Drawing buildings using charcoal
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create a charcoal drawing of a building.
Key learning points
- Different charcoal techniques can be used to add value and texture to drawings.
- Buildings are made up of multiple simple shapes combined together to create a complex form.
- Artists use different techniques like blending and erasing when drawing with charcoal.
Keywords
Charcoal - a black material made by burning wood
Blending - mixing colours or shades together smoothly
Value - how light or dark a shade is including black, white and greys
Complex forms - shapes that have lots of parts or details
Common misconception
You need to press down hard when using charcoal.
Pressing down too hard will break the charcoal. You need to be much more gentle.
Teacher tip
When smudging pupils should be encouraged to keep one had clean and only blend using their little finger or a blending stump to avoid over blending.
Equipment
Images of buildings (these could be personalised by using buildings from your local area), paper and charcoal.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Where might the architect have taken ideas from when designing this building?
Q2.Which has been created using imagination?
Q3.Which shows a sketch?
Q4.Sgraffito is a technique where you ...
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which technique has the artist used on the roof?
Q2.Which technique has the artist used for the shrubs?
Q3.With less pressure my charcoal lines will be ...
Q4.Simple shapes can be combined to make a ...
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