Artists' charcoal is a form of a dry art medium made of finely ground organic materials that are held together by a gum or wax binder or produced without the use of binders by eliminating the oxygen inside the material during the production process. Wikipedia

Charcoal comes in three basic forms: pencil, vine, and stick.

For this project, we used charcoal sticks.

Students will:

Learn about the element of art called VALUE.

Review the five elements to shade creating contrast: highlight, shade, shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow.

Demonstrate understanding of shading techniques by rendering two-dimensional shapes so that they appear realistically three-dimensional.