Lesson

Plan

Name: Lauren Bakker

Advanced Drawing

Lesson Title: Reductive Charcoal Still Life

Indiana State Standards:

H.1.5 PROFICIENT: Identify criteria of professional portfolios for art school
and reflect on strengths of own art portfolio.
ADVANCED: Develop and refine a portfolio based on critiques by oneself,
teachers, peers, and through research.
H.3.1 PROFICIENT: Analyze the effective use of symbols, elements,
principles, and media in works of art, using appropriate terminology.
ADVANCED: Analyze how the visual organization of a work affects the
communication of ideas and suggest alternatives, using appropriate
terminology.
H.4.4 PROFICIENT: Engage in critical reading, writing, and discourse to
improve understanding of own work and that of others. ADVANCED: Review
and lead discussions about professional work within the art community.
H.5.1 PROFICIENT: Reflect on and discuss the personal significance of a
work of art and compare with the significance found by peers, critics, and
aestheticians. ADVANCED: Reflect on the personal significance of aesthetic
experience and examine the writing of aestheticians to defend a convincing
argument on the role of aesthetic experience in life quality.
H.5.2 PROFICIENT: Identify subtle problems in works of art, form theories
about these works, and evaluate alternative hypotheses. ADVANCED:
Demonstrate reflection and sustained attention to complex problems in works
of art by articulating well-supported hypotheses and judging the adequacy of
other hypotheses.
H.7.1 PROFICIENT: Evaluate the effectiveness of elements and principles in
works of art and use this evaluation to inform personal work.
ADVANCED: Create multiple solutions in works that demonstrate
competence in producing effective relationships between elements, media, and
function.
H.7.3 PROFICIENT: Create artworks that demonstrate skill and understanding
of different media, processes, and techniques.
ADVANCED: Begin, define, and solve challenging visual problems,
demonstrating skill and in-depth understanding of media and processes.

Differentiated
Instruction

Beginner: Simple
composition with
correct proportion and
placement of objects

Intermediate: A focused
and well thought out
composition. Objects are
in proportion and
accurately placed

Advanced: Very
sophisticated
composition that utilizes
the elements of art and
principles of design.
Objects are in
proportion and depicted
with photo realistic
accuracy or stylistically

All: Choose a part of the still
life to focus on and draw
using the reductive charcoal
style.

Prior Knowledge:
-Preparing a still
life composition
-Elements of art
-Principles of
design
-Perspective
drawing

Curriculum
Connections:
-English/reading
-English/writing

Materials:
-Charcoal paper
-Vine charcoal
-Charcoal sticks
-White Conte
-Kneaded erasers
-Still life objects
-Background fabric
-Lamp
-Wheeled Cart
-Spray fixitive

Class Work Activities

-Students will view a short slideshow of teacher examples of reductive charcoal still lives
-Students will select objects for still life composition and assemble them as a group
-Students will critically view the still life and choose a vantage point they would like to work from
-Students will zoom in on a focal point on the still life and draw it
-Students will watch a demonstration on how to create the mid tone grey using a charcoal stick
-Students will watch a demonstration on how to use vine charcoal to sketch out composition
-Students will create their mid tone grey and sketch out their composition
-Students will then use their charcoal sticks to push their darker shadows and add detail
-Students will participate in an in progress critique
-Students will take constructive criticism and make improvements on their drawings
-Students will use white conte on the whites of their highlights
-Students will spray their drawings with spray fixative when completely finished
-Student will participate in a final critique involving choosing note cards at random and answering the
written questions aloud




Modifications:
Max will use the grid system that he is familiar with to draw his still life. He will pick out the objects of
his still life and they will be photographed and gridded for him. He will use charcoal pencils to draw his
still life because they offer more control.