Cross Contour Octopus Drawing

Natural Forms Cross Contour Drawing Lessons Bundle

This bundle is a series of 13 separate lessons designed to highlight the Formal Elements of art, while creating a cross contour drawing of a natural form. The natural forms include: A bird skull, x3 different hands, an octopus, x6 different shells and two human skulls, each demonstrating and aiding students in developing the cross contour drawing technique. The aim is for students to gain a greater understanding of FORM and SHAPE, through the use of LINE and PATTERN. This activity can be used for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners and is designed to engage students in ‘looking and seeing’ and consciously use the Formal Elements of art. Each lesson resource is two PDF files; one with a ghost outline template to support the less able/less confident students, and one without for the more able/gifted and talented students. On the sheet there is the learning objective, a description of what the cross contour technique is, and the task instructions with step-by-step visual examples of how to work through the task. There are also other cross contour examples to reference from. These lesson activities are suitable for integration within a scheme, one off lesson, and/or cover session and each takes approximately one lesson to complete, if being produced to a high standard. I usually print the resources on A3 cartridge paper and my students work directly onto the sheet, but this can be printed A4 also if desired. It may even be used simply as a reference sheet and the drawing produced directly into sketchbooks or on separate paper, whichever suits your student needs. I have produced many other creative lessons of varying subject matter which can be found in my shop.