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Gestural Drawing with Charcoal
Key Disciplines: Drawing and sketchbooks.
Themes: Cave art, Movement, Human Body, Relationship of Body to Place
Aims: To introduce children to the idea of making gestural drawing, exploring charcoal as a medium, using our bodies to make marks.
Outcomes: Pupils go on to make drawings that capture a sense of drama or performance using charcoal.
Key Skills:
- Understanding how artists use charcoal in their work - discuss the marks produced, and how you feel about their work.
- Experimenting with the types of marks you can make with charcoal and using your hands.
- Working on larger sheets of paper - making loose, gestural sketches using your body.
- Understanding what Chiaroscuro is and how to use it in your work.
- Using light and dark tonal values in your work to create a sense of drama.
- Sharing your work with my classmates and talking about what you felt was successful and what you might like to try again.
Key Artists:
Edgar Degas
Laura McKendry
Heather Hansen
