Lesson Background:
A few weeks ago, our spelling word of the week was "burned". We had a great time learning about the Great Fire of London, bushfires here in Australia and even getting to talk to a firefighter to help answer all our questions about fires. As part of our learning, we explored how bushland can regenerate after a bushfire.
Lesson Materials: (per student)
- 1 charcoal stick (I prefer the synthetic chalky ones)
- a lead pencil
- green ink/dye
- paintbrush and water
Lesson Steps:
1. View photos of bushland after fire and discuss the shapes and lines we see in the trees and then the shapes of the new growth.
2. Model step-by-step how to draw some basic tree shapes, while students follow along with their lead pencil, encouraging them to make theirs unique, by changing the position, number of branches etc. for each tree.
3. Model how to use the charcoal to outline over the top of their drawing and then how to use it to shade and show light/shadow.
4. Students go over their artworks with the charcoal.
5. Model how to use the paintbrush and green ink to create "fluffy" leaf regrowth on up the tree trunks and branches as well as new grasses on the ground. Students then do their own.
Student Artworks:
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