High School

Art by William L., grade eleven.

The Essential Question
What responsibilities come with the freedom to create?

Objective
Students will create an illustration that incorporates a random object.
 
Materials
sketchbooks, white sulphite drawing paper, pencils, erasers, drawing tools, india ink, paintbrushes, palettes, water cups, six-ply black railroad tagboard

Procedures

1. Students mount their finished work on six-ply black railroad tagboard and sign their artwork.
2. Students participate in a teacher-led demonstration centered on stippling, hatching, cross-hatching, and ink wash.
3. Students sketch ideas for a composition that uses the media and techniques learned. As an added challenge, students will incorporate an object selected by a peer.
4. Students each write an object on a piece of paper and add them to a jar, then each student takes a piece of paper from the jar to reveal the object.
5. Students finalize their sketch and review their work with the teacher.
6. Students begin their final drawing with pencil on white sulphite paper. Then they use their drawing tool and india ink to create line work, followed by the application of the four learned techniques (stippling, hatching, cross-hatching, ink wash) to add details and value.
7. Students mount their finished work on six-ply black railroad tagboard and sign their artwork.

Frank Juárez is an art teacher at Sheboygan North High School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Art by William L., grade eleven.