Home school Art Lesson, Shading and Values with Pen and Ink

Spectrum Home School Art 2

Values are the degree of dark or light in an area in a picture. We ca control value by controlling the amount of ink in relation to the white paper showing.

This can be done with any technique, as well as any pen type.

Students will create an abbreviated value chart going only to five. The chart will have 5 squares each with a darker value. The first example shows standard crosshatching technique, the second row has dots and the third is scribbling.

Illustration for Art Lesson on Values in Pen And Ink

After the students make a chart similar to the one above they practice on a project of their own choosing as long as the work demonstrates multiple values.

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Homeschool Art Lesson, Pen And Ink.Basic Lines

Art 2 Pen And Ink. 

Our lesson is a practice of different lines. Contour lines, Parallel lines, Crosshatching, Dots. Stylized line, and Direct line.

• CONTOUR lines follow the contour or the round shape of an object. The bend of the line gives the look of roundness. 
• PARALLEL lines are parallel to each other. They may vary in thickness and in closeness to give the effect of roundness. 
• CROSSHATCHING are parallel lines that cross over each other in a fine grid giving the effect of darkness.
• STYLIZED line is a line that may be fluid in bending around an object and it may be of various thicknesses. 
• DIRECT line is a line that is clean and even without variation of thickness, it gives the effect of a drawing that looks like a mechanical illustration.  

Students should practice each technique.

A project is attempted. Being a first project students may pick the technique they want to attempt.

Some Examples of Lines for Pen Drawings

An example of pen drawing may be found at the link: Gourds.

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