Activity Write Up #2 - Charcoal Drawing

Type of modality / Arts and Crafts
Type of play / Solitary or cooperative
Interaction pattern / Extra-individual. Aggregate-if a group was drawing at the same time/not interacting.
# of participants required / One, or independently in groups,
Equipment/supplies / Paper, charcoal “pencils”, table or area to work. Good lighting. Water and wipes to clean surface and hands. If using pencils you would also need a sharpener.
Facilities required/environment / Any area where clean up is easy
Precautions / Make sure charcoal is not consumed

Sequence/Directions

1. The best way to draw using charcoal sticks is placing the paper vertically so that you do not smudge your arm across the picture

2. Print an outline of a picture and begin to outline with charcoal stick pressing on charcoal stick for different textures and shads of black

3. Charcoal can be broken into small pieces for shading techniques using the tip of side of the charcoal sticks

4.Fingers can be used to draw and shade in areas with dark or light shades

5.Clean area with water and wipes to clean charcoal

Activity Analysis

Category / Skills
Primary body position / Seated in chair or standing
Part of the body required / Motor skills of hands and arms
Movement / Grasp: Palmar Grasp, Scissor Grasp, 3-Jaw Chuck Grasp, pincer grasp, balance: sitting or dynamic, motor control of hands, visual-motor integration
Physical / Perception - bilateral integration (holding paper with one hand, drawing with the other, fine muscle coordination, active range of motion in upper extremities)
Cognitive / Attention: Sustaining, concentration, , orientation of person, organization and planning, spatial operations, abstract thought,
Social / Conversation (starting, sustaining, ending), handling criticism, regulating behavior, self expression, showing respect and warmth (if drawing in the company of others)
Perception / Visual and tactile.
Communication/language / Expression of spoken language, reception of written language, producing/reception sign and symbols,
Self-care / N/A
Psychological/emotional (possible) / Joy- feeling of accomplishment, frustration (smudging in wrong place, drawing did not turning out as expected)

SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:

Ways to SIMPLIFY demands / Ways to make more COMPLEX
Cognitively / -Participants could trace an outline of scenery with complex shades
-Use an eraser to smudge and erase black charcoal to create a design / -Have participants create their own scene/theme/topic to draw.
-Use pencils of various hardness-difficulty increases depending on type of pencil used.
Physically / -Having to draw a specific item or having the participants draw from a specific technique
Ex: just shading from sides of charcoal, not using the tip of charcoal. / -Have participants draw while performing another task (such as standing)
Socially / -Participants work independently / -Have participants work in groups in order to make a mural

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