Koalas and Pandas- Charcoal Animal Drawings
These 2 Art Lessons are a great introduction to shading and controlling charcoal. These are 2 individual lessons that can be done in 2 different grade levels.
Koalas and Pandas Charcoal Art Lesson is a great introduction to sketching with charcoal. This art lesson has some basic shading techniques and teaches values (light, medium and dark).
Great for grades 2-5.
Option to use crayons to color in the background. These adorable drawings make a great classroom or art show display.
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MATERIALS
Compressed Charcoal, Drawing paper, pink eraser, paper towel, Crayola Construction Paper Crayons
DIRECTIONS
On the drawing paper, lightly sketch out the panda or the koala.
Panda Shading
The dark values on the panda are the easiest, so fill in the body and ears first. Then fill in the rings around the eyes, use the paper towel to gently wipe some of the charcoal off the eye rings, to make a medium value. *You will use that dirty charcoal part of the paper towel to shade other areas in the next step.
With the dirty part of paper towel, wipe the lower part of the face, under the eye rings to lightly shade the face. Use the eraser to clean out any charcoal that may have gotten in the snout area and in the eyes.
Fill in the nose and a pupil in the eye with charcoal. Use the eraser to make a small highlight in the eye and on the top of the nose.
Koala Shading
The head and body is filled in a medium value with the charcoal, by applying medium pressure on the charcoal. *Some students can easily do this, but for those that are heavy-handed, I show them how to fill it in dark and wipe away with the paper towel to create a medium value.
The koala gets a light value for the shadow on his white belly, in his ears, and around his eyes. Use the eraser to white out these light areas. Fill in the nose and eyes with charcoal and make a little mouth. Use the eraser to make a small highlight in the eye and on the top of the nose.
OPTION to color in the background with crayon.
I teach the Pandas to 3rd Grade and the Koalas to 4th Grade. They are both about the same skill level so these animal drawings can easily be done with any grade 2nd-5th.
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