YEETONG - Still Life Drawing

For the past 2 lessons, Mr Ho has decided to "drill" the kids with Still Life Drawing. This is back to basic learning, teaching the kids how to observe, recognise shapes and seeing different colour tones

LESSON 1 - Still Life Drawing (FRUITS)
- Students aged 10-12: Pencil Shading (Real Fruits - 3D)
- Students aged 8-9: Oil Pastel Colouring (Real Fruits - 3D)
- Students aged 4-7: Oil Pastel Colouring (Fruit Cards - 2D)

For the more advanced students, a plate of fruits was placed in front of them and they were required to observe and draw what they see on paper. A big challenge for them is how to create the 3D effect, applying different tones to make the fruits look as real as possible on paper
(**Pencil Shading: To guide them along, a small piece of paper divided into 6 portions were given to them. They were required to shade each box with a different pencil tone, from lightest in box 1 to darkest in box 6)

Younger students were given a stack of Fruit Cards that they can pick and choose to draw the fruits they like on paper. The focus here is more on the shapes recognition, learning how to see simple toning effects

LESSON 2 - Still Life Drawing of Household Items
- Students aged 10-12: Pencil Shading (Toilet Roll + Bottle + Kettle)
- Students aged 8-9: Oil Pastel Colouring (Toilet Roll + Bottle + Kettle)
- Students aged 4-7: Oil Pastel Colouring (Simple bottles & Cups)

REAL objects were given to the ALL students for observation. Young students were required to draw simple bottles and cups, which do not consist of too much irregular shapes. More advanced students were given greater challenges as they were required to draw objects with more details

Our experience
Kids of young age don't seems to be able to appreciate Still Life Drawing as yet. They may find it too 'mind-restricting' as they draw what they see physically rather than they draw what they feel like seeing (ie in their mind)... However, this is part of their learning process in arts. They need to be trained on their ability to observe, recognising shapes and tones. These are basic skills that they need to be equipped with in order to advance further in arts

These 'Still Life' lessons may seems 'dry' to them but I'm sure they all have learnt something new thru the process