Draw What You See 👀

Division 5 has been starting our school year focusing on some drawing and colouring skills. One of the most significant ways for students to move forward with their art is to focus on drawing what they ACTUALLY see and not what they THINK they see. This way, students are able to develop greater detail in their drawings, in addition to developing observation skills used across the curriculum.

At this time of year our subject of choice is the beautiful leaves around us. The colours are so vibrant, and the shapes and textures are varied. Each student chose a leaf they liked, and set to work sketching the shape. They had to pay attention to small details like a bit of the leaf that was torn or missing, the shape of the stem, and if the leaf had points or texture around the edge.

Today we talked about how we add colour to enhance the texture of our drawing, and how we can blend colours to create depth and interest. We also looked at how colouring in one direction can help define the “maturity” of our art–as we could see from my examples below, it makes a difference!