Trees from Observation
Trees In Our Region
Identifying Leafs Through Shape and Venation
Tree Bud Close Ups
BIG IDEA: Students will create sketches from nature.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Why might studying nature be relevant in a world filled with technology? Why might studying, drawing and sketching nature be relevant in a world filled with technology?
VOCABULARY:
NATURAL HISTORY: - The research and study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
ILLUSTRATION: - A visualization or a depiction made by an artist, such as a drawing, sketch, painting, photograph or other kind of image of things remembered or imagined, using a graphical representation. The word comes from Latin word illustra'tio,illu'stro meaning enlighten, irradiate.
WHY WE DRAW FROM LIFE:
Drawing and painting still life's are important. They teach you eye-brain-hand coordination, they teach you how color and light behaves, they teach you about composition, they allow you to manage proportions.
STEPS/DESIGN PROCESS: Go outside into nature and recreate what you see outside. Can’t get outside because of rain? Research and reference trees on your computer and draw from images that you find or use the resources on this page.
Suggestion: practice drawing trees at different perspectives:
1. Full tree
2. Close up of branches and texture
3. Leaf formations and texture
4. Bark and texture
Tree tutorials
Trees in How to Draw Trees Resources
How to Draw Tree Techniques
Step by Step - How to Draw Trees
How to Draw cartoon Trees
Leaf Drawing Tutorials
Three easy tree tutorials below and step by step directions in link here:
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Why might studying nature be relevant in a world filled with technology? Why might studying, drawing and sketching nature be relevant in a world filled with technology?
VOCABULARY:
NATURAL HISTORY: - The research and study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
ILLUSTRATION: - A visualization or a depiction made by an artist, such as a drawing, sketch, painting, photograph or other kind of image of things remembered or imagined, using a graphical representation. The word comes from Latin word illustra'tio,illu'stro meaning enlighten, irradiate.
WHY WE DRAW FROM LIFE:
Drawing and painting still life's are important. They teach you eye-brain-hand coordination, they teach you how color and light behaves, they teach you about composition, they allow you to manage proportions.
STEPS/DESIGN PROCESS: Go outside into nature and recreate what you see outside. Can’t get outside because of rain? Research and reference trees on your computer and draw from images that you find or use the resources on this page.
Suggestion: practice drawing trees at different perspectives:
1. Full tree
2. Close up of branches and texture
3. Leaf formations and texture
4. Bark and texture
Tree tutorials
Trees in How to Draw Trees Resources
How to Draw Tree Techniques
Step by Step - How to Draw Trees
How to Draw cartoon Trees
Leaf Drawing Tutorials
Three easy tree tutorials below and step by step directions in link here:
Tree and Leaf References: