3rd Grade Gesture Drawings

3rd Graders Studied the painting, Snap the Whip, by Winslow Homer

They looked at line, shape and movement in this piece.  Student then learned how to create gesture drawings of people in action poses.   Students volunteered to be our models and we drew them.

Next time we meet, we will be cutting out our drawings and creating our own pieces of art that depict an action scene.

Continuous Line Drawings

Students learned about a drawing exercise that artists use to improve their ability look for lines and shapes called, Continuous Line Drawing.

Pablo Picasso creating a continuous line drawing.

For this exercise, students put their pen down on their paper and do not lift it from the paper until their drawing is done.  Some students even tried the blind continuous line drawing exercise, where you don't look at your paper the entire time you are drawing.

Students drew faces, their hands, water bottles, scissors, and many other things without lifting their pens.  Tricky.....but they did an amazing job.    Each student chose two of their favorite drawings to display.   Here they are: