Tone, Shadow & Shape
NOTE TO INSTRUCTORS AND PARENTS
At this point you should have an understanding of what subject matter you or your student's may enjoy. Please assign them drawing projects accordingly. Some students will want to draw cartoons, stuffed animals, cars and other objects. Please allow them to draw anything they want. (Within reason of course) I hesitate to assign drawings because if a student has no interest in the subject matter they will not put in the time required rendering the subject. However I will help as much as this teaching media allows. If you have a scanner and home page you can post their work and e-mail a message to me and I will return in an e-mail any suggestions that I might have. You could also mail the work to me through the regular mail and I will do an overlay of the work with my suggestions. An overlay is a piece of tracing paper with red line remarks and sketches that I put over the work. I will not draw or write directly on the students' work. Please make sure that you add return postage for the material or I cannot return it to you.
Bibliography
| Book | Author | Publisher |
| Pencil Drawing | Gene Franks | Walter Foster Publishing |
| Draw Today | Foundations in Art | Walter Foster Publishing |
| Drawing Made Easy | Felix Lorenzi | Bay Books |
| Sketching School | Judy Martin | Readers Digest Books |
| The Art of Pencil Drawing | Earnest W. Watson | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| The Pencil | Paul Calle | North Light Publishing |
| How to Draw What You See | Rudy De Reyna | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| A Parents Guide to Teaching Art | Donna B. Gray | Betterway Publications |
| Getting Started in Drawing | Wendon Blake/Ferdinand Petrie | North Light Publishing |
| Art Class | Edited by Ken Howard | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques | Ian Simpson | Chartwell Books, Inc. |
| Rendering in Pencil | Arthur L. Guptill | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| Drawing For Pleasure | Edited by Peter D. Johnson | North Light Publishing |
| Drawing With Children | Mona Brookes | Tarcher/St. Martin Press |
There are also very good resources at your local library. Some libraries have video sections and will have a few art videos on hand. Please check them out.
| Video | Artist/Instructor | Production Company |
| Drawing 1 | Gail Price | Crystal Video |
| Drawing 2 | Gail Price | Crystal Video |
| Drawing Today | Foundations in Art | Walter Foster |
| The Lowly Pencil/How to Use It | unknown | Double Diamond Corp |
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for using this home school arts lesson. We at HomeSchoolArts would like to encourage you to continue with your fine arts training. Please check out our other art lessons in Perspective, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pen and Ink and the others that we will be continuing to add as we grow. And continue to check back for new pencil lessons.
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