Drawing with a Stick

Once upon a time when I was in a college drawing class, we picked up sticks, dipped them in ink, and did drawings outside. I always liked the way that drawing with a stick made you draw with a beautiful broken line.
This is how I did this project with my middle school art classes.
1. I collected an assortment of glass and plastic containers before they went into the recycling bin. ( syrup bottles, canning jars, olive oil, juice, etc.) This is our still life.
2. The students created compositions by sketching an arrangement of containers using a pencil.
3. Pencils lines were redrawn by dipping a stick into tempera paint.
4. Chalk was lightly applied.