{"id":2714,"date":"2025-07-13T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T20:42:10","slug":"drawing-pencil-graphite-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/drawing-pencil-graphite-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing: Pencil\/Graphite Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students from Art 1 to Advanced Art produced drawing projects in pencil by working from photographs. While they were given various parameters over the years regarding subject matter, they always did their best work when they were given as much freedom of choice as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students used a grid system to obtain a high degree of realism in their projects, and they were encouraged to use strong contrast. Values were added by blending the graphite. These are some examples of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KG-Drawing01-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KG-Drawing01-1-1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KG-Drawing01-1-1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RenaC-Pencil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RenaC-Pencil.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RenaC-Pencil-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JamesH-Drawing1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JamesH-Drawing1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JamesH-Drawing1-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JTK-Pencil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JTK-Pencil.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JTK-Pencil-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JTK-Pencil-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SummerT-Pencil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SummerT-Pencil.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SummerT-Pencil-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"2731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Yuni-Drawing-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2731\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"2732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Yuni-Drawing-O.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2732\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"2734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Yuni-Drawing-V.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2734\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"2733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Yuni-Drawing-E.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2733\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NitaJ-PencilDrawing2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NitaJ-PencilDrawing2.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NitaJ-PencilDrawing2-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SishuW-Train-Old.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SishuW-Train-Old.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SishuW-Train-Old-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShaunaR-Pencil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShaunaR-Pencil.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShaunaR-Pencil-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AliceH-PencilDrawing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AliceH-PencilDrawing.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AliceH-PencilDrawing-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from Art 1 to Advanced Art produced drawing projects in pencil by working from photographs. While they were given various parameters over the years regarding subject matter, they always did their best work when they were given as much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/drawing-pencil-graphite-projects\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6,25,22,447,75,446],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesson-plans","tag-art-education","tag-art-lesson-plan","tag-drawing","tag-graphite-drawing","tag-high-school-art","tag-pencil-drawing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}