Visual art pencil shading

step by step explanation

1. THE INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL(CBSE), ERODE Grade 8-JUNE MONTH TOPIC: STILL LIFE 1. MAN MADE OBJECT 2. NATURAL OBJECT Dear students, here we are showing you how to do still life drawing in three methods. 1. Pencil drawing 2. Pen drawing 3. Any medium for coloring First week-natural object : Fruits/flower and leaf Second week- natural object : vegetable Third week- man made objects We expect you to draw three different still life in three different mediums. Kindly follow the instruction so that you can create beautiful drawing which will make you happy.GR

2. Step : 1 Take an object Place in front of you Make sure there is proper light inside your room Till you finish your work, your are not suppose to move the object.

3. Step :2 You can draw this still life in your drawing note or in A 4 sheet Observe the objects shape, width, height properly. Observe where the light falls on your object Give importance to space allotment. Drawing should be in the middle of the paper.

4. Step-3 Now draw the out line of your object Make sure to draw very light

5. Step-4 Now you can start shading your object start shading from lighter to darker Important point that you have to keep in your mind is, if you are shading or colouring always start from top to bottom

6. S tep-5 Once your object shading /colouring done, you can observe the shades under your objects So now you can do shading. Important thing to remember is that, avoid shading the place, where you can see the direct sunlight falling on the object.its called highlight. Make sure that to use different types of depth in your shade. Lightest shade- light reflecting area Next medium D ark and darkest shade can be seen in shadow too.

7. Steps to be followed for shading: Give lighter shade to the light exposing area. Then go for middle tone For the shadows give darker tone near to the object . For highlight do not shade This is the shading method for all the objects.

8. Objective of learning still life Improving observation skill Improving drawing skill L earning pencil shading method Understanding the light and shade Understanding space allotment THANK YOU