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North Brookfield Jr./Sr. High School

High School Visual Art
Unit 2: Developing Drawing Skills
Project 3: Non-Objective Charcoal Drawing

 Unit Objectives:
SWBAT practice, use, and develop various basic drawing skills to complete contour drawings, blind contour drawings, double blind contour drawings,valuescales,texture
squares, a still life drawing and a large abstract charcoal drawing.
SWBAT apply these skills to a varietyofdifferentdrawingmediabyusingpencil,compressedcharcoal,ink,andevenwatercolorpainttocompletevariousprojectsthroughout
Unit 2: Developing Drawing Skills.
SWBAT draw what they see, not what they know, by learning to look closely and observe a still life object and develop their hand-eye coordination tobegintodrawobjects
accurately and proportionally.

Project Objectives:
SWBAT complete a large, abstract charcoal drawing by:
Photographing the completed Still Life Drawing with a flat perspective.Takethephotofromabovelookingdownontothedrawingorhangthedrawingonthewall
and photograph from in front. (I may photograph it and print it for you.)
Transforming this original Still Life photo into a Non-objective, or abstract composition.
Use scissors or tear the copy into random, small, medium, and large pieces.
Reassembling the pieces of the original drawing to create an interesting composition:
Look for lines that flow and Consider Elements & Principles of Design when reassembling: balance, movement, etc.
Use a glue stick or glue and a brush to glue the reassembled pieces onto a base paper.
Write your name on the back of the base paper and make sure you hand it in on my desk at the end of each class.
Transferring this newly assembled reference photo onto onto your final paper using pencil.
Start by mapping out major lines or shapes lightly using pencil and look at where these lines or shapes hit the edge of your paper on the reference image.
Continue to Recreate all areas of your reference drawing onto this much larger scale paper lightly using pencil.
Applying CHarcoal to final paper.
Once the pencil transfer is complete, begin thecharcoalapplicationbyusingcharcoalpencilsandcompressedcharcoaltodevelopvaluesthroughoutyour
drawing.
Use a blending stump, your fingers, or paper towels to create smooth transitions in value and the largest range of values possible; minimum of 8 values.
You may want to work fromlighttodarkordarktolight;Onceagain,youareworkingaroundyourentiredrawingandbuildingupvaluesjustlikeyou
did in your still life.
When finished, Spray with fixative to maintain charcoal qualities/appearance and to avoid any smudging.
Completing a Self-Reflection statement and assessing yourself on the expectations provided by completing the Self-Assessment rubric.

 Key Artists
Kazuya Akimoto http://kazuya-akimoto.com/2005/2005_top.htm

Key Terms
Non-Objective: Abstracted; not an identifiable or real object

Composition: the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work; how the Elements & Principles are
arranged.

Charcoal: a porous black solid, consisting of an amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in the absence of air; a
drawing medium that can achieve the darkest black value.

 Self-Reflection Statement
Describe your interpretation or definition of Abstract of Non-Representational art based on what you learned
during the process of transforming a Representational Still Life Drawing into a Non-Representational Charcoal Drawing.
Once again, be sure to use specific evidence from your artwork to provide examples.

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Unit 2 Project 4: Non-Objective Charcoal Drawing Self-Evaluation Rubric

5 4 3 2 1

Value It is evident that you Many of the highlights, shadows, Some of the highlights, shadows, Few of the highlights, shadows, Your drawing is lacking most of
& depicted all areas of and mid tone grays are depicted and mid tone grays are depicted and mid tone grays are the highlights, shadows, and mid
Accuracy highlights, shadows, and mid accurately with charcoal and with charcoal and between 3 and 5 depicted with charcoal and tone grays and one or less values
tone grays accurately with between 6 and 8 values were values were used. between 1 and two. were used with charcoal.
charcoal and there are more used.
 than 8 values used.

Composition The overall composition The composition reflects that The composition reflects some The composition reflects that The composition appears that very
reflects a great amount of quite a bit of thought was put thought was put into the little thought was put into little thought was put into
thought put into the into the arrangement of the of arrangement of the reference the arrangement of the planning of the reference image
arrangement of the reference reference image and final image and final composition. reference image and final and the final composition.
image and final composition. composition.
composition.

Your project was carefully You worked hard to complete the You put forth a mediocre effort to Your design is complete, but is Your design was finished with very
Craftsman- constructed. You paid a great design, but some details and complete your design and you may lacking neatness and little o r no attention to detail.
ship amount of attention to neatness may be lacking. have i ncluded only a few details. attention to detail.
&
small details and completed
Skill
the design neatly.

Use of Space 100% of the required area of About 75% of the required About 50% of the required design About 25% of the required Less than 25% of the required
your design was used. design area was used. area was used. design area was used. design area was used.

Your completed Your completed self-reflection Your completed self-reflection Your completed Your completed self-reflection
Self-Reflection self-reflection statement statement shows a level of statement shows a level of self-reflection statement statement shows a level below
Statement shows a level of mastery in approaching mastery in length, proficiency in length, detail and shows a level of approaching proficiency in length, detail, and
length, detail, and your detail, and your ability respond your ability respond to the prompt. proficiency in length, detail, your ability respond to the prompt.
ability to thoroughly respond to the prompt. and your ability respond to
to the prompt. the p rompt.
Your Score: ________ / 25 x 4 = / 100 Possible Points