Pencil Drawing

UNIT 1

Drawing Unit - Practice

Artists Develop Skills - Drawing Unit

Pencil Drawing Unit

Learning to draw is a skill that is the foundation of creating. This unit will explore many techniques for enhancing your drawing skills. We will start by working as a class, then move into more independent work. Finally, you will choose a famous person to draw for the final project.

How-To Videos

Various Drawing Pencils

Holding a Drawing Pencil

Shading & Blending

Drawing a Value Scale

Shading a Sphere

Drawing Unit - Portrait

Studio Habit - Observation

Pencil Portrait Project

You will choose a person to draw for this project. Using a grid technique, you will recreate the drawing the same size. An emphasis on observation will be the goal of this project. Also, applying the techniques that were practiced in the first half of this unit.