Animals with Scratchboard

The first 5 weeks are spent drawing animals and the last 3-4 weeks student draw on a 5″ x 7″ scratchboard. Kids and animals go together making this a fun class. Each week students receive a handout (see example on right below). The weekly breakdown is:

1. Shape Up ! – Identifying general and compund shapes
2. Birds of a Feather – drawing specific bird characteristics
3. Negative Thinking – an introductio to black scratchboard
4. Beyond Shapes – exploring textures with pencil & scratchboard
5. Lions, Dolphins & Bats, oh my! – Reviewing more animals
6. Drawing the Line – real tools for real scratchboards
7. Transference – from pencil to scratchboard
8. It’s okay to Scratch! – Thinking opposite to achieve values
9. Rendering the finished product – cleanliness still matters in black
10. Fine ! – two projects done!