Middle or High School Intro to Art: Shading Unit 6 Activities, 2 Projects, More

Teaching value and shading basics is an important middle or high school art technique to include in any intro to art or drawing course. This shading unit focuses on introducing students to shading basics and building off of the techniques through line quality and scratchboard projects.

Designed for middle, high school, and intro-level students, this unit includes 7 activities, 3 shading studies, and 2 projects.

All in all this lesson pack includes:

Shading Basics:

➢Lesson Plan

➢3 shading handouts and activities

➢2 shading printable posters

➢Object study rubric

Line Quality Lesson:

➢A lesson plan (with a big idea, objectives, vocabulary, national middle and high school art standards, and step-by-step instructions on implementing the project)

➢2 PowerPoint presentations for examples and project specifics

➢Activity guide for 2 activities

➢Word list

➢Rubric

Scratchboard Lesson:

➢Lesson plan (with big idea, essential questions, goals, supplies, resources, step-by-step implementation, national art standards)

➢2 PowerPoint presentations to introduce and guide students

➢Photo editing tips handout

➢Artist research sheet

➢Critique reflection sheet

➢Rubric

This unit is ideal to use after an introduction to contour line drawing. This is a perfect way to introduce students to basic shading techniques.

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