This scratchboard project is designed for middle school art and high school art age students. This is a staple in my Introduction to Art class. It is a great way to review shading techniques, line quality, introduce a new medium (scratchboard), learn about wildlife and wildlife photography, and pull inspiration into their works of art. This scratchboard art project is a perfect culmination of a shading unit to test students' understanding of hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, and line quality.