Students will learn basics of value and shading. Students will learn the different parts of a shadow- direct light, indirect light, highlight, halftones, shadow, core of shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow. Students will learn how to shade in pencil. Students will make a value scale and shade an object with chiaroscuro in pencil. Students will learn how to shade in colored pencils. Students will make a value scale and shade objects in the different value patterns- high key value, low key value, middle key value, tenebrism or high contrast, and chiaroscuro. Students will learn how to draw compositional thumbnail sketches. Students will learn how to draw with black and white charcoal pencils, and black, white, and gray chalk pastel. Students will choose three objects from their home to draw- 1 black object, 1 gray object, and 1 white object. Students will pick their favorite thumbnail sketch, and draw the objects on black paper with white charcoal pencils. Students will use gray and white chalk pastels to shade in the light and medium values and leave the black paper as the dark value. Students will do a three object still life on gray paper. Students will block in the objects in pencil or charcoal pencil. Students will add light and dark values, and leave the gray paper as the middle value. Students will also do a still life on white paper with black, white and gray colored pencils- shading in the dark areas and leaving the white paper as the light.
