many students love it because it is a tool they probably don’t have at home. ![]()
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