Student Instructions
🍐🍒🍓🍎Bowl of Fruit Still Life Lesson✏️🖼️
Learning Intention
Students will learn how artists create a still life, practise drawing from real objects, and explore how digital filters can change the mood or style of an artwork.
1. Watch the Video
Students watch the YouTube clip:
“Bowl of Fruit Still Life Lesson”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y528yBwpvU
While watching, students pay attention to:
How the artist blocks shapes
How shading creates depth
How colours and outlines are added
2. Draw Your Own Bowl of Fruit
Teacher provides a real bowl of fruit on each table.
Students lightly sketch:
Basic shapes first (circles, ovals, cylinders)
Bowl outlines
Fruit overlapping each other
Add details:
Shadows
Texture
Colour (pencils, crayons or textas)
3. Photograph the Drawing
Using the iPad camera:
Place the drawing on a flat surface.
Hold the iPad steady above it.
Take one clear, well‑lit photo of the completed artwork.
4. Create Four Filtered Versions
Using the Camera app or Photos on the iPad:
Open the photo.
Tap Edit → Filters.
Choose four different filters (e.g., Vivid, Noir, Dramatic, Silvertone, Warm, Cool).
Save each filtered version as a new image.
5. Upload to Seesaw
On the Seesaw activity page provided by the teacher:
Tap Add Response
Upload:
The original photo of the drawing
The four filtered versions
Arrange the images neatly (e.g., collage layout or individual slides).
Record a short voice comment explaining:
Which filter you liked best
How the filter changed the mood or look of your artwork