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Lesson Summary
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, the class will be drawing and painting animals. Students will select an animal that they like or care about and follow a step by step process to illustrate their artwork. They will learn how to paint details, such as fur, feathers and eyes, using a transparent painting technique. The aim of this task is to capture the essence of the animal and to make it look full of life.
Lesson Objectives (EDIT)
Lesson Objectives (EDIT)
Practice the technique of drawing
Learn how to express the energy of an animal with color.
Understand how color communicates feeling and temperature.
Discussion Brainstorm
Discussion Brainstorm
What animals have you've seen at a zoo?
Which animals do you find most interesting? Why?
Why do you think animals are a certain color? How does color effect the appearance of an animal?
Is there an endangered animal that you are particularly fond of?
What’s your favorite animal and why do you like it?
In what ways are you and the animal alike?
What color would you associate with love, anger, fear, beauty, strength and intelligence?
What colours were they? How does their color effect their appearance?
Materials Needed
Materials Needed
gouache paint
brushes, bucket
pencil and eraser
sketchbook
references
Toned or Colored Paper
Pencil and Eraser
Colored Pencils
Paint
markers
Reference
What you do
What you do
Sketch: Decide on an animal that you want to illustrate and draw it in your sketchbook. You will be using a photo reference but try to draw your animal in your own dynamic pose, using your imagination. You want to give it personality and make your animal look alive.
Shading: Think about the light source in your drawing and shade in the shadows of your animal. Leave the highlights as the white of the paper. Dramatic lighting has a big impact on a painting.
Paint: Start painting the lightest colours first and then progress to the darker ones. The colours that you select should enhance the overall energy of your animal.
Details: Look to add any subtle details, shadows and highlights that would enhance your painting.
White Highlights: Add white sparingly to the most brightest parts of your animal, such as the light reflection in the eyes. Doing this well will have an effect of making your painting appear as if it were popping off of the paper.
What you do
What you do
Select an animal you want to draw. Choose a paper colour that is the dominate color of your subject. For example, choose grey paper for a grey elephant or green paper for a green crocodile.
Lightly sketch your animal onto colored paper with a pencil.
Draw the outlines and shade the shadows using cool dark colors.
Add highlights with warm light colors.
For the finishing touches, use white to convey the brightest highlights. This will have an an effect of making your artwork look as if it were popping off of the paper.
Choose another animal and repeat the process.
Student Work: Drawing And Painting Animals
Terminology (EDIT)
Terminology (EDIT)
Primary Colors - They include red, blue and yellow. They are the three colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing.
Secondary Colors - Include orange, green and purple. Colors resulting from the mixing of two primary colors together.
Warm Colors - Colors that are associated with the sun, warmth and fire. They evoke warm feelings in people. Yellow, red, orange and different shades of these colors are warm colors.
Cool Colors - Colors that are associated with water, cold and ice. These colors leave a cold effect on people. Green, blue, purple and shades of these colors are cool colors.
Opaque - Not able to be seen through; not transparent.
Student Work: Drawing And Painting Animals
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