RIC-6584 Exploring Visual Art (Upper)

Midnight spider
DURATION
One lesson
TASK
Draw a picture of a spider and its surroundings using a white charcoal pencil on
black paper.
Materials
✓✓ black paper or thin black card
✓✓ white charcoal pencil
✓✓ spray fixative
LESSON
1. Use the charcoal pencil to draw a tree trunk to one side of the paper. Shade one side of the
trunk and draw swirling bark patterns in one or two areas on the remaining section.
2. About halfway down the page, draw a hilly horizon line and shade in half.
3. Draw a full moon in the sky, shade half of it and draw crater marks on the remaining half.
4. Starting from the bottom of the page, draw grass and twigs along the bottom edge.
5. Draw a spider’s web from the edge of the tree to the edge of the paper.
6. Draw a vertical line from the web with a spider dangling from the bottom. Discuss spider
body features with the students to ensure their drawing is accurate. Shade one edge of the
spider’s body to create shade, form and depth.
7. Spray artwork with fixative to prevent smudging.
Evaluation
Arts ideas Arts skills and processes Arts responses Arts in society
• Generates ideas
based on a
particular theme.
• Uses a charcoal
pencil effectively.
• Uses line to enhance
illusion of shape,
form and depth.
• Evaluates own
artwork and that of
others.
• Understands how
visual arts can
represent particular
themes.
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