A naturalist's records

Explore the effects you can make with different pencils. Study the sketches made by Darwin and then carefully make detailed sketches like a naturalist.

Teaching Outcomes
To develop knowledge of the Galapagos Islands.
To explore the varying effects that can be created with different types of pencil; To use sketching techniques to record details of animals carefully, in the same style as Darwin.
To explore the life of Charles Darwin; To understand how important Darwin’s records were to the development of what we understand today.

Children will:

• Understand the importance of Darwin’s records.
• Experiment with different sketching techniques.

• Darwin, naturalist and artist presentation
• Darwin’s tortoises
• Shading and tonal techniques
• Shading and tonal techniques grid

• Drawing pencils
• Sketch paper

There are no weblinks needed for this session.