today's art class: still life and shading

Today, with my class we combined the skills we have been practicing like drawing what we see, blocking in basic shapes, and careful observation and took it to the next level to add shading.  We started with simple objects on the table, turned off the lights, and let the window provide some simple, beautiful one-directional light for us.   We spent about 10 min on each drawing, so not enough time to finish a massive amount of details, but enough time to really slow down and observe carefully.

We came up with drawings like these ones:  (vitamin C bottle, and a bowl of fruit)