Materials
Pencil, 9" x 12" drawing paper
Resources
Hokusai and/or Hiroshige prints, images of animals and natural environments.
Students should have a wide variety of images of animals and landscapes to look at. Some students may prefer to use their imagination to put the animal in an environment of their own choosing. After they select an animal image, they should make a simple pencil sketch of that animal in an environment on 9" x 12" paper. They should be reminded to group lines to create visual texture and to separate each area by changing the size or type of the lines used.
Student will work in pairs to get feedback on their drawings. They can ask one another such questions as:
- Which part of my drawing is furthest away and which part is closest?
- What do you think my animal would feel like?
- I have used___ different kinds of lines to show visual texture. Can you find them all?