Noel House Art Projects – Judith Heim, instructor

Week Three

Vegetable Sections.

Materials:

1.A variety of vegetables cut in half to show their most interesting

cross section view., arranged as still life.

2. Paper suitable for pastel, oil pastel and colored pencil.

3.soft Pastels, oil pastels and colored pencil. Spray fixative (to be used by instructor only and sprayed outside)

Step one: With a regular pencil, do a light under drawing on your paper (fill the WHOLE PAGE!)

Step two: Using soft pastel, apply color wash.

Step three: Using oil pastel and colored pencil, add details and outline.

Objectives:

1. To observe detail

2. To practice drawing a three dimensional object

(the flat section view is a little easier than dealing with contour and perspective at this point)

3.To learn pastel and colored pencil technique.

4. To build drawing confidence.

5. To have fun!

The above images are samples done by the instructor/artist Judith Heim c 2007 for Circle of Friends for Mental Health cirriculum and may not be reproduced or otherwise used for any other purposes without permission from the artist. In all cases credit must be given to the artist, Judith Heim.