5th Graders Use One-Source-Lighting to Create the Illusion of 3D in Their Drawing

We began our drawing unit drawing simple solids using professional ebony drawing pencils. The solids were placed in a room with one source lighting coming from one direction. In order to make a successful 3D-looking image they had to have 3 very important ingredients on their drawing:

1. an accurate shadow

2. darks, lights and medium tones created through crosshatch technique.

3. The drawing had to be visually accurate to the viewer.