Description: Students learn about observational drawing techniques
materials
paper
pencil
clipboards
1. With the kids on the rug talk about how there are different types of drawing. One type is "free drawing" this is when we draw things however we what. We can give a dog 6 legs, we can draw ourselves with hands bigger than our heads. Another type of drawing is "observational drawing" Does anyone know what it means to observe something? to look at closely. The most important part of observational drawing is to look at the thing we are drawing very closely before we draw it. When we draw it, we try to include all the details we noticed while we were observing.
2. At this point you can tell the kids that they will be observing and then drawing some plastic flowers and then they will get clipboards and walk to the garden and they will be drawing flowers and plants they see in the garden.
Project:
1. Dismiss kids to tables
(Optional)Give each table one flower (no paper or pencils yet) and tell them to spend some time observing the flower. You can play a game with them by then collecting the flowers and asking the tables if they remember certain things about their flowers. For example: How many leaves does your flower have? How would you describe the color of the petals?
2. Then pass out paper and colored pencils (you can give each table more than one flower) and have them draw a flower per page. If you want to you can walk around and label the flowers or ask the kids to.
3. The kids can draw a couple of flowers if they'd like. When you feel ready you can pass out clip boards and pencils. I'd have the clipboards ready with a few piece of paper in each. Remind them they will be drawing what they see. They won't be using erasers and its ok to make mistakes. Its more important to look closely. If they want to they can even draw the flowers without looking at the page. They can do as many drawing as they have time for.
4. Walk with them to the garden and have them quietly draw flowers or plants.
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