As part of our ongoing information series to help educators learn about the many facets of art in learning, we thought we could have some fun with an alphabet of art inspiration!
H is for Hatching!
Hatching is the use of parallel lines to create an illusion of shade or texture in a drawing. Following from our cartoon theme of last week, the cartoon pages or Manga books are the best places to see this in action, if you still have some pages left, explore how the use of thicker and thinner lines creates the illusion of depth on the flat page.
Have students observe a cube on the table. Shine a light from different angles to show light and dark surfaces. Have them draw a series of cubes (younger students may need a template) then have them use hatching to give depth to the drawings based on what they see. Move the light source to different locations – from above, further away (longer shadows), closer (smaller shadows but more intense), left side, right side etc.
When the exercise is done they should be able to identify in each of their drawings where the light source was positioned.
If you think the class is up to it, using the principles of shading – use the healthy people silhouettes and colour them using black markers or pencils only to give the illusion of movement and depth to the flat shapes. Remember the folds in fabric and rounded edges or faces and ears etc. You could also mount the silhouette to an A3 page and have the students create ground based shadows too.
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