This was a project I used as a final project in my pumpkin unit in 1st grade. Students spent one day drawing a pumpkin patch on their own. On the next day, I taught them how to draw pumpkins realistically, and they drew another pumpkin patch. Then, we spent two days drawing and blending our pastels to create these realistic pumpkin patch drawings.
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THE PLAN
2 sessions; 40 minutes per session
1. SWBAT draw a realistic pumpkin.
2. SWBAT utilize multiple horizon lines to create depth in a drawing.
3. SWBAT draw subject matter appropriate details.
4. SWBAT blend oil pastels.
1. Black construction paper
2. Pencils
3. Oil pastels
1. Have students stand up at one end of the room. Place one student in the middle of the room and another at the other end. Discuss how the closer student looks bigger than the farther away student, even though they are the same size.
2. Back at the tables, use pencil to draw three horizon lines for hills. Discuss how the pumpkins drawn on the bottom horizon line should be bigger than the pumpkins on the top horizon line.
3. When students have drawn their patch, have them trace over their pencil lines with white pastels.
4. On the second day, demonstrate how to blend colors to create a realistic pumpkin.
I used this as a final project in the pumpkin unit, so it served as an assessment for pumpkin drawing, as well as an introduction to depth.
THE STANDARDS
Visual Arts Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
[K-4] Students use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
[K-4] Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner
Visual Arts Standard 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
[K-4] Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas
[K-4] Students describe how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses
Visual Arts Standard 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
[K-4] Students select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning
[5-8] Students use subjects, themes, and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values, and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks
Visual Arts Standard 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
[K-4] Students understand there are various purposes for creating works of visual art
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